Demand for Freshers is Back!

From the present trend in recruiting, it seems that the spell cast by the recession is slowly fading off. Recruitment numbers in most cities in India show an upward trend. This is evident from this month's Naukri.com report. We have the highlights of the report from a fresh candidate's angle here.

Highlights

• Hiring activity for Freshers and Trainees showed an increase of 39 %.
• ITES and BPO industry saw an increase in hiring activity by 18.3%.
• Hiring activity in Real Estate increase by 36.8%
• Recruiting for Retails has increased 12.2%
• Construction & Engineering saw an increase in hiring activity by 6%
• Hiring activity in Insurance and IT Software was up by 4.5% and 2.1%
• Banking & Finance and Oil & Gas saw a dip in hiring activity by 6.5% and 4.6%

You may want to read the full report here [.pdf].
*All data are for the month of Sept 09 and are compared against Aug 09.