Early life on the planet was self-sustainable, that is how nature and humans coexisted. If someone needed shelter, they built a home with resources indigenously available to them. If someone was hungry, they hunted for food in their vicinity. Over a period of time and after several economic revolutions, human needs have expanded. Today, jobs ...
Jean Prince was 50 when she started working for a UK tech company near Cambridge as a technical author, writing software documentation. “I felt extremely lucky,” she said. But she wasn’t happy. “The workplace has become more impersonal and tougher,” she said. “Everyone is performance-managed to death.” She felt underappreciated and unloved. Older workers tend to be more ...
Are you among the 40% of workforce that is either actively looking for a job or willing to make an immediate change if something worthwhile comes up? Based on your latest experience, you might consider job search a cake-walk or incredibly difficult. Neither is correct. Luck plays an important role, but you can stack the odds ...
Researchers now believe a poor quality job may be worse for your health than no job. People employed in low paying or highly stressful jobs may not actually enjoy better health than those who remain unemployed, according to a recent study. The researchers examined associations of job transition with health and chronic stress related biomarkers among ...
Higher compensation remains the top reason to switch jobs for about 45 per cent of respondents, according to a latest LinkedIn report. Additionally, 37 per cent showed interest in knowing the salary range during the interview process. LinkedIn, a professional network service provider, has released the findings of its report, “Inside the Mind of Today’s Candidates” ...
Whether you’ve been asked to leave as part of a mass layoff or are just taking a sabbatical between jobs, it’s crucial to know how to use your time well. “Instead of trying to get back into the same role, you should take a step back and use this as an opportunity to explore other paradigms,” ...
Unemployed young people in India are not looking for jobs. In January 2017, there were 408.4 million employed people in the country, while 25.9 million were unemployed and seeking jobs. By the end of July, the number of employed had fallen to 405.4 million and the count of those looking for jobs declined to 13.7 million, ...
India's analytics industry is expected to nearly double by 2020, a study conducted by Analytics India Magazine and AnalytixLabs has found. The $2.03-billion analytics industry is expected to grow at a CAGR rate of 23.8 per cent, according to the study. Bhasker Gupta, CEO and founder of Analytics India Magazine said, "Deployment of analytics is ...
A majority of job creation should be done by private sector and it cannot be accomplished merely by planning from the top. We tried it for several years and very few countries have done it successfully, said Arvind Subramaniam, Chief Economic Adviser, Government of India, during the Dr. Sr. Helen Vincent Endowment Lecture on ‘What ...
Mumbaikars will get more open spaces, 10 lakh affordable homes, more commercial space with the allotment of 5 FSI to create 8 million jobs, a central park, 120 hectare of new green space and a world class museum. These are some of the key proposals of the Development Plan (DP) 2014-2034 cleared by BMC on ...