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10 industries that saw biggest rise and fall of jobs in India

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Monster Employment Index India is a monthly gauge of online job posting activity based on a real-time review of millions of employer job opportunities culled from a large representative selection of career Internet websites and online job listings across India.

Let's take a look at five industries that saw fastest and five that saw slowest growth in online recruitment in India, according to Monster Employment Index.

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Healthcare, biotechnology & life sciences, pharmaceuticals

Online recruitment growth in May 2012: 119 per cent

Online recruitment growth in May 2013: 144 per cent

Year-on-year growth in online recruitment : 21 per cent

Overall rank: 1

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Healthcare India

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Non-governmental organisations/social services

Online recruitment growth in May 2012: 109 per cent

Online recruitment growth in May 2013: 128 per cent

Year-on-year growth in online recruitment: 17 per cent

Overall rank: 2

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Image: Labourers work at a construction site of a commercial complex in Mumbai.
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Real estate

Online recruitment growth in May 2012: 133 per cent

Online recruitment growth in May 2013: 153 per cent

Year-on-year growth in online recruitment: 15 per cent

Overall rank: 3

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Retail

Online recruitment growth in May 2012: 143 per cent

Online recruitment growth in May 2013: 163 per cent

Year-on-year growth in online recruitment: 14 per cent

Overall rank: 4

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BPO/ITES

Online recruitment growth in May 2012: 111 per cent

Online recruitment growth in May 2013: 124 per cent

Year-on-year growth in online recruitment: 12 per cent

Overall rank: 5

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ITES BPO India

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Garments/textiles/leather, gems and jewellery

Online recruitment growth in May 2012: 148 per cent

Online recruitment growth in May 2013: 142 per cent

Year-on-year growth in online recruitment: Minus 4 per cent

Overall rank in slowest growth in online recruitment: 1

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Home appliances

Online recruitment growth in May 2012: 138 per cent

Online recruitment growth in May 2013: 131 per cent

Year-on-year growth in online recruitment: Minus 5 per cent

Overall rank in slowest growth in online recruitment: 2

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Automotive/ancillaries/tyres

Online recruitment growth in May 2012: 147 per cent

Online recruitment growth in May 2013: 138 per cent

Year-on-year growth in online recruitment: Minus 6 per cent

Overall rank in slowest growth in online recruitment: 3

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Production and manufacturing

Online recruitment growth in May 2012: 94 per cent

Online recruitment growth in May 2013: 87 per cent

Year-on-year growth in online recruitment: Minus 7 per cent

Overall rank in slowest growth in online recruitment: 4

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