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Hiring Activity In India At 65% Above Pre-COVID Level: Report

Hiring Activity In India At 65% Above Pre-COVID Level: Report

Hiring activity in India has been on a steady recovery and the hiring rate in July 2021, was about 65% above the pre-COVID level, according to LinkedIn report. 


There was a deepening hiring dip in April 2021, corresponding to a second wave of COVID-19 cases in India. Since then, it has been recovering steadily - compared to the pre-COVID levels in 2019, it was 35% higher at the end of May 2021, 42% higher at the end of June 2021, and now 65% higher at the end of July 2021. Part of this is because the hiring cycle in 2021 has been shifted slightly and accumulated into July because of the lull in April. 


As large sectors such as IT, manufacturing, and hardware begin to ramp up hiring after a year of hiring freezes, we are hopeful that hiring will continue to grow.


Among the transitions into Data and Cloud professions, 54% and 57% of the shifts made are from non-emerging roles respectively. That figure is much lower compared to that for roles in Sales (86%), Engineering (73%), Marketing (70%) and HR (68%). This suggests that such fields are easier to break into, while those such as Data and Cloud present more challenges.

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