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Union Budget 2025-26: Decoding CII’s 7-Point Agenda for Employment Growth

World of Work IEF Editorial Team India Employer Forum January 8, 2025
India’s demographic dividend risks becoming a demographic disaster due to high unemployment, underemployment, inadequate skill development and regulatory hurdles which prevent the rise and growth of employment generating industries. Economist Jayati Ghosh refers to India’s current demographic situation as “a ticking time-bomb,” highlighting the challenges faced by educated individuals who are unable to find suitable […]
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Entrepreneurship in India: A 9-Point Agenda for Job Creation and Economic Growth

World of Work IEF Editorial Team India Employer Forum January 6, 2025
India’s approach to job creation needs a fresh perspective, as outdated strategies have not yielded significant results. The failure of small-scale reservations, like in toy manufacturing, is a prime example. While this move allowed China to dominate global manufacturing and create millions of jobs, organized employment in India has stagnated at 32 million since independence. […]
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Employment Trends Shaping the Indian Job Market in 2025

World of Work IEF Editorial Team India Employer Forum January 3, 2025
The job market globally has seen dramatic changes with emerging trends brought on by technological innovations, new societal expectations, and changes within the economy. Approaching 2025, several of these key economic trends will shape employment landscapes, and in doing so, they will bring forth opportunities with business challenges, workers, and HR practitioners. Let’s take a […]
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Propel Economic Growth and Development in India: Shift from Low to High Productivity

World of Work IEF Editorial Team India Employer Forum December 27, 2024
The key to economic development lies in shifting the occupational structure of the labour force away from low-productivity activities towards high-productivity ones.” – W. Arthur Lewis India stands at a critical juncture in its journey toward economic development. The nation’s vast workforce, predominantly engaged in low-wage agricultural jobs, must transition to high-paying, high-productivity sectors to […]
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AI and ML: Revolutionizing the Traditional Retail Industry

World of Work IEF Editorial Team India Employer Forum December 18, 2024
The rapidly evolving preferences and customer behaviours demand companies stay updated and adapt to the needs of the marketplace. AI utilization in retail is emerging as a turning point in helping to manage multiple functions and achieve the desired outcomes. Organizations can now foresee consumer demand with advanced analytics and predictive modelling capabilities of artificial […]
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Enhancing Employee-Well being: New Strategies to Achieving Work and life Balance in 2025

World of Work IEF Editorial Team India Employer Forum December 17, 2024
A Delhi-based Entrepreneur, Kushal Arora’s recent post on the need for sleepless nights and personal sacrifices to achieve an annual income of $500,000 defining success, sparked controversies on social media. Similarly, Infosys co-founder, Mr Narayana Murthy’s appeal to youngsters to work 70 hours a week in a bid to enhance productivity became the cause of much […]
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The Changing Employment Landscape In India: Essential Tips for the Youth

World of Work IEF Editorial Team India Employer Forum December 16, 2024
 As Albert Einstein once said, “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” This thought resonates strongly with employers today. While educational qualifications may make an impression during the initial five minutes of an interview or during the first two years of employment, the modern workplace demands much more than academic credentials. Securing a […]
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Rising Technologies: Reimagine the World Of Work

World of Work IEF Editorial Team India Employer Forum December 6, 2024
Understanding the Technological transformations in the world of work to develop skills for future jobs The technological developments of recent years are taking the world by storm and reshaping the world of work. The adoption of generative AI, machine learning, and neural networks have proven their mettle in the ability to boost productivity and drive […]
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Evolving Labour Market Trends in India: Insights for 2024 and Beyond

World of Work IEF Editorial Team India Employer Forum December 4, 2024
The shift from traditional lifetime employment contracts to more transient, flexible relationships—likened to a “taxicab relationship” has significant implications for India’s labour market. This transition signals a pivotal opportunity to address the critical issues of job creation, workforce formalization, and the development of a skill-driven economy for all the different stakeholders—students, employees, employers, and policymakers. […]
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How AI and Automation Are Changing the Job Market (and How to Adapt)

World of Work IEF Editorial Team India Employer Forum December 3, 2024
As we stand at the crossroads of an unprecedented technological revolution, AI and automation are superseding as drivers of the dynamically changing job market. They have brought transformative opportunities that call for innovation and efficiency but raise challenges that are too critical to overlook. To those in human resources with vast experience spanning decades in […]
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AI and Employee Surveillance: The Impact of AI Monitoring on Autonomy and Decision-Making

World of Work IEF Editorial Team India Employer Forum November 26, 2024
It’s time to face it: the impact of Artificial intelligence (AI) has two sides. Under the attractive promise of an alternative to current modes of operation, transformation of the nature of work in professional sectors, and increased efficiency with convenience across jobs, AI monitoring has arrived with a very tangible expectation of its transformative powers […]
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India’s Economic Transformation: A Path Toward Prosperity

World of Work IEF Editorial Team India Employer Forum November 21, 2024
Over the past half-century, economists have found India’s and China’s economic trajectories particularly compelling. While China’s authoritarian approach has driven substantial wage growth, it has offered modest returns for shareholders (with public market returns decreasing by 13% over the past two decades). In contrast, India, a democracy, has achieved remarkable public market returns (around 1,300% […]
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