Job Opportunities across India Are On a Rise: Report

Bangalore: As per findings of Monster Employment Index India, which is a broad and comprehensive monthly analysis of online job demand in India, job opportunities across pan India are on a rise and major sectors such as BPO/ITES, Engineering & Construction, Education Healthcare, and Real Estate are showing a positive growth.

Here is a brief overview of the findings by the Monster Employment Index India, which is based on a real-time review of millions of employer job opportunities culled from a large representative selection of career websites and online job listings across India.

Occupation Year-Over-Year Trends:

Online demand improved in nine of 13 occupational groups monitored by the Monster Employment Index between April’12 and April’13.

Customer Service (up by 37 percent) followed by Arts (up 19 percent) and healthcare (up 18 percent) chartered the most substantial annual gains amongst the occupational group. While Senior Management (down by 46 percent) exhibited the steepest annual decline among occupation.

Source: http://jobs.siliconindia.com/career-news/Job-Opportunities-across-India-Are-On-a-Rise-Report-nid-147330.html?utm_source=clicktrack&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=mostread

Hiring activity in India rises in April

New Delhi: Indicating better labour market conditions, recruitment activities improved in April on the back of increased hiring in sectors such as BPO/ ITeS,culled engineering, education and healthcare, says Monster.Com.

Job portal Monster.Com’s employment index rose to 136 in April as compared to 133 in the previous month. The index improved five percent during the month from April, 2012.

“The Monster Employment Index India exhibits positive annual growth. Job opportunities have grown across all locations. Major industry sectors like BPO/ITES, engineering and construction, education, healthcare, real estate depict positive growth momentum,” Monster.Com (India/ Middle- East/ South East Asia) Managing Director Sanjay Modi said.

The Monster Employment Index India is a monthly gauge of online job posting activity based on a real-time review of millions of employer job opportunities culled from a large representative selection of career websites and online job listings across India.

A sectoral analysis showed hiring in sectors, including BPO/ITeS, engineering, education, telecom, oil and gas, healthcare, advertising, travel and tourism, media and entertainment, chemicals, consumer goods, real estate, logistics among others, continued.

In April, online job availability increased in as much as 21 of the index’s 27 industry sectors.

However, it declined in six occupational categories monitored by the company and remained unchanged in three categories.

The month witnessed an increase in demand for technically qualified professionals in customer service, finance, sales, senior management, HR, communication, logistics, hospitality and arts and creative field.

In terms of cities, out of the 13 under review, only three cities Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Chandigarh, witnessed a decline in online demand, while it increased in Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune, Kolkata, Kochi, Baroda, Coimbatore and Jaipur. Meanwhile, online hiring activity remained unchanged in Mumbai, the report said.

Source: http://zeenews.india.com/business/news/economy/hiring-activity-in-india-rises-in-april_76204.html

Obama, Perry And The True Source Of The Texas Jobs Miracle

Here’s a fact: Texas has been a monster job creator over the past ten years, a non-stop, high-rev employment machine. Look at these charts from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which show steady employment growth despite massive increases in the state’s labor pool and a spike in unemployment in 2009.

Now, since it is an immutable rule of politics that nothing good ever happens except thanks to humble, hardworking politicians, there has been a Texas-size dog-pile over who should get to take credit for the jobs boom. King of the Hill has been Texas Governor Rick Perry, whose truncated run for the White House in 2012 was predicated almost entirely on his job creation claims. Texas is responsible for a large percentage of the jobs created in America since the recession ended in June 2009, and while its unemployment rate has ticked up slightly in recent months to 6.4% thanks to labor market growth, it continues to generate work in everything from construction to manufacturing to financial activities to mining.

It was always somewhat awkward for Perry to stake that claim, since to do so he had to argue that government policy could create jobs, specifically by funneling tens of millions of tax dollars to stimulative public investment funds. And then there was the problem that sizeable chunks of Perry’s funds seemed to have a way of benefitting his campaign contributors.

But that didn’t get in the way of the general scramble to claim credit for the Texas miracle, and now President Obama has jumped in with both feet, traveling yesterday to Texas for the second time in a week to unveil some job-creation proposals that look a bit like Perry’s approach. In particular, Obama announced $200 million in funding from five different agencies for three manufacturing hubs, a proposal that would receive $1 billion under his budget that is languishing on the Hill.

(MORE: Why is Texas Governor Rick Perry in Illinois?)

While Obama deserves credit for a clever bit of political jiujitsu—seeing Perry’s pro-government job creation claims and raising them $200 million—there’s one problem: the Texas jobs miracle has little or nothing to do with the policies implemented by either the state or federal governments, at least not in this country. Rather, they’re the result primarily of three things: geology, demography and geography.

