Job Trends India in July 2013

The monthly report of Naukri JobSpeak Index for the month of July suggests an M-o-M growth of 8% in hiring levels from June 2013 to July 2013. Hiring in Pharmaceutical sector was up by 24% during this period. Telecom sector witnessed a growth in hiring by 11%, IT Software by 9%, Oil & Gas by 7% and Auto by 4%. The two sectors to post negative growth were Banking and BPO, depreciating by 7% and 14% respectively.
Hiring trends across functional area show Sales to be the winner with 13 % growth in recruitment followed by IT which witnessed 10% growth. Hiring grew by 9% in production, 3% in banking and 2% in marketing while it depreciated by 11% in the ITeS sector. In hiring trends across top cities Kolkata saw an appreciation of 15% in hiring activity, followed by Bengaluru with a 14% growth. Mumbai registered a growth of 11%, while Pune & Chennai witnessed an increment of 8% and 4%, respectively. Delhi experienced negative growth of 2%.
Good news for jobseekers! Hiring activity for India Inc moved up by 8% in July'13 as compared to June'13: Naukri JobSpeak Index (naukri JOBSPEAK The index witnessed an increase in hiring levels by 11% on a Y-o-Y basis. Hiring trends across top industry sectors Telecom Oil & Gas 11% Banking IT Software -7% 9% BPO Auto Pharma -14% 24% figures are percentage share compared between Jul-13 over Jun-13 Hiring trends across functional areas Hiring trends across top cities 13% 14% 11% 10% 9% Bengaluru Mumbai 3% 2% -2% ITES Sales IT Banking Production Marketing Chennai Delhi 8% 15% -11% Pune Kolkata figures are percentage share compared between Jul-13 over Jun-13 figures are percentage share compared between Jul-13 over Jun-13