LinkedIn, owned by Microsoft, has lays off 716 employees as part of its Global Business Organization restructuring. In an email to employees, CEO Ryan Roslansky said the move would streamline the company’s operations. On Monday, he wrote: “In order to guide LinkedIn through this rapidly changing landscape, we are making changes to our Global Business

In today’s news, layoffs are common. The reasons are many, but employee performance is always at the forefront. And that’s the definition of layoff too – the act of terminating a worker’s employment, sometimes temporarily, usually due to a lack of work, the employees job are always at risk. Due to the pandemic, start-ups raised

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has been named to Forbes’ annual list of “America’s Best Large Employers” for 2017. An independent survey of 45,000 employees at American companies with more than 1,000 employees led to this recognition. Suresh Muthuswami, Chairman, TCS North America, said the company strives to provide an employee-friendly workplace that fosters innovation and

Businesses are becoming increasingly aware of the growing impact that customer experience has, as seen by the massive rise in search for call centre and remote customer service jobs since pre-pandemic times. Indeed data indicates a 498.40 per cent growth in job postings and an impressive jump in jobseeker engagement between January 2020 and 2021.

India is booming as a technology hub, but there are growing concerns about how tech layoffs in Singapore may affect that. Facebook is downsizing, and as a result, 13% of their employees are getting laid off. The decision comes following up on initial results that show Facebook’s advertising revenue declining. Although the Asia-Pacific headquarters was

The Portuguese government has introduced the first digital nomad visa program of its kind in Europe. Here’s how it stacks up to similar programs in other European states. Portugal recently released the requirements for its digital nomad visa, which lets remote workers who make four times the national minimum wage live and work in the

IT professionals are likely to quit their jobs by 2025 because of the high attrition rate. A report said that around 22 lakh IT professionals are unemployed in India by 2025. The survey of IT professionals conducted by IDC revealed that 57% of them would never consider returning to the software industry. A ‘Talent Exodus

“With more than 300 applications and no interest, I don’t bother applying to these ‘Ghost jobs’ anymore,” said Will. “It’s just a waste of time at this point,” says Will, whose real name is withheld. Due to an undersupply of career opportunities, people with master’s degrees and MBAs from top schools are having a difficult

Cyrus Mistry, Chairman of Tata Sons from 2012-2016, was referred to as ‘the most low profile man with the most high profile job’. Cyrus became well-known when he was removed as chairman in 2016, for reasons that were not disclosed. Cyrus Mistry was removed by a boardroom coup, and was also eventually replaced on the

If you are starting in the world of work and enjoy problem-solving and helping people, whilst committing to a philosophy of lifelong learning, then you may have already considered working in the field of information technology. In America alone, approximately three million people work in the IT industry in a diverse range of roles and