An Index of Job Opportunities Location – Industry – Functional Area - Experience
February 2009
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Job Index for Feb ’09 up by 5% Highlights of the report The Overall Job Index moved up by 5% from 738 in Jan ‘09 to 774 in Feb ‘09. 7 cities saw an increase in hiring activity, Chandigarh and Ahmedabad topped the charts Hiring activity went up in industries like Oil and Gas, Auto, Construction, Pharma and Insurance Greater demand for Sales and Business Development professionals and Production personnel Executive Summary Feb 2009: Hiring activity moved up by 5% as compared to Jan ‘09 February is usually a month of caution, as annual results approach and hiring gets impacted. Despite that the Naukri JobSpeak index for Feb ‘09 at 774 is 5% up from Jan ‘09, indicating an improