Online recruitment activities register 11% increase in June: Report

New Delhi July 13 (IANS) Online recruitment activities in the month of June registered 11 per cent year-on-year growth led by banking financial services and insurance (BFSI) sector according to a report.

"India is on the brink of a major transformation owing to several economic reforms and digital disruption over the last few months. The Monster Employment Index for June has captured this sentiment reporting 11 per cent year-on-year growth.

"It was majorly driven by BFSI sector making Mumbai (up 15 per cent) the only metro to have exhibited a double-digit annual growth " Sanjay Modi Managing Director Monster.com Asia Pacific and Middle-East said.

The implementation of Goods and Service Tax (GST) was a progressive step and was likely to have an encouraging impact on the job market nudging the overall growth he said.

"Among top growth sectors BFSI-led long-term growth chart with a 44 per cent year-on-year growth followed by home appliances (up 34 per cent). The consumer goods/ fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) food and packaged food industry witnessed a surge of 33 per cent in June 2017 from 27 per cent in May 2017 " Monster.com s employment index a monthly gauge of the country s online job demand noted.

City-wise data shows that among metros Kolkata (up 40 per cent) continued to lead the long-term growth even in June 2017.

Mumbai (up 15 per cent) was the only city to exhibit double-digit annual growth Hyderabad at 5 per cent Bangalore was up by 3 per cent while annual growth trend in Chennai (down 12 per cent) exhibited the steepest decline.

"Online hiring activity in Delhi-NCR matched the year-ago level. Baroda (up 36 per cent) followed by Ahmedabad (up 20 per cent) recorded the steepest year-on-year growth " the report said.

--IANS
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