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The Indian job market is buoyant again. After seeing a slump for a five month straight, talent demand across sectors jumped by 8% in July 2015, shows RecruiteX, the TimesJobs.com recruitment index. September 1, 2015: The year 2015 started off with an 11% increase in hiring activity in January. But a slump set in soon after and talent demand saw a drop of nearly 4% between February and June 2015. This gloomy scenario is finally witnessing a much-awaited revival. “After a five-month slump that impacted job sentiments across sectors, hiring activity is now regenerating again. We have observed this seasonal trend in the job market ever since we launched the RecruiteX report in 2011. The pre-appraisal and appraisal periods are...

65% Indian companies aim to embrace predictive talent analytics in next one year reveals TJinsite from TimesJobs August 25, 2015: Predictive Talent Analytics (PTA) are being used to optimize HR functions by predicting employee performance, attrition and cost using Big Data analysis. HR metrics such as turnover rates, cost per hire, time to hire, sourcing channel, open vacancies vs positions filled, offer to acceptance ratios, etc. are some data points that are used in PTA. "Predictive Talent Analytics is basically the practical application of Big Data tools to HR processes. Globally, HR departments are tapping the potential of PTA to identify high performers, reduce attrition, predict performance, cut costs and improve the company’s bottom line. The ability to move from...

Only 5% said their compensation matched the market standard August 18, 2015: Salary continues to be the biggest factor when it comes to a professional taking up a new job or leaving an employer. And a majority of employees seem dissatisfied with their current salaries shows a recent survey conducted by JobBuzz. In a survey by JobBuzz, an employer rating platform powered by TimesJobs, nearly 95% of the respondents felt their salaries were not up to market standards. Only 5% said their salaries matched the market standard. This understanding comes from employees doing research on social platforms and employer rating sites to find out the salary scales in their industry and functional areas. Leading job portals such as TimesJobs.com, aggregate...

TimeJobs’ TJinsite Knowledge Series reveals the best ways to hire and engage with the workforce of the future August 11, 2015: Born after 1990, Generation Z or Gen Z is the newest addition to the work force. These youngsters have a clear advantage over older generations in terms of being more updated, realistic and driven by facts. They are more adaptable to new technology and are passionate innovators and entrepreneurs at heart. "The Gen Z professional has never known a world without the Internet, mobiles or Facebook. They have grown up in a hyper-connected world where almost all information is available at their fingertips. They are fully aware that their options are limitless but their time is not. This has...

India Inc. consolidates hiring, demand grows for core functions and hi-tech profiles August 3, 2015: Talent demand shifted focus from support to core roles in Jan-Jun 2015, even as India Inc. consolidated hiring, reveals the RecruiteX Half-Yearly Report 2015 by TimesJobs.com. Middle and senior-level professionals dominated hiring across industries in Jan-Jun 2015. Professionals with 4-15 years of experience were most in demand during this period, reports RecruiteX. "As businesses plan expansion and more startups emerge, the trend of hiring experienced senior professionals is expected to continue. Niche skills in change management, risk management, controls and compliance expertise are some key areas that will be sought at middle and senior levels across sectors in the coming months." Says Vivek Madhukar, COO,...

July 28, 2015: As starting a new venture becomes relatively easier, the trend of young leaders running companies is catching up. With the mushrooming of startups, having a CEO who is in his or her mid-20s or 30s is no more a rarity. As opposed to the popular belief that experience makes for a good leader, these young leaders are writing new rules and even gaining popularity. So much so that nearly 65 per cent of India Inc employees today prefer a young boss (aged between 25 and 40 years) over an older and more experienced boss (aged between 40 and 70 years), according to TimesJobs Leadership Survey 2015. "Young bosses have the passion, drive and ambition to prove themselves,...

TimesJobs in association with Knowlens launches an interactive film-based training program on selling skills – The Birth of a Salesman July 21, 2015: Film-based learning is increasingly emerging as the fastest and most effective method of training and instruction. Intellectual and emotional engagement with the subject and content enables concepts to be thoroughly absorbed and internalized by the trainee. StepAhead – the career services arm of TimesJobs has partnered with Knowlens, a leader in film based learning, to offer this radical training system that combines impactful film story-telling, dramatic scenarios, powerful interactive features and the ‘learning at your own pace and time’ nature of the internet, to provide emotionally impactful learning not matched by other training methodologies. "Films as a...

Organizations across the board are in an aggressive mode hiring senior talent to guide start-up passion with refined experience. Demand for senior profiles rose in double-digits (14%) even as overall online hiring reported a 2% drop, shows the latest RecruiteX report from TimesJobs July 20, 2015: RecruiteX, the TimesJobs recruitment index, shows that demand for professionals with over 20 years of experience soared into double digit by nearly 14 per cent last month. There is good news for professionals with 10-15 years experience as well. Talent demand in this category revived in June 2015, registering a substantial 5 per cent jump. Demand for senior professionals had last risen in January 2015. "We are seeing a start-up wave of entrepreneurial spirit...

