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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. We view retirement as an end state, but the reality of it is far more nuanced. There is evidence that retirees would like to work and engage in some activity.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. For as long as most working professionals can remember, money has cost nothing. Not literally nothing, of course, but close enough that the difference didn't matter.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Just how difficult is it to get a foothold in today’s professional job market? It’s taking many of America’s most credentialed business-school graduates months to land and accept offers. With companies scrutinizing every white-collar hire, the job market for M.B.A.s has sputtered for more than a year.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: Sachin Sahay, executive vice-president—sales operations at ITC Ltd, has emerged as the frontrunner to take over as chief executive officer of the Aditya Birla Group-backed Birla Opus, the disruptor in India’s ₹70,000-crore paints market, according to two people aware of the development. Sahay is set to succeed Rakshit Hargave, who stepped down as the chief executive in November 2025.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A good cover letter marries an applicant’s CV to the demands of the job. It helps employers identify promising candidates, particularly those with an employment history that is orthogonal to their career ambitions.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell isn’t ultimately about the Fed’s headquarters, or Powell, or even interest rates. It’s about power.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Ketan Parekh was a serial entrepreneur of systemic rot. First penalized for his role in the 1992 securities scam, he resurfaced by the turn of the millennium with a personalized version of market manipulation that eventually bore his name.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is on the precipice of what may be the defining event of his government career. President Donald Trump has said he will choose the next chair of the Federal Reserve by early January.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A career as an influencer may be an instinctive choice for younger Indians born in the digital age. But even older professionals in their 40s, 50s and 60s are taking it as a serious pursuit.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. It’s tough to go back to school in your 40s. But with layoffs, stagnant pay and inroads by artificial intelligence, many of those nearing midlife are heading back to classrooms and trade schools.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Today’s featured use case is: How to prepare for professional certification using NotebookLM. What problem does NotebookLM solve? Professional certifications like PMP are career accelerators, but the preparation journey is overwhelming.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When Sanjay Malhotra became the 26th governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) a year ago, he didn’t inherit a crisis—in fact, the period of high inflation was drawing to a close. He did, however, assume office at a time when the entire world was gripped by uncertainty.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When N. Srinivasan walked into CG Power on 26 November 2020, he knew he had accepted the most daunting assignment of his career.

What do you call someone who comes down like a tonne of bricks on ambitious youngsters with career aspirations but crumbles like a cookie in the face of a market-leading company flexing its dominance?The rest of the world terms them bullies. In India, we call them regulators.If this strikes you as Macaulay-esque prejudice against Indian institutions, compare the Directorate General of Civil Aviation’s (DGCA’s) capitulation in the face of IndiGo’s blackmail with the Commission on Air Quality Management’s (CAQM’s) imminent clampdown on young men and women looking to earn living by delivering goods and services for e-commerce giants using bikes bought with borrowed money.Come January, even as they struggle to keep up with the monthly instalments on their bikes, gig workers who switch between aggregators or are new to such work will find their livelihood deemed illegal in the National Capital Region.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Startups are offering higher salaries, bigger bonuses and more employee stock options (Esops) at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) this year, but despite securing first-day slots too, they are struggling to attract top talent as campus hiring shifts from mass hiring to picking a few high-quality candidates amid an AI-led productivity boost.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bengaluru: Wipro Ventures’ new co-managing partner Ali Wasti is expected to drive a deeper focus on artificial intelligence at the $500-million corporate venture arm of Wipro Ltd. The investment firm recently appointed Wasti, a veteran investor in deep-tech startups, to replace Venu Pemmaraju, who retired from the company last week.

Companies like Google, Accenture, Diageo, Myntra, IKEA, and L’Oréal are including fertility treatments like IVF under insurance, offering emotional support through employee assistance programmes, organising seminars to drive awareness on infertility and available support systems. Egg and sperm freezing, too, are being added to medical insurance programmes for employees looking to delay their parenthood journey for career or personal reasons. India has a population of as many as 27.5 million infertile people, including men and women, according to the Indian Society of Assisted Reproduction. However, organisations are stepping up to drive the change. In November last year, Google India expanded its family building benefits in India, increasing reimbursements for expenses related to fertility treatments — including options like fertility preservation, IUI, and IVF.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI : It’s a particularly tough time for employees. The job market is dragging its feet, and global cues offer little reassurance.