August 26, 2022
37% of all job seekers in the April-June quarter were either looking to get newly employed or make a change from their existing jobs
With the advent of 5G, a strong increase in telecom jobs is expected in the upcoming quarters, besides the growth of industries such as IT, healthcare, and e-commerce
63% of the job seekers preferred to work full time, 26% wanted to take part-time roles, and 11% were interested in gig or contract employment
In terms of sectors, IT/ITeS continued to have the most number of recruiters in the quarter, at 91%
India’s employers have increased hiring by 29% in the April to June quarter of this year, compared to the previous quarter, where the increase was 20%, according to data from a hiring tracker of global job site Indeed. The tracker is based on a survey of 1,229 employers and 1,508 employees from the April-June quarter of this year.
The data said that 37% of all job seekers in the April-June quarter were either looking to get employed for the first time or make a change from their existing jobs, compared to 46% from the previous quarter.
With the advent of 5G, a strong increase in telecom jobs is expected in the upcoming quarters, besides the growth of industries such as IT, healthcare, and e-commerce.
Recruiters are looking for different kinds of employees in the quarter, falling into categories such as full-time, part-time, gig, and contractual work, to manage candidate expectations and company budgets.
As per the data, 63% of the job seekers preferred to work full time, 26% wanted to take part-time roles, and 11% were interested in gig or contract employment. Employers, on the other hand, are hiring 19% of contract/gig workers.
In terms of sectors, IT/ITeS continued to have the most number of recruiters in the quarter at 91%, compared to 83% during the previous quarter. Design and Development had 33%, Operations/Administration had 29%, and Accounts & Finance had 26% of employers.
Technology roles were the most in-demand, and the sectors contributing to the increase in talent demand were healthcare and e-commerce.
Among areas, the metro cities had the highest hiring activity, with Bangalore at 93%, Mumbai at 87%, and Chennai at 82%. Chandigarh also showed a healthy increase in hiring activity at 59%.