Press Release

Naukri Job Speak Jan 15 Pune

February 1 2015

Pune sees 14% increase in hiring in January &rsquo15 over January&rsquo14: Naukri Job Speak Index

  • BPO sector sees a decline of 8% in hiring in January&rsquo15.
  • IT sector see a marginal increase of 1% in hiring in the same period

Pune, 2015
The Naukri Job Speak Index for the month of January 2015 for Pune was at 1748 indicating a 14% increase in the hiring activity in comparison to January 2014. Sectors like Insurance and Construction and Engineering saw a decline of 22% and 14% respectively in their hiring activity in January&rsquo15 as compared to January&rsquo14. However, the IT Software sector remained stable at 1% year on year growth and the Banking and Financial Services sector grew at 45% in the same period.
V Suresh, Executive Vice President and Chief Sales Officer, Naukri.com said &ldquoPositive hiring sentiments in sectors like IT and BFSI are driving the job market in Pune. With the global economy showing signs of steady revival backed up by sustained domestic demand, we can expect the hiring momentum to pick up in the months to come.&rdquo

Industry Sector Analysis:
An in depth analysis revealed that while Telecom, Pharma and the BFSI sectors recorded growth, few sectors such as the BPO and ITES as well as the Construction and Engineering sector saw a year on year decline of 8% and 14%  respectively in the index in January&rsquo15. The Insurance and Auto sectors also experienced a dip with the index going down by 22% and 5% respectively in the same period. However, the Banking and Financial services sector saw an exceptional spike of 45% in the January &rsquo15 index in comparison to the January&rsquo14 level. 

Functional Area Analysis:
The demand for professionals working in IT- Software saw an increase of 9% in January 15&rsquo over January 14'. But professionals employed in the Marketing & Advertising and Sales & Business Development witnessed a stable period with a decline of less than 1% in hiring in the same period. Employment opportunities for Project Management professionals also declined by 19% in this period.

About Naukri.com
Naukri.com, India&rsquos No. 1 job site and the flagship brand of Info Edge introduced the concept of e-recruitment in India. Since its inception in 1997, Naukri.com has continuously outperformed its competitors in every sphere. Info Edge was the first internet Company to be listed in India. The site enjoys a traffic share of 69% as per Comscore. Naukri.com is a recruitment platform that provides hiring-related services to corporates/ recruiters, placement agencies and to job seekers in India and overseas. It offers multiple products like Resume Database Access, listings and Response Management Tools. With more than 1, 25,000 jobs live at any point and over 38 million CV&rsquos, Naukri.com serviced over 48000 corporate clients in 2013-2014. The company employs over 3100 people operating through 56 offices in 42 cities in India and overseas offices in Dubai, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Bahrain.