JUNE 2016

n About RecruiteX

n Hiring Trends

n Executive Summary

n Recruitment Trends by Industry

n Recruitment Trends by Functional Area

n Recruitment Trends by Location

n Recruitment Trends by Experience

n Contact Us

CONTENTS

June 2016

ABOUTRecruiteX is the recruitment index for India. It is an analysis identifying the hiring activity and trends in India Inc. Based on tactful extraction and examination of jobs posted and applied for in a month, it details ‘recruitment’ as a process backed by hiring sentiments of a recruiter and aspirations of a job seeker.

METHODOLOGYRecruiteX represents the demand aspects of recruitment. Demand for talent is computed by factoring activities of recruiters on TimesJobs.com. This demand is integrated with numbers collected by our offline team and then segregated according to top industry verticals, functional areas and locations. The base value for the index has been kept

at 100 for the month of December 2010. All RecruiteX values for subsequent months represent the trend of RecruiteX viz-a-viz December 2010.RecruiteX, in its most comprehensible format, is aimed to provide a detailed insight of the recruitment market in India to employers, recruiters and job seekers alike.

ABOUT RECRUITEX

June 2016

Talent demand stable; construction, real estate top hiring sector

JUNE HIRING TRENDS

June 2016

n EXPERIENCE-WISE BREAK-UP

7%2-5 years

14%5-10 years

11%10-20 years

15%>20 years

-4%<2 years

n TOP HIRING SECTORS

7%Real Estate

6%Construction

4%Logistics

3%Petrochemicals

3%Infrastructure

n IN-DEMAND PROFILES

21%Business

Management

12%Hospitality

11%Logistics

11%Quality Process

11%Banking

Insurance

n TOP HIRING LOCATIONS

14%Bengaluru & Pune

(each)

13%Jaipur

11%Chennai

8%Ahmedabad

0%Jun 2016

2%May 2016

-7%Apr 2016

-3%Jan 2016

6%Feb 2016

-5%Mar 2016

TALENT demand was stable during June 2016, reveals the latest RecruiteX - the recruitment index by

TimesJobs.com. Construction and real estate were the top hiring sectors during June 2016. Logistics, petrochemicals, IT/telecom and BFSI also hired

significantly during the month. Business management/consultants, hospitality, logistics and BFSI professionals reported significant rise in demand. IT/telecom and engineering profiles too witnessed a rise in demand. Among key locations, Bengaluru and Pune posted maximum rise in demand. Ahmedabad and Indore

were the top hiring tier II locations. Among states, Maharashtra (except Mumbai and Pune) posted 5 per cent rise in demand. Hiring gained momentum for experienced professionals while it dropped for freshers. Candidates having over 20 years of experience posted highest rise in talent demand in June 2016.

Hiring gained momentum for experienced professionals while it

dropped for freshersEXECUTIVE SUMMARY

June 2016

n Real estate posted 7 per cent rise in talent demand. Construction sector saw 6 per cent rise in demand.

n Business management/consultant professionals reported 21 per cent rise in demand.

n Among top ten locations, Bengaluru and Pune both witnessed 14 per cent rise in demand.

n Candidates across all experience categories saw active demand, except for candidates with less than 2 years of experience.

DEMAND

Overall, hiring was stable during June 2016. Key employment sectors and functional areas contributed to rise in hiring activity

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

79

Jun 2016

Demand for talent

Jun 2015

June 2016

100

96

92

88

84

80

76

83

n Real estate registered highest (7%) rise in hiring during June 2016. Since May 2016 the sector has posted an average 2 per cent rise.

n Construction sector posted 6 per cent rise in demand. Logistics sector reported a rise of 4 per cent in talent demand.

n IT/telecom and BFSI sector saw 2 per cent rise in demand. Petrochemicals sector posted 3 per cent rise in demand.

Demand rose across most key industry segments. Real estate and construction

were the best performing sectors during June 2016

RECRUITMENT TREND BY INDUSTRY

Market Average n May 2016 n Jun 201679 79

IT/Telecom

Manufacturing & Engineering

BFSI

CRM/CallCentres/BPO/ITES /Med.Trans

Consumer Durables/FMCG

Retailing

Petrochemicals/ Oil and Gas/ Power

Automobiles/Auto Component/ Auto Ancillary

Projects/Infrastructure/ Power/Energy

Healthcare/ Biotechnology/ Pharmaceutical

8991

70

82

86

83

49

61

56

43

90

70

84

86

83

50

64

60

44

85

June 2016

May 2016 Jun 2016

During June 2016, demand grew across key functional areas. Business management

and consultants were the most in-demand profiles during the month

RECRUITMENT TREND BY FUNCTION

n Business management/consultants reported 21 per cent rise in demand. The profile saw a rise of 7 per cent since May.

n Hospitality professionals witnessed 12 per cent rise. The profile has reported rise after three consecutive months of slowdown.

n Logistics and BFSI professionals saw 11 per cent rise in demand and IT/telecom witnessed 10 per cent rise.

Market Average n May 2016 n Jun 201679 79

IT/Telecom

Engineering

Accounting & Finance

Sales/Business Development

Banks/Insurance/ Financial Services

Marketing & Advertising

Customer Service/ Tele Calling

HR/PM/IR/Training/ T&D

Logistics/ Supply Chain Management/ Procurement

Quality Process/Control

8088

5254

6973

132140

5764

6571

110113

8178

5965

5562

June 2016

May 2016 Jun 2016

n Among top ten locations, Bengaluru and Pune reported 14 per cent rise in demand. Jaipur witnessed 13 per cent hike in demand.

n Chennai saw 11 per cent increase in talent demand in June 2016. Delhi NCR posted 5 per cent rise in demand.

n Ahmedabad and Indore posted 8 per cent rise, Jaipur saw 3 per cent rise and Chandigarh reported 2 per cent rise.

Demand witnessed positive hiring momentum in most major locations during

June 2016. Bengaluru and Pune were the best performing locations

RECRUITMENT TREND BY LOCATION

Market Average n May 2016 n Jun 201679 79

Delhi NCR

Mumbai

Bengaluru

Chennai

Pune

Hyderabad/ Secunderabad

Ahmedabad

Vadodara

Maharashtra (Except Mumbai and Pune)

Uttar Pradesh (Except Lucknow)

65

65

82

57

75

80

124

67

121

94

69

67

94

63

85

81

134

69

127

98

June 2016

May 2016 Jun 2016

Talent demand was upbeat across all experience categories, except

for candidates with less than 2 years of experience

RECRUITMENT TREND BY EXPERIENCE

n Candidates with over 20 years of experience reported highest rise (15%) in demand during June 2016.

n Candidates with 5-10 years of experience posted 14 per cent rise. Candidates with 10-20 years experience saw 11 per cent rise.

n Candidates with 2-5 years of experience saw 7 per cent rise, while those with less than 2 years experience saw 4 per cent drop.

Market Average n May 2016 n Jun 201679 79

<2yrs

2-5yrs

5-10yrs

10-20yrs

20yrs+

9590

7985

6372

5460

4754

June 2016

May 2016 Jun 2016

India’s leading recruitment portal TimesJobs.com brings ‘RecruiteX’ to give you a snapshot of hiring activity in India with complete analysis of demand in relation to major industries, functional areas, locations and experience.

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