The Monster Employment Index India that provides a monthly snapshot of online job demand, rose to 128 last month.
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On a month-to-month basis, the index improved by 3.14 per cent in June.
The Monster Employment Index India for December -- a monthly gauge of online job demand based on a real-time review of millions of employer job opportunities -- stood at 115, down nearly 2 per cent from the month ago period.
After two consecutive months of decline, recruitment activities in India witnessed a moderate improvement in July, a survey by job portal Monster.com says.
Let's take a look at five cities that saw fastest and five that saw slowest growth in online recruitment.
Let's take a look at five industries that saw biggest and five that saw lowest growth in India.
Healthcare sector is hiring staff, says Monster.com.
The month witnessed an increase in demand for technically qualified professionals in customer service and healthcare.
Job portal Monster.com's employment index rose to 136 in April as compared to 133 in the previous month.
The Monster.com's employment index, a monthly gauge of the country's online job demand, rose by 12 points (up 10 per cent) to 129 in November this year from 117 in the same period a year ago.
Hiring activities slowed down marginally in many sectors during the last month amid challenging economic conditions, according to job portal Monster.com.
Eyeing opportunities in the fast growing Indian telecom sector, Chinese vendor Huawei on Tuesday announced an investment of $2 billion (about Rs 9,000 crore) in the next five years to set up an R&D centre, local manufacturing and other activities.
Here we present five Indian cities that are witnessing growth in job opportunities and five that are not.
Job postings declined on an annual basis in September but witnessed a marginal uptick compared to August this year, a report said on Tuesday. There was a fall in job postings in various sectors, including media and entertainment, home appliances, shipping and marine, IT and BPO/ITES compared to September 2021. For September 2022, the Monster Employment Index (MEI) showed that there was a 4 per cent decline in hiring activities on an annual basis but a 1 per cent rise on a month-on-month basis.
A leading job portal on Thursday said that sectors such as retail witnessed a good recruitment trend on the back of rising domestic demand.
Job postings activity in April witnessed 3 per cent decline sequentially as the country is hit with the second wave of the pandemic leading to lockdowns, according to a report. The data indicates that the employment index saw a decline in job posting activity in April compared to March, by 3 per cent, according to the Monster Employment Index. The overall job postings also witnessed a decline of 4 per cent year-on-year as of April 2021, compared to April 2020.
The Monster.com's employment index, a monthly gauge of the country's online job demand, declined by 2 points (-1.56 per cent) to 126 in August, from 128 in the previous month.
City-wise data showed that there has been improvement in online recruitment activity. Kolkata (up 51 per cent) recorded the most notable annual growth rate among all monitored cities, followed by Baroda (up 46 per cent).
Online job portal Monster.com's employment index rose to 118 last March from 116 in February. The index provides a broad indication of demand for jobs online.
online recruitment exceeded the year-ago level in 17 industry groups.
Some industries in India are booming, while some are not witnessing impressive growth.
Even amid tough economic conditions, hiring continued in areas including IT, ITeS, engineering, financial services, automobile, telecom healthcare, travel and media.
Hiring for management professionals with greater than 16 years of experience witnessed a spike of 66% compared to last year.
Hiring activity witnessed a 6 per cent year-on-year growth in March this year, supported by a rebound in economic activities and led by sectors such as banking and telecom, according to a report. However, there was a marginal dip of 2.4 per cent in hiring activity as compared to February, owing to the appraisal season, according to the Monster Employment Index (MEI). "Two years into the pandemic, it is heartening to see that the Indian economy has overcome setbacks and challenges with hiring momentum exceeding pre-COVID levels by 6 per cent this year compared to 2020," Monster.com, a Quess company, CEO Sekhar Garisa noted.
The latest Monster Employment Index, that offers a snapshot of online job demand in India, showed that hiring trends picked up in January.
Hiring activities pick up in December.
Online activity grew in January on improved markets sentiment.
Leading job portal Monster.com said on Monday that recruitment activities in many sectors witnessed a decline last month compared to July.
According to leading job portal Monster.com, since the start of this year, online recruitment has registered consistent consistent improvement as compared to the year ago period.
The Monster Employment Index for the month of August stood at 153, registering a 25 per cent jump over the same period a year ago, when the index level was at 122.
The Monster.com employment index, rose 31 points to 154 in July from 123 points in the same month a year ago, up 25 per cent.
The government's increased thrust on investment and continued focus on job creation in India gives the sense of an improving job market scenario in the coming months.
More activity in the IT, health care, services sectors; manufacturing firms keeping fingers crossed.
Further, the rate of growth improved in all, between June and July 2014.
Online hiring activity went up around 26 per cent in May.
The banking, financial services and insurance was the highest paid sector
IT services sector has a huge gender pay gap of 34 per cent.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who envisioned Make In India last September was at his eloquent best as he made a fervent plea to global businesses to come Make In India.
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