Wage costs in IT firms have touched a 5-year high despite a drop in attrition and sluggish job markets. What is leading to this spike? Kamal Karanth, Co-founder of Xpheno that spec ... Read more
Wage costs in IT firms have touched a 5-year high despite a drop in attrition and sluggish job markets. What is leading to this spike? Kamal Karanth, Co-founder of Xpheno that specializes in tech hiring chalks out how IT firms are rationalizing employee costs. Read more
When you think of a job, do you consider working in the sea? Today, India ranks amongst the top destinations to recruit for maritime companies that are into logistics. They are rec ... Read more
When you think of a job, do you consider working in the sea? Today, India ranks amongst the top destinations to recruit for maritime companies that are into logistics. They are recruiting merchant navy graduates from tier 2 and 3 cities and are pushing for women on board. In this episode of The Working Life, Karan Kochhar, Head of Marine People - Asia for logistics firm Maersk explains why landlocked jobs have competition from the roles that sea-faring companies are now offering Read more
Diversity and Inclusivity are buzzwords in every company, that help the firm create its brand value. But, ask the diversity experts and they vouch that very few in India Inc have t ... Read more
Diversity and Inclusivity are buzzwords in every company, that help the firm create its brand value. But, ask the diversity experts and they vouch that very few in India Inc have their gameplan ready. The biggest hurdle? Bringing in diversity is expensive. Pallavi Pareek, CEO and DEI Advisor at Ungender- a consulting firm that advises firms on how to up their diversity quotient, does the math for The Working Life Read more
Recruiters say the April-June quarter was their worst in two years. But what explains the surge in EPFO numbers? Sunil Chemmankotil, CEO, TeamLease Digital breakdowns the dichotomy ... Read more
Recruiters say the April-June quarter was their worst in two years. But what explains the surge in EPFO numbers? Sunil Chemmankotil, CEO, TeamLease Digital breakdowns the dichotomy in this episode of The Working Life podcast. Read more
Employee branding is a conscious strategy to showcase our best at the workplace. If done right, it helps us edge past colleagues for the coveted role and promotions. But one has to ... Read more
Employee branding is a conscious strategy to showcase our best at the workplace. If done right, it helps us edge past colleagues for the coveted role and promotions. But one has to be careful to trod a fine line because branding gone wrong can make one look brash and pompous. Prabir Jha, founder of consulting firm Prabir Jha People Advisory who had earlier headed HR for Reliance Industries, Tata Motors, Cipla amongst others explains how we can create our own brand equity. Read more
Workplace harassment is worrying India Inc as it leads to high attrition and a toxic work environment. In this episode of The Working Life, host Devina Sengupta asks Aparna Mittal, ... Read more
Workplace harassment is worrying India Inc as it leads to high attrition and a toxic work environment. In this episode of The Working Life, host Devina Sengupta asks Aparna Mittal, founder of Samāna Centre for Gender, Policy and Law talks about workplace harassment, its impact on employees and the breakdown of redressal mechanisms. Read more
In the jostle for jobs, what happens to those who have no work experience or have gaps in their resume? A year ago, the gaps would have been overlooked by companies in the midst of ... Read more
In the jostle for jobs, what happens to those who have no work experience or have gaps in their resume? A year ago, the gaps would have been overlooked by companies in the midst of a hiring frenzy. Now, times have changed and upskilling budgets are tight. In this episode of The Working Life, Prateek Shukla, co-founder and CEO of Masai School chalks out how candidates with gaps in their resume can find jobs in corporates when India Inc embarks on a cost-efficiency mode. He answers on which courses have the most takers and why they need to upskill every few months. Read more
About a decade ago, working in call centres and BPOs was a rite of passage of sorts for the youth looking for job opportunities in Bengaluru and Pune. It was a stepping stone where ... Read more
About a decade ago, working in call centres and BPOs was a rite of passage of sorts for the youth looking for job opportunities in Bengaluru and Pune. It was a stepping stone where one worked night shifts and was not necessarily a career goal. Times have changed since then. In this episode of The Working Life, R Swaminathan, Chief People Officer at WNS Global Services explains how his BPO has attracted and retained people who have worked for more than a decade with the firm. Read more
While we ordered from the safety of our homes, there were thousands of delivery executives who went beyond their call of duty during the pandemic. How did the workforce in the supp ... Read more
While we ordered from the safety of our homes, there were thousands of delivery executives who went beyond their call of duty during the pandemic. How did the workforce in the supply chain and logistics teams get mobilised during the Covid years? What is their future ahead and will quicker delivery put them at risk? Flipkart's chief people officer Krishna Raghavan explains in this episode of The Working Life on the road ahead for its last-mile delivery workforce. Read more
The biggest concern amongst workforce today is how to stay relevant. Being hustled to adopt and adapt to the latest technology is leading to fear of redundancies. In this episode o ... Read more
The biggest concern amongst workforce today is how to stay relevant. Being hustled to adopt and adapt to the latest technology is leading to fear of redundancies. In this episode of The Working Life, Janardhan Santhanam, Global Head, Talent Development at TCS explains how the largest IT company is ushering in AI across business and how does it plan to expunge the fear of AI from its workforce. Read more
