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Donald Trump's Air Force One flight will land at Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport around noon on February 24.

Updated : Feb 22, 2020

Arrive 3 hours early: Ahmedabad airport authority tells flyers on Trump's visit Day

In a statement, the airport authority asked passengers travelling on that day to keep three hours in hand before scheduled departure of their flights

Sanjay Mehta, MD of Teleperformance India, with employees in Gurgaon. He believes the fabric of HR needs to change (Photographs by Vivan Mehra)

Updated : Aug 16, 2015

Why Teleperformance, a global outsourcing firm, killed HR

The fabric of HR needs to change, believes Sanjay Mehta, MD of Teleperformance India. This is why the Indian arm of the $3.7 billion global outsourcing firm decided to take a hard look at its people practices.

Best-selling author Vijay Govindarajan (left) and management consulting firm Amritt Inc MD Gunjan Bagla

Updated : Feb 18, 2015

Column: India lacks role models of product innovators

The talent is there, the capital is there, the ability to take risks is there. Perhaps what is lacking are role models of product innovators.

Updated : Apr 17, 2014

Careers: Political internships flavour of the month ahead of election

In the past year, an increasing number of students from business schools to engineering and medical colleges have signed up to intern with the country's biggest political parties as they work on their strategies and draft their manifestos.

Flexi Holidays give us the freedom to avail holidays at the time of our preference: Venkat R. Ramamoorthy, a senior manager at FactSet India, took five days off to attend a photography workshop Venkat R. Ramamoorthy, a senior manager at FactSet India, too

Updated : Mar 31, 2014

Companies turning to innovative ways on employees leave

The trend is most visible in local units of multinational companies or in sectors such as technology where the workforce is relatively young, educated and upwardly mobile. Many organisations are also allowing employees to accumulate more earned leave.

Updated : Feb 19, 2014

Employers need to make employees more aware of health benefits

Employers need to make employees more aware of health benefits offered.

D. Radhakrishna (L) and his colleague Mahindra Bhosle working on the S-92 helicopter cabin at the Tata-Sikorsky facility near Hyderabad <em>Photo: A. Prabhakar Rao</em>

Updated : Feb 12, 2014

Private sector opens to jobs in aerospace

Careers in aerospace are mainly in the public sector, but the entry of a few private players has thrown up more opportunities.

The government wants all cities with a population of over two million to have metro rail networks. (Above) A section of the Rapid MetroRail, Gurgaon <em>Photo: Ramesh Sharma/Mail Today</em>

Updated : Dec 7, 2013

Career tips: Metro engineering makes for a good prospect

With 19 cities having taken up or set to take up metro projects, career prospects in metro engineering are plentiful. Training engineers for the special needs of metro transportation is getting more attention as well.

Rajesh Dahiya (second from right) of Axis Bank at an employee interaction session in Mumbai <em>Photo: Rachit Goswami/www.indiatodayimages.com</em>

Updated : Oct 30, 2013

Career: Despite the downturn, banks preferred choice of many job aspirants

Despite the downturn, banks continue to recruit liberally. According to various industry reports, hiring in the sector is likely to rise further - over a million in the next five years - because a large number of bank employees are reaching retirement age.

Wipro's Malika Kapoor (extreme right) with colleagues. Her mentor's advice helped her greatly

Updated : Oct 5, 2013

Women employees in many companies are now assigned a mentor

Many companies have realised that women employees, especially when young, face problems and dilemmas their male counterparts do not. Some women, unable to cope, even give up working. Companies have instituted this system of assigning mentors to prevent this.

Updated : Aug 3, 2013

Tips for mid and senior executives looking for better jobs

Mid-to-senior level executives take into account not just a fatter pay package while looking for a change. They also look for a better work profile and greater responsibilities as they build their careers. The most important skill required to find the opportunities available is networking.

R&D scientists at an Agro Tech Foods lab in Gurgaon <em>photo: Aditya Kapoor</em>

Updated : Jul 27, 2013

Opportunities growing for those seeking a career in research

Opportunities are growing in the corporate world for those seeking a career in research with start-ups mushrooming across sectors from information technology to consumer goods. Many companies say they are spending more on R&D and hiring for R&D is also up.

Tip: There is no direct route to the top of your dream profession. Pursuing opportunities where you are free to explore will provide learning opportunities to become more valuable to your future organisation: Dan Giuffrida <em>Photo: Nishikant Gamre</em>

Updated : Jul 26, 2013

Increasingly, young professionals are seeking out the social sector to broaden their horizons

Increasingly, professionals and students are seeking out opportunities in the development sector to work on some of the most pressing problems of the world, broaden their horizons and be ahead of their peers in terms of exposure and experience.

Updated : Jul 20, 2013

How to improve your chances of getting hired after a career break

How to improve your chances of getting hired after a career break.

Updated : Jun 10, 2013

Why jobseekers are flocking to staid old public sector units

Jobseekers are flocking to staid old public sector units, many of which now pay better than their private counterparts, and offer security as well.

Updated : May 11, 2013

Cell phones being increasingly used to access job opportunities

Own a smartphone? Want a new job? You can now use the former to look for the latter. Many recruiters have lately begun using mobile technologies to seek out prospective candidates.

Updated : Apr 29, 2013

Careers: Why more law graduates are going into litigation

Litigation in India is increasing, and many more young lawyers are taking to active practice than before. Corporate litigation, challenging the govt's tax and tariff demands or taking on fellow corporate houses over alleged breach of contract, is rising, and litigation-related work is thereby offering better opportunities.

Studies have found that despite distractions, working from home usually increases productivity. <em>Photo: Aditya Kapoor/www.indiatodayimages.com</em>

Updated : Apr 16, 2013

Work from home: Pros and Cons

Allowing employees the choice of working from home usually - but not always - benefits both the employee and the company.

Rajan Anandan, Head of Google India, was executive assistant to Dell Inc CEO Michael Dell in 2003<em>Photo: Shekhar Ghosh</em>

Updated : Apr 1, 2013

The job of 'executive assistant' has a lot more potential than the title suggests

The title 'executive assistant to the CEO's office' is often mistaken for an executive secretary's job, but it is far from being a simple administrative job. An executive assistant is often the eyes and ears of the CEO - a job that could be a stepping stone to bigger things.

Updated : Mar 22, 2013

Demand for professionals who understand environmentally sustainable business on the rise

The demand for professionals who understand environmentally sustainable business is on the rise. Experts estimate 8,000 to 10,000 green jobs have been opening up each year for the past 10 years.

Updated : Mar 11, 2013

Variable pay becomes the norm across sectors

Today, most employees, especially those at managerial levels, find a part of their compensation - which can vary between six and 18 per cent of annual income, listed as variable pay.