January e-hiring up 12 per cent year-on-year: Report

The report said the home appliances sector continued to lead the long-term growth chart with 71 per cent Y-o-Y. 

City-wise data in the report showed that Kolkata (up 47 per cent) recorded the most notable annual growth rate among all monitored cities, followed by Ahmedabad (up 32 per cent) and Baroda (up 31 per cent). 

E-recruitment activity in Delhi-NCR (0 per cent) matched the corresponding period a year-ago, while Chennai (up 6 per cent) and Bengaluru (up 5 per cent) registered the steepest monthly decline of 5 per cent, the report said. 

“Among job intensive sectors, home appliances continued to lead the long-term growth chart with 71 per cent Y-o-Y; the sector has witnessed 15 per cent increase in hiring demand in the past six months,” a Monster.com report said. 

As shown by the Monster Employment Index, hiring demand in the media and entertainment sector rose 46 per cent, while banking, financial services and the insurance sector recorded a 36 per cent Y-o-Y increase. 

“Y-o-Y, demand in production and manufacturing (up 26 per cent) picked up in January 2018 following a slowdown in December 2017,” the report said. Online recruitment in retail (down 13 pc) recorded the steepest M-o-M decline among all monitored industry sectors. 

“The sector witnessed an 8 per cent decline in the month,” the report said.