1.
Nissan
India to hire 1,000+ to deal with record bookings
The Japanese car-manufacturing company will need
more hands to tackle the over 32,800 bookings and almost 2 lakh enquiries for
its SUV Magnite, which has received an overwhelming response in the market. Nissan India has witnessed over 32,800
bookings for its compact SUV Magnite. That is not all, it is dealing with about
1,80,000 enquiries too, which means it has a lot on its plate right now.
Therefore, the Company is gearing to hire at least 1000 people to expand its
workforce at the plant. It has already strengthened its dealer network, with
the sole aim of reducing the waiting period for Magnite to just a couple of
months. Launched in December, 2020, the compact SUV Nissan Magnite is probably
the Company’s most popular model yet. With so much work up ahead, the Company
is switching to three shifts at the plant to fulfil the demand, and increase
production and delivery capacity. This will also lead to job creation amidst
this pandemic-induced uncertainty, while ensuring that the customers do not
have to wait too long for their vehicles.
2.
Moscow metro welcomes
12 women electric train drivers as ban lifts
Automation has made it possible to
add train driving to the list of jobs that were once considered too demanding
for women. The
New Year saw 12 women drivers gearing up to drive passengers of Moscow’s metro.
These women are all set to perform their job of driving the electric trains, an
opportunity that women train drivers have had for decades now. However, in
Russia, in 2019, the ban that prevented women from taking up certain jobs
because they were considered too demanding or dangerous for women, was lifted,
all thanks to automation. The last woman metro train driver had left in 2014
and this is the first time since the 1980s that Moscow metro has hired women
drivers. The mayor of Moscow revealed that of the total 25 women who are
joining the Moscrow metro, 12 have already completed their training and have
been provided the required permits to drive. All women drivers are allowed to
choose the uniform — skirt or trousers — that makes them most comfortable. This
comes after lifting of the ban that disallowed women from taking up any of 356
jobs listed as dangerous and unfit for women. The list was based on a
controversial regulation that declared that any profession that required
lifting of over 10 kgs at least twice an hour was out of bounds for women.
Women’s rights activists in Russia have been arguing for some time now that 10
kgs is the average weight of a one-year old infant, and if the mother of the
child is not prevented from lifting it, then such a restriction in case of jobs
did not make sense either.
3.
Cornell
Johnson’s 2020 MBAs secure highest salaries despite pandemic
Demand
in the consulting sphere was the highest, followed by finance and technology. Cornell
Johnson Graduate School for Management, is one of the top 25 schools in the US
that reported salary and bonus growth despite the uncertainty that has gripped
hiring across the world due to the pandemic-induced economic slump. This
positive news stands out magnificently as 93 per cent of the 2020 class of MBAs
has received job offers, which is just 1 per cent less than the last year. Not
only this, the base salary grew almost six per cent, which covers the slight
dip in the placement results. The bonuses were up modestly, too, climbing up
1.1 per cent this year. Out of 280 graduates, 259 were seeking jobs. The 90 per
cent that accepted the job offers received by them, accounted for a jump of
pay, amounting to $138,767, up from $131,150, which is faster than the four per
cecnt growth between the years 2018 and 2019. The average total compensation
for the class of 2020 MBAs was $172,247 this year, which is 6.5 per cent more
than last year and 12.5 per cent more than two years ago.
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