E-commerce Retailers Scale Up Seasonal Hiring

Leading e-commerce platforms in India are creating over 3.8 lakh seasonal jobs as they gear up for the festive season surge in demand across supply chain, logistics, and customer service operations.

HCLTech Offers Higher Pay for Freshers in AI, Cybersecurity

HCLTech aims to attract freshers with specializations in AI, cybersecurity, and digital engineering by offering up to four times higher compensation. The company plans to exceed last year's fresher hiring number and has trained employees in foundational and advanced AI.

India's Tier-II & Tier-III Cities Lead IT Hiring Surge

Smaller Indian cities are surpassing traditional tech hubs in IT recruitment, driven by government initiatives and global firms expanding their presence.

McDonald's Data Breach Exposes 60M Applicants

McDonald's faced a security breach on its hiring portal, revealing data of over 60 million job applicants. Security researchers accessed personal info through the AI chatbot.

Meta Recruits Top Apple Exec for Superintelligence Labs

Meta's hiring spree in AI continues as it lures top talent, including Apple's AI executive, with multimillion-dollar compensation packages, disrupting the industry and sparking a talent war.

Green Transition Boosts Workforce with Skill-First Hiring

Indian companies prioritize skill-first hiring strategies over academic qualifications in AI, cybersecurity, and green tech sectors to leverage the country's green economy growth potential.

Meta Poaches Top AI Talent from OpenAI

Meta makes a significant move by hiring an OpenAI researcher, Trapit Bansal, to lead their superintelligence team, in a strategic shift in the global AI power dynamics.

Meta's Mark Zuckerberg on AI Investment Spending Spree

Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg is aggressively investing in AI companies and hiring top AI executives to position Meta as a leader in the artificial intelligence market.

Perplexity AI Hiring for Expansion in India

Perplexity AI, an AI startup, seeks a candidate for expanding operations in India. The role involves travel and partnership meetings in a dynamic startup setting.

Salesforce Announces Hiring Freeze Due to AI Productivity Boost

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff announces a 30% engineering productivity increase through AI, leading to a hiring freeze for software engineers and a planned expansion of the sales team by 2024.

Indian IT Sector Outlook Q3FY25

Expectations low for Q3FY25 due to seasonal furloughs, but gradual improvement in growth momentum predicted on a YoY basis. Analysts foresee better tech spending outlook in CY25.

India's GCCs Surpass Traditional IT Services in Hiring and Innovation

India's Global Capability Centers (GCCs) are hiring more than traditional IT services, offering higher salaries, driving innovation, and strategic initiatives in the IT industry.

India's IT Industry to Expand Payrolls by 12% in FY26

India's software services industry is projected to increase hiring by up to 12% in FY26, with a focus on digital transformation services and emerging technologies like AI and cybersecurity.

Salesforce Expanding AI Workforce with 2,000 Sales Reps

Salesforce plans to significantly boost its AI sales force by hiring 2,000 specialized representatives to promote its advanced AI products, including their upcoming Agentforce technology, capable of handling sophisticated queries within the Slack platform.