Online hiring getting more acceptability in India

NEW DELHI: Online hiring in India rose by 19% year-on-year in May, registering the highest growth since February last year, a survey says. According to a survey,  online recruitment has registered consistent improvement as compared to the year ago period since the start of this year.

There is a great deal of overall sanguinity around the new government to revive the economic momentum and constructing an investment friendly environment enabling creation of new jobs. However, on a month-on-month basis, the index remained unchanged in May over April.

Year-on-year, online recruitment activity exceeded in 16 of the 27 industry sectors monitored by the index, and media and entertainment industry registered the highest growth (59%). Meanwhile, online demand expanded all 13 occupation groups monitored by the index, and the demand for senior management continued to chart dramatic annual growth.

India witnessed 61% growth in opportunities between May 2013 and 2014 to lead all occupation groups year-on-year, the report said.

A city-wise analysis shows that, online opportunities exceeded the year-ago level in all 13 cities monitored by the index and Bangalore (up 37%) once again led all monitored cities by the way of long-term growth. Bangalore was followed by Mumbai which registered a 27% growth in opportunities between May 2013 and 2014. Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad and Chennai recorded 20%, 19% and 17% growth respectively. Chennai exhibited a double-digit growth for the first time since April 2013.