More Jobs in Jan-Mar 2012

The survey which was conducted among over 4000 employers found that all nine sectors and all four regions of the country have positive hiring plans for the next quarter.

Job market is set to get a boost in the next quarter -- the three-month period between January and March of 2012 -- led by increased hiring in sectors like infrastructure and information technology, says a survey."... After a long wait-and-watch, now IT/ITeS industry is having very aggressive plan to hire new employees, compared to what they had hired in previous 3-4 months," Kumar said.He noted that the infrastructure sector is seeing robust hiring activities and and the recruitments have gone up on a month-on-month basis too.The infrastructure and IT sectors are followed by the automobile, manufacturing and FMCG segments, in terms of hiring optimism for the January-March 2012 quarter.At the same time, the hiring activities may witness a decline in the banking and financial services, and telecom sectors from the levels in the year-ago quarter.
A region-wise analysis also predicted a strong labour market for all the four region for the fourth quarter of FY'12, with the South region leading the pack with a net employment outlook of 31 per cent for the period. Agency