Editorial: Positive sign


The Indian job economy is geared up for an uptick in hiring as corporate houses embrace the post pandemic world.

A recent survey suggests that 51 per cent of recruiters indicated both new and replacement hiring in their organisations.

The appetite for hiring is up as 32 per cent recruiters confirm that they would be hiring for new jobs.

Many businesses were impacted during the pandemic and as a result, job security was threatened across multiple sectors. However, lay-offs are becoming a thing of the past, with just 1 per cent recruiters indicating lay-offs in their organisation compared to 36 per cent in the earlier survey.

Further, almost 40 er cent of the recruiters expect hiring to go back to pre-pandemic levels in the next three months itself which is in contrast with the sentiments from an earlier survey wherein only 20 per cent recruiters expected hiring to return to normalcy within three months.

Given the boost to digitisation, IT roles remain the most in-demand with 50 per cent of recruiters indicating strong hiring in this segment. Roles in Marketing and Business Development are also gaining traction with almost 38 per cent recruiters expressing intent to hire for these roles.

From an experience standpoint, recruiters expect to hire the most in the experience bracket of 3-5 years, according to the survey.