Tag: hiring

मुर्दाघर की नौकरी के लिए रखी गईं अजीबोगरीब शर्तें, सुनकर कांप उठेगी रूह

चीन (China) में एक श्मशान गृह ने नौकरी (job) की ऐसी शर्त रखी है, जिसने लोगों को हैरानी में डाल दिया है. “मॉर्चरी मैनेजर” (morgue manager) की पोस्ट के लिए निकली इस वैकेंसी में उम्मीदवारों को इंटरव्यू से पहले एक मॉर्चरी में 10 मिनट बिताने की शर्त दी गई है. इस नौकरी की पेशकश ‘रुशन म्युनिसिपल ब्यूरो ऑफ ह्यूमन रिसोर्सेस एंड सोशल सिक्योरिटी’ (Rushan Municipal Bureau of Human Resources) द्वारा की गई है, जिसमें 3 साल का कॉन्ट्रैक्ट और $300 (करीब ₹25,000) मासिक सैलरी का वादा किया गया है.  साउथ चाइना मॉर्निंग पोस्ट के मुताबिक, चीन के शानडोंग प्रांत के ... Read more

Upskilling 2.0: Edtechs team up with top universities for co-branded degrees

These online degrees are designed in high-demand fields such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), data science, and other STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields.  They also offer bachelor’s and master’s degrees in fields like commerce and arts. Upskilling edtech firms like PhysicsWallah and Simplilearn have either launched a pilot into the segment or are planning to do so in the coming fiscal while existing players are strengthening their offerings. Physics Wallah Pvt. Ltd’s PW Skills, which initially introduced PW Institute of Innovation (PW IOI), a four-year residential programme in computer science, has now started rolling out programmes ... Read more

Mint Primer | IIT hiring: Will it be a rocky one for the batch of ’25?

Placements at India’s top engineering colleges, including at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), are off to an uncertain start with recruiters taking a cautious approach. Mint explains why the batch of 2025 have reasons to be worried. How’s it going on the hiring front? Of the 23 IITs, the first-generation schools—in Kharagpur, Chennai (called Madras), Mumbai (Bombay), Delhi, Roorkee and Kanpur—start the placement season in December. The second and third-generation IITs, along with the National Institutes of Technology (NITs), begin their placements in August-September. Many firms have told the colleges that their hiring numbers are not decided yet. Some ... Read more

India’s economic boom fuels a rush for law grads. But many are still left out.

As the 2024 academic year concludes, law graduates are stepping into a job market where their skills are more coveted than ever. Law firms across India have ramped up their hiring efforts, offering higher salaries to attract fresh talent needed to navigate the complexities of a fast-growing corporate landscape. The fight for talent Top law firms have been increasing both intake and salaries to prepare for the surge in legal services. Cyril Shroff, managing partner at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, pointed out that while his firm trimmed fresher salaries, they still hired 170 graduates this year to build a strong foundation ... Read more

IITs caution recruiters not to delay joining dates of students

The Indian Institutes of Technology participating in their ongoing placements programme have asked recruiters to confirm there will not be any delays in the onboarding of the selected students. Some students from the placements team at IIT-Kanpur, in fact, told Mint that they have informed companies participating in the campus recruitment that if they deferred onboarding beyond a certain period they would be blacklisted. These students declined to be identified. The premier engineering colleges are concerned about a repeat of potential delays in joining dates for the selected students, as had happened to previous graduating batch given slowdowns in certain ... Read more