JANUARY 2016

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JANUARY 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.

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Healthcare, IT drive talent demand in Jan 2016

HIRING

TRENDS JANUARY 2016

16% Doctors/medical

professionals

1% HR

management

5% Hospitality

Healthcare IT/telecom Travel & hospitality

IN-DEMAND PROFILES

BEST-PERFORMING LOCATIONS

EXPERIENCE-WISE BREAK-UP

TOP EMPLOYMENT GENERATORS

Chennai

16% 16% 15% JaipurChandigarh

<2 years

2-5 years

5-10 years

10-20 years

>20 years

-16% -3% -3% -1% 28%

2% 1% 3%

-9% Nov 2015

4% Sep 2015

0% Apr 2015

-12% May 2015

-4% Aug

8% Jul 2015

2% Oct 2015

-2% Jun 2015

2% Dec 2015

-3% Jan 2016

Talent demand dropped by 3 per cent during January 2016 even as hiring activity revived across key sectors, reveals the latest RecruiteX, the recruitment index by TimesJobs.com. Among key sectors, healthcare, IT/telecom and travel & hospitality posted significant rise in demand for talent. Doctors/nurses/medical professionals posted the highest rise in demand during January 2016. Hospitality professionals too posted a significant rise in demand during the period. Entertainment/media/journalism profile, which was the most sought-after in December 2015, posted double-digit

drop in demand in January 2016. IT/telecom professionals too saw a negative demand trend. Among key locations, Chennai was the only metro to report rise in talent demand. Among non-metros, Chandigarh, Jaipur and Indore saw increased hiring activity during January 2016. Hiring fell across experience categories, barring senior professionals with over 20 years of experience. Candidates with less than 2 years of experience witnessed the maximum drop in demand in January 2016, according to RecruiteX data.

EXECUTIVE

SUMMARY JANUARY 2016

March 2015 January 2016

Demand for talent

DEMANDn Among key sectors, healthcare reported 2 per cent rise in hiring activity. IT/telecom posted 1 per cent rise in talent demand

n Doctors/nurses/medical professionals reported 16 per cent rise in demand. Hospitality professionals witnessed 5 per cent rise in demand

n Among top ten locations, Chennai witnessed 16 per cent rise in demand. Jaipur reported over 30 per cent rise in demand

n The November 2015 demand index was negative for candidates across experience categories barring professionals with over 20 years of experience

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EXECUTIVE

SUMMARY

Demand reported drop across most key industry segments. Healthcare, IT/telecom and travel & hospitality were the best performing sectors during January 2016

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Recruitment trend by

INDUSTRY JANUARY 2016

DEMANDn Among the top ten sectors, travel & hospitality registered the highest (3%) rise in hiring during January 2016

n Healthcare (2%) and IT/telecom (1%) were the other key sectors posting increased hiring activity

n Logistics & warehousing sector saw the highest (7%) drop in demand followed by manufacturing sector with 5 per cent drop during the month

Demand reported drop across most key industry segments. Healthcare, IT/telecom and travel & hospitality were the best performing sectors during January 2016

DemandINDUSTRY Dec’15 Jan’15

IT/Telecom q97 p98

Manufacturing & Engineering q75 q71

BFSI q 87 q 85

CRM/CallCentres/BPO/ITES q94 q 92

Consumer Durables/FMCG q 87 q 84

Retailing q53 q52

Petrochemicals/ Oil and gas q73 q71

Construction/Cement/Metal /Steel q 68 q 62

Projects/Infrastructure/Power q52 q 50

Healthcare/ Biotech/ Pharma q88 p90

Market Average q85 q83Base Year Dec 2010=100

Recruitment trend by

FUNCTION JANUARY 2016

DEMANDn Among key functional areas, doctors/nurses/medical professionals reported the highest (16%) rise in demand

n Among top ten functions, hospitality professionals witnessed 5 per cent rise in demand during January 2016

n Entertainment/media/journalism professionals posted the highest (22%) drop in demand. This profile was the most sought-after during December 2015

During January 2016, demand fell across key functional areas. Among key profiles, doctors/nurses/medical professionals posted the highest rise in demand during the month

DemandFUNCTION Dec’15 Jan’15IT/Telecom q92 q89Engineering p59 q56Accounting & Finance p76 q69Sales/Business Development p140 q132Banks.Insurance/Financial service p62 q60Marketing & Advertising p72 q66Customer service/Telecalling p122 q117HR/PM/IR/Training/T&D p80 p81Logistics/ Supply Chain p59 q58Quality/process control p57 q55Market Average p85 q83Base Year Dec 2010=100

Recruitment trend by

LOCATION JANUARY 2016

DEMANDn Among key locations, Chennai reported 16 per cent rise in talent demand during January 2016 while Chandigarh posted 15 per cent rise in demand

n Jaipur saw over 30 per cent rise in talent demand and Indore saw 5 per cent rise in demand during January 2016

n Among states, Karnataka (except Bengaluru) saw 2 per cent rise in demand. Gujarat (except Ahmedabad and Vadodara) posted 21 per cent drop in demand

Demand witnessed negative hiring momentum in most major locations during the month of January 2016. Among metros, Chennai was the best performing location

DemandLOCATION Dec’15 Jan’15Delhi NCR p68 q67Mumbai p75 q68Bengaluru q101 q93Chennai q49 p56Pune p97 q90Hyderabad q88 q80West Bengal q121 q115Maharashtra* q59 p61Ahmedabad q158 q147Indore q 109 q107Market Average p85 q83*(except Mumbai and Pune) Base Year Dec 2010=100

Recruitment trend by

EXPERIENCE JANUARY 2016

DEMANDn Candidates with over 20 years of experience reported 28 per cent rise in demand during January 2016

n Candidates with less than 2 years of experience reported 16 per cent drop in talent demand during the month

n Demand for professionals with 2-5 years and 5-10 years of experience posted 3 per cent drop in demand during January 2016

Demand for talent was sluggish across experience categories. Senior professionals with over 20 years of experience was the only category to report rise in talent demand

DemandEXPERIENCE Dec’15 Jan’15 <2 years p99 q84

2-5 years p88 q85

5-10 years p69 q67

10-20 years p61 p61

Over 20 years q55 p70

Market Average p85 q83Base Year Dec 2010=100

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India’s leading recruitment portal TimesJobs.com brings ‘RecruiteX’ to give you a snapshot of the hiring activity in India with a complete

analysis of demand in relation to major industries, functional areas, locations and experience.

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