Monday, March 10, 2008

A million new jobs in 2008 in India

Ma Foi Employment Trends Survey estimates that a million new jobs will be created in India in 2008. Health Sector shows the highest growth in recruitment at 8.9% followed by IT at 7.3%, ITES at 7.2% and Hospitality at 6.9%.

Experienced workers are hired more than freshers, who constitute a little more than a quarter of the newly hired. Sectors where the demand for freshers is above 30% include Hospitality, Energy Generation & Supply Sector, ITES and Mining & Extraction.

In the city analysis, Mumbai is poised to generate the highest number of employment followed by Delhi, Chennai and Kolkatta.

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

The campus recruitment by the IT and ITeS companies is likely to fall by about 38 per cent this year, according to same study. Companies are already staggering the joining dates by 2 to 3 months, batch sizes have also come down.