First geology. You’ve heard that Texas has oil and gas. Well, thanks to the technological leaps allowing the extraction of oil and gas from shale formations, Texas has a lot more of both. From 2011-12 its Eagle Ford shale formation tripled its oil output, and oil production statewide could double by 2020.

Next, demography. Texas has benefited from that biggest of political hot potatoes, immigration. Rather than being a drag on the state’s economy, the steady influx of workers has fueled growth–according to economists [pdf] at the Dallas Federal Reserve–giving the state new, eager workers across a variety of employment areas.

Finally, Texas has benefited from geography. With its long land border with Mexico and its port access to the Gulf, Texas is a trade giant with Latin America, which has been on a GDP winning streak for all but one year of the last decade, per this chart:

True, Texas has low regulatory burdens compared to California, for example, and is a “right to work” state. And it did pass tort reform under Perry, which the head of the Dallas Federal Reserve has argued was crucial for business growth in Texas. But if you think a couple of publicly financed investment funds and some tweaks to the legal code can generate the kind of jobs growth Texas has seen over the years, I have a rugged, inarticulate and somewhat forgetful presidential candidate for you.

The truth is the big drivers of job creation in Texas, and the ultimate source of its miracle, have been beyond the control of government policies, Republican or Democratic. Just don’t expect Governor Perry, or Barack Obama, to admit it.

 

Read more: http://swampland.time.com/2013/05/10/obama-and-perry-and-the-texas-job-miracle/#ixzz2TB6E3Eme

ATE: Tourism Australia on a Monster mission to fill temporary jobs

Tourism Australia and Monster.com have joined forces to encourage businesses to advertise temporary jobs to Australian travellers and international working holiday makers trying to find seasonal work as they travel the country.

The relationship is based on reports from Australian tourism businesses that they are struggling to fill temporary positions with businesses now able to post jobs on the recently launched online jobs board, allowing them to upload unlimited job ads for free until 1 March 2014.

Tourism Australia and Monster say that the jobs will be visible to over 1.5 million job seekers every month on a dedicated working holiday site bestjobs.careerone.com.au and across the CareerOne network, with Tourism Australia Managing Director Andrew McEvoy saying over the weekend at Australian Tourism Exchange, that the event was an ideal platform to raise awareness of the new service amongst Australian tourism operators and all 700 Australian sellers at this year’s event had been encouraged to make use of the service.

He added that the industry currently has around 36,000 temporary jobs which need filling and what the new jobs board does is match job seekers to many of those hard to fill temporary vacancies, which is a big win-win for the industry and for youth travellers.

The site has already received over 36,000 unique visits in the six weeks since it was launched and is also being promoted by Tourism Australia to more than 430,000 fans on its Australian Working Holiday Facebook page.

Monster.com’s Ben Foote said the new dedicated temporary jobs portal already had over 1,200 pre-loaded and was expecting that number to increase significantly as more Australian businesses became aware of 12 month free jobs upload service.

In addition to the new jobs board, an online ‘jobs widget’ has been developed which businesses in Australia and overseas can embed into their own website, allowing visitors to search for temporary positions while they research, plan and book their Australian holiday.

An e-Travel Blackboard News TV on location report from Australian Tourism Exchange, 2013, brought to you by Hilton Sydney.

Monster India launches salary index for jobseekers

Ever wondered how your salary compares with your peers in the industry? Looking for a new job has always been about the candidate’s bargaining power. Candidates usually have very little knowledge about what people in other companies with similar work experience earn in terms of salary and perks.

Information collected from informal sources often serves as the benchmark, but this leads to disastrous consequences.

But now, jobseekers could have complete information on salaries, labor market data and other relevant information such as minimum wages and working conditions. Monster India, a leading online career and recruitment solutions provider, in association with the Wage Indicator Foundation, on Wednesday announced the launch of the “Monster Salary Index”. This industry benchmark has been created in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad (IIM-A), which will act as the research partner.

This index aims to empower jobseekers with benchmarking tools to compare their salaries with millions of anonymous profiles across a broad spectrum of parameters such as industry domains, work experience and functional groups both in India and other global markets.

The initiative offers those currently employed, employers and trade unions with information related to salary, working conditions, minimum wages and other work-related issues.

At the core of the index is an online salary survey launched by the Wage Indicator Foundation in 2005, with IIM-A as research partner, to understand and develop salary and wage indicators for the Indian market. The Wage Indicator Foundation’s surveys cover 70 countries.

“Our customer research and market studies over the years indicate a strong need for a benchmark that provides both employers and jobseekers with comprehensive information pertaining to labor market and salary trends from a single source,” said Sanjay Modi, managing director of Monster.com for India, Middle East, Southeast Asia, in a press statement.

