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"We have to make India the skill capital of the world"

Pilot cum politician, Rajiv Pratap Rudy is excited to see the countries such as Afghanistan, Malawi, Bangladesh and Bhutan which are absolutely keen to learn from India’s experiences of skill training. Rudy, union minister of state (independent charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), who had already served as a minister in the Vajpayee government, believes there is a very stable government at the centre, which has given certain directions that are visible. In conversation with BW Businessworld’s Suman K. Jha and Himani Chandna, Rudy says that more and more women candidates are coming forward to learn skills. Edited excerpts:

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Hiring sites should be like dating websites or matrimonial portals

Meet the chief human resource officer of world’s largest human resource (HR) managers’ lobby. He is Jeff Pon, chief human resource and strategy officer of United States based association, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). In a casual chat with Himani Chandna of BW People, Pon said with Donald Trump’s tightening of hiring of foreigners, many more protectionist measures are expected to come up across countries. Hence, the need of the hour is to build talent pipeline locally.

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The Future of Corporate Learning

The corporate training market, which is over $130 billion in size, is on the verge disruption. Companies are bidding adieu to traditional tools such as Learning Management Systems (LMS). Infact, globally, the companies have started buying new tools for digital learning, and rebuild a whole new infrastructure to help employees learn. Experts believe that the impact of platforms such as Microsoft Teams, Slack, and Workplace by Facebook could be enormous. Gillermo Miranda, Vice President, Global Learning & Employee Enablement at technology giant, IBM shares the latest trends in corporate learning in a chat with BW People’s Himani Chandna.

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THINK NEW, THINK YOUNG

Youtuber becomes an emerging profession Have a good camera phone, you can be a rockstar.

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Dull job market casts its spell over B-school hiring

Salaries given at B schools are confined to a single digit despite a growth in economy last year.

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VR, Robots and AI to push companies in favor of agile workforce

An American multinational technology company, International Business Machines Corporation, commonly referred to as IBM, is known for its disruptive technologies that are aimed to change the way workforce management functions. IBM leverages neuroscience, curates content, and reuses digital patterns to enrich the learning experience from initial contact with the learner through post-learning follow-up and measurement.

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Beware! Threat to jobs in IT sector from robots, visa reforms is closer than you think

IT jobs are being replaced by robots, for cost optimization companies are letting go some employees.

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Online education firm Coursera appoints Raghav Gupta as India Country Director.

Coursera, India's largest online education company appoints Raghav Gupta as India Country Director.

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Online education firm Coursera appoints Raghav Gupta as India Country Director.

Coursera, India's largest online education company appoints Raghav Gupta as India Country Director.

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Lombard International appoints Sandra Locke to the new role of Global Director of Human Resources

Sandra Locke to be appointed to the new role of Executive Vice President at Lombard International.

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