JobBuzz finds that 57% employees in metros and 43% employees in small cities spend more than an hour in commuting to office every day July 14, 2015: On his way to work recently, Ashwani Sinha tweeted "God blesses us with good weather; Delhi curses it with bad traffic; Gurgaon does the rest to ruin it completely. #TheBalanceOfLife." Working professionals echo Ashwani’s feelings the world over, dreading the long hours commuting to work everyday. Industry experts directly link the biggest effects of long commutes to stress-related health issues, and its adverse impact on employee productivity and job satisfaction. To find out more, JobBuzz, an employer-rating platform powered by TimesJobs.com, recently conducted a ‘Work Commuting Survey’ of India Inc. employees. The survey...

The TimesJobs Recruiter Skill Certification Program strips away the many layers under which the recruitment role has got buried and sharply focuses on the core skills that make it relevant and critical in today’s fast-paced start-up economy. July 7, 2015: The Millennial Generation is online, ambitious, impulsive and very smart. Recruiting the best and the brightest of this generation, requires a new skill set. TimesJobs has launched the Recruiter Skill Certification Program (RSCP), in association with Triedge, to help recruiters deconstruct roles, examine its varying facets, and gain insights & knowledge that help them deliver results. Vikas Verma, Head of Product & Marketing, TimesJobs.com explains "Recruiters are the matchmakers of the employment market – they need to study both the...

The Indian Media & Entertainment sector has posted a 9 per cent year-on-year growth in talent demand, shows TimesJobs data July 6, 2015: The Indian Media & Entertainment (M&E) industry is entering a strong growth phase, backed by rising consumer payments and advertising revenues across all sectors. According to a CII-PwC study, the revenue from advertising alone is expected to grow at a CAGR of 13 per cent and will exceed Rs. 60,000 crores (US$ 9.64 billion) by 2018. This growth trajectory is being emulated by the significant rise in demand for professionals in this industry and related fields. The past one-year has been particularly buoyant for the Indian M&E Industry, especially in terms of hiring activity.  TimesJobs RecruiteX data...

Hina Bhatia of Sopra Steria won the first-ever Code Diva title at TechGig Code Gladiators 2015 contest June 30, 2015: Coding comes naturally to Hina Bhatia, the winner of the first-ever Code Diva title at the TechGig Code Gladiators contest. Bhatia, a mathematics graduate from Delhi University and a computer science major from Chennai Mathematical Institute, was among the top 100 Finalists who fought hard to win the coveted titles of India’s best coders at the Code Gladiators grand finale held in New Delhi recently.  Bhatia, a Development Team Leader at Sopra Steria India, was among the top 10 women coders who had made it to the finale. Ritu Mehta, Director-Engineering, Pitney Bowes presented Hina Bhatia the TechGig Code Diva...

With 100 Finalists battling over 80,000 coders from 9,000 IT companies, TechGig Code Gladiators 2015 has not only become India’s largest coding contest but also the most diversified. Displaying their coding prowess, the contestants were the “gladiators” of this tournament and had a big choice of “weapons” to chose from and do “battle” with. The 10 weapons of choice were the programming languages of Java, C, C++, C#, PHP, Java Script, Python, Perl, Ruby and VB.net. Initial online rounds culminated in the top 100 coders battling it out face-to-face in the grand finale to win coveted titles and prize money of Rs 6 lakhs. And at the finale, when India got its five best coders, Java emerged as the most...

While 74% of the surveyed employers think their branding strategy has been successful, 67% employees feel otherwise June 22, 2015: "I have 5 pre-placement offers, offering seven figure salaries – Why should I join you?" a final year student at a top tech institute quipped at a job interview. Companies are in a competitive battle not just for sales but also for recruiting high-end talent well. Employer branding has today become more vital than ever to attract talent. But are the strategies companies employ giving them results? Do employees find their strategies effective and convincing? Or is there a perception gap? TimesJobs conducted a TJinsite Survey on Employer-Branding Perceptions, which threw up good news as well as bad news in...

Victor Hoh from Malaysia becomes the 1st international participant to place among the top 5 coders in the Code Gladiators Championships Code Gladiator Victor Hoh, AWPL Malaysia receiving his award from Jaikrishnan K., VP – SMB, Cybage India Code Gladiators goes international, Malaysian among top coders June 16, 2015: While boarding the plane to Delhi from Hong Kong, Malaysia’s Victor Hoh never thought he was soon going to be a star among techies. A first-timer at any code contest and bereft of sleep, Victor, a senior consultant at Automated Workflow Private Ltd (AWPL), participated in Code Gladiators 2015 for his sheer passion for coding, and secured the second runners-up position. “I never thought I will come this far and actually...