Desk : According to the latest Jobspeak Index, administrative staff hiring increased by 10% in October due to demand for new-age roles in areas such as artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML). Key sectors driving this growth include oil and gas (up 18%), pharmaceuticals and biotech (12%), consumer goods (8%) and IT (6%), four of the last seven months have recorded an increase . in recruitment.
The report says that four of the seven months of this financial year recorded positive growth in hiring in the IT sector, indicating favorable trends for the rest of the year. Naukri Jobspeak is a monthly index representing the state of the Indian labor market and hiring activity based on new job openings and job-related searches conducted by recruiters in the Naukri.com resume database. The report further noted that overall, Global Competence Centers (GCCs) demonstrated continued growth in October with a year-on-year increase of 17 percent.
The GCC showed significant growth in emerging hubs such as Kolkata (68.46 per cent) and Ahmedabad (47.68 per cent), reflecting the growing preference among international companies to expand beyond traditional technology hubs for their operations. in India. It said the festive period also saw significant growth in data-focused roles: data/big data testing engineers (64 per cent), full-stack data scientists (46 per cent), data platform engineers (26 per cent). percent) and data scientists (23 percent). percent). The report also found that after a slow performance in 2024, there have been encouraging signs in rookie hiring, with 6 percent year-on-year growth seen in October. In terms of locations, southern states showed exceptional growth in administrative staff hiring, with many cities showing strong year-over-year growth, according to the report.
He said Tamil Nadu was the best performing state, with a year-on-year growth of 24 per cent, followed by Telangana (16 per cent), Karnataka (12 per cent), Andhra Pradesh (9 per cent) and Kerala (7 per cent). . hundred). “The increasing pace of new hires is a strong indicator of business confidence and presents exciting opportunities for fresh graduates,” said Pawan Goyal, chief commercial officer at Naukri.
