Weekly Top Articles & Industry Trends For Staffing Leaders
A collection of this week's most important news articles, market trends, and blog entries will give you an inside look at what's going on in the staffing and recruiting space.
There has been a slight uptick in reporting of injuries suffered by employees at the workplace among the top 1,000 listed companies in the past two years, following the issuance of guidelines by the Securities and Exchange Board of India in 2021, but not all companies are reporting all such incidents, said experts.
The proportion of women in technology roles within global capability centres (GCCs) is poised to rise from 25 per cent to 35 per cent by 2027, according to a recent report by TeamLease Digital, a tech staffing and solutions provider.
You apply for a job you spotted on LinkedIn, entering your information into an automated system that you’ve become all too familiar with. Soon after, you receive a follow-up notification with a request to answer some (voluntary) demographic questions.
ChatGPT developer OpenAI hired its first employee in India, appointing a government relations head just as the country votes in a new administration that will shape artificial intelligence regulations in the world’s most populous nation.
In addition to a strong business plan and capital, having the right team behind you is essential to successfully launching a startup. While many entrepreneurs understand that it takes time, effort and careful planning to find qualified candidates, some are tempted to rush the hiring process, resulting in employees who seemed like a good fit in theory but not in practice.
The IT sector has been witnessing a decline in employee headcount for at least five quarters now, but projections suggest a notable increase in hiring activity, with expectations of an 8-10% rise in recruitment throughout this calendar year.
With global capability centres (GCCs) increasingly mopping up office space in Hyderabad, the city’s offshoring market witnessed the second highest office space leasing at 6.6 million sq ft, after Chennai, among the top eight markets in the country in 2023.
HR decision-makers (HRDMs) believe AI will speed up recruitment, but they don't think the process will get easier in the next five years, according to a new report.
Based on the 2023 State of Recognition Report, only 28 per cent of employees feel genuinely acknowledged at work. This statistic underscores the inadequacy of many recognition platforms and programs, assuming they even exist.
A chance, poor encounter with an HR leader decades ago showed Clarissa O’Connell what a good HR professional should—and shouldn’t—be. It also set her down a path that now has her leading HR strategies for the world’s leading provider of clean code solutions.
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