IT and Telecom top employment generators in April 2013: TimesJobs RecruiteX Report

April 2013 has been the month of IT/Telecom, these industries were the top employment generators of the month. IT/Telecom professionals too, emerged as the most in-demand profile of the month. February 2013 was the only month when IT/Telecom industry and professionals witnessed a dull phase, otherwise it has been one of the top performing segments, since the beginning of 2013. Doctors/Nurses/Medical professionals witnessed significant rise in demand during April’13. Demand for Entertainment/ Media/ Journalism profiles observed encouraging trends. Engineering professionals again witnessed a slump in demand, last month it was one of the most sought after functional areas. Among top ten locations, Hyderabad witnessed highest growth in hiring activity during the month. All metros, except Chennai and Delhi/NCR reported rise in demand for talent. Gujarat (Except Ahmedabad and Vadodara) held its top position to emerge as the best performing state second time in a row. Demand for professionals across experience categories witnessed a slump. Entry level and mid-level candidates with 0-2 and 2-5 years of experience were the only categories to report growth in hiring activity.
Positive hiring sentiments prevailed across industry segments, functional areas, locations and experience categories. Overall, hiring saw a 1 point increase from previous month.

• IT/Telecom industry witnessed maximum hiring activity (12%), followed by Advertising/PR/Event Management (7%). The Healthcare/ Biotechnology/ Pharmaceutical industry also witnessed increase of (5%) during April’13

• Demand soared for Doctors/Nurses/Medical professionals (30%). IT/Telecom professionals also reported increase in hiring activity during April’13 (17%). Content/Editors/Journalists which saw stable hiring last month, reported a (4%) increase in demand during April’13

• Amongst top locations, Hyderabad reported maximum growth (10%) in demand during the month. Among states, Gujarat (Except Ahmedabad and Vadodara) continued on the growth trajectory, reporting maximum increase (31%) in the hiring activity

• The experience demand index for April’13 was upbeat for candidates with less than 2 years of experience (5%), followed by candidates with 2-5 years of experience (1%)

Supply index lost 15 points in month-over-month analysis. Industries such as Petrochemicals/ Oil and Gas/ Power and Automobiles/Auto Component/Auto Ancillary were the major contributors to the fall.

• Job-seeking activity dropped across major industries. Petrochemicals/ Oil and Gas/ Power witnessed maximum drop (40%) in supply of talent, followed by Automobiles/Auto Component/Auto Ancillary sector (12%)

• Entertainment/Media professionals witnessed maximum growth (20%) in job-seeking activity. Professionals in Advertising/PR/Event Management industry also registered noticeable growth (8%) in supply

• Supply of talent was downbeat across major locations. Among top job hubs, Ahmedabad witnessed maximum drop (8%) in job-seeking activity during the month. Among states, Gujarat (Except Ahmedabad and Vadodara) saw maximum decline (11%) in job-seeking activity

• Supply of talent was discouraging for professionals across experience categories. Candidates with 5-10 years of experience witnessed maximum drop (12%) in job-seeking activity