Press Release
April 20 2015
Hiring activity in Chennai upsurges by 6% in March 2015over March 2014:Naukri Job Speak Index
- IT, Accounting and Finance sectors have shown remarkable growth in hiring activity in March 2015 as compared with March 2014
- Auto, Insurance and Construction and Engineering have registered decline in hiring activity in March 2015
 
Chennai, April XX, 2015:
The Naukri Job Speak index for Chennai in March&rsquo15 was at 1354, indicating a 6% increase in the hiring activity. Among the key sectors in the city, Auto showed an11%Y-o-Ydepreciationin the hiring activity whereas Telecom registered an8%Y-o-Y growth in the same period.
Industry Sector Analysis: Accounting and ITsectors saw a significant increase of 43% and 29% respectively in hiring activities in March&rsquo15 over March&rsquo14. Other sectors like Telecom, Oil and gas saw 8% and 12%Y-o-Y increase respectively, in their hiring activity over the same period. However,Construction and Engineering,Auto and Insurance sectorssaw a Y-o-Y dip of 6%,11% and 18% in hiring activity in the same period.
Functional Area Analysis: Hiring of ITES professionals saw the maximum increase of 6%Y-o-Y rise in their Job index value in March&rsquo15 over March&rsquo14. Consulting and HR saw 27% and 21% more hiring this year in comparison to last year. There was a 19% Y-o-Y increase in the hiring of banking professionals in March&rsquo15 over March&rsquo14.
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 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 70% 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.