Data showed that hiring declined by 15% in April compared to March as the Naukri JobSpeak Index fell to 2,072 from 2,436 a month earlier.
Hiring activity in India fell in the month of April amid a rising second wave of the Covid 19 pandemic and clampdowns in many states, according to data from leading job portal Naukri.com.
Data showed that hiring declined by 15% in April compared to March as the Naukri JobSpeak Index fell to 2,072 from 2,436 a month earlier.
“The disruption caused by the second wave of Covid-19 has impacted the hiring activity…However, the current impact on the job market is less severe than what we saw in April 2020 where the Naukri JobSpeak index declined by 51% month-on-month,”
Hiring Trends Across Industries
March 2021 Vis -a- Vis February 2021
Retail - 15 %
IT Software/ Software Services -11 %
Oil and Gas -7 %
Accounting/ Taxation / Finance - 6%
Telecom / ISP- 5 %
Medical/healthcare/ Hospital - 2 %
BPO/ITES -1 %
FMCG -10 %
Hiring Trends Across Functional Areas
March 2021 vis-a-vis February 2021
With organizations ramping up efforts towards digitization, hiring for tech professionals has gone up by +10% in Mar’21 Vs Feb’21. The demand for professionals in Teaching/ Education (-20%) and Sales/BD (-6%) roles saw a sequential decline. Hiring for ITES/BPO (0%) and Pharma/Biotech (+1%) roles saw a flat trend.
Source; Naukri.com