“With the launch of the Monster Salary Index, we aim to empower jobseekers to ‘find better’ by enabling them to make informed decisions regarding job opportunities, influence their professional decisions and assist them to understand the level of remuneration they deserve. In addition, this information will help employers analyze the labor market and optimize employee remuneration thereby fostering a more transparent work culture,” Modi added.

Source:  http://www.zdnet.com/in/monster-india-launches-salary-index-for-jobseekers-7000014763/

Looking for a job? Try some lesser-known job seeking websites

Nearly everyone can rattle off the popular websites: LinkedIn, CareerBuilder and Monster. However, so many people are using these sites that your resume might get lost in the shuffle.

Worse yet? So many people know of the same job opening. The competition is fierce.

Graves County’s Mike Hudson knows a thing or two about trying to use the Internet to find a job.

“I used CareerBuilder for a little while and I used Monster for a little while,” Hudson said.

He eventually learned those sites weren’t for him. Hudson says he got fed up with sifting through all the spam just to find a gem job listing.

“I got a lot of emails but nothing pertaining to what I was really looking for,” Hudson said. “About one out of 10 I consider to be a good lead.”

According to Forbes, Hudson and others might find better luck by looking at other, lesser-known sites that are gaining in popularity.

Take USAJobs.gov, for example. It’s the government’s official site for federal jobs and employment information. You’ll find listings along with base salary and benefits. Parents can also find out if child care is provided.

Another new site that’s attracting job seekers is TweetMyJobs. This service is free and lets you sign up to receive alerts either by email, text or through Twitter when jobs are posted in your field of interest.

If you’re looking to enhance your career or brush up on the basics, here’s something new. JustJobs Academy offers skills to set your apart from your co-workers and competitors. This site offers career advice and a job search feature.

As for Hudson still using sites like LinkedIn? He relies on it as more of a way to stay connected socially rather than to search for a job.

“It’s just a good way to keep touch with people I normally wouldn’t,” Hudson said.

After months of frustration, Hudson decided to do something job experts recommend only if you have the time, motivation and money. He and a business partner joined forces to start their own company called Siteworks LLC. It’s an excavation company that provides site clearing and demolition work.

Source: http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/home/ticker/Looking-for-a-job-Try-some-lesser-known-job-seeking-websites-205201951.html

The Career Center needs a tune up: Students not getting what they need

As students we give thousands and thousands of dollars every year to CU Denver. In return we get professors, classrooms, a campus, and many other things that all add to our education. It is this education that will be used to help us get jobs, which will help us live happy, fulfilled lives. However, UCD’s Career Center sucks and does very little to help students.

For all we learn at school, we are never really taught how to get the job we train for, which is no easy task.

According to USA Today 47 percent of college grads from last year found work, but the Center for College Affordability and Productivity reports that half of those jobs don’t require a college degree.

This is a scary prospect. The Career Center should be the place students turn for help and career advisors should giving one-on-one support.

However, while completing the mandatory registration on the Career Center website, students must manually enter all information, including: academic year, GPA, and expected date of graduation. UCD owes its students some interdepartmental communication.

After this information is finally entered and a student is registered, he or she will get several emails about resume editing sessions and job fairs for business students. However, it’s damn near impossible to meet with a career advisor, let alone get any real help with job placement, which is what students really need.

While the website has plenty of job hunting tips, resume building essays, and other bullshit that can be found anywhere online, there is nothing that students can actually do. There is no job board; the only things offered are links to outside sites like Monster and CareerBuilder.

Additionally, under the Career Assessment page the website states, “Never rely on an assessment test to determine your future career path,” and then goes on to list the assessment tests that the Career Center uses. It is almost as if no one actually gives a fuck about our lives after graduation.

The saddest thing about the website: The Career Center doesn’t even have its location listed.

One of several student fees that every student pays every semester is the Student Services fee, which includes UCD’s Career Center and costs $8.73 per credit hour, which can easily add up to over a hundred dollars a semester.

With over 14,000 students paying this fee the Career Center should have enough money to make it rain good jobs. It’s scary to not know where this money is going.

Successful students look good. If a UCD student gets into a PhD program at Harvard, it will look good for the university. If a UCD student gets a job as a CFO for a Fortune 500 company, it will look great for the university.

It is about damn time the Career Center gets its shit together. As students we need resume help, we need job boards, but we also need career advisors who can meet with us, help us know where to look for the jobs we are interested in, and who can set us up with interviews.

As we step into the working world we need a little bit of help knowing what to do. We are paying hand and foot for the Career Center’s services. The least it can do is post the location of its office.

Source: http://www.ucdadvocate.com/theforum/the-career-center-needs-a-tune-up-students-not-getting-what-they-need-1.3034651#.UXfflaITKnI