Press Release

Naukri Job speak City release- Kolkata February 2015

March 1 2015

Kolkata saw a marginal increase of 1% in hiring in Feb &rsquo15 over Feb&rsquo14

  • The Insurance sector saw a significant decline of 20% in hiring in Feb &rsquo15.
  • The Pharma sector saw a 12% increase in their hiring activity

Kolkata, February 2015
The Naukri Job Speak Index for Kolkata, for the month of February &rsquo15 when compared to February &rsquo14 was at 1407 indicating a 1% increase in the hiring activity. Among the key sectors in the city, Pharma saw an increase of 12% in February&rsquo15 when compared to last year.

Industry Sector Analysis:
Sectors like Telecom and Banking saw a significant increase of 14% and 77% respectively in their hiring activities in Feb 15&rsquo over Feb 14&rsquo. However, sectors like Construction and Engineering saw a dip of 4% in February 15 over February 14. Other sectors like Auto and Insurance also recorded a decline of 9% and 20% respectively in their hiring levels over the same period.

Functional Area Analysis:
Hiring of Production and Maintenance and Project Management professionals saw a dip of 6% and 7% respectively in February 15 over February 14. However an opposite trend was seen for the HR and Finance professionals where the numbers went up by 18% and 11% respectively over the same period. 

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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 seen continuous decline while outperforming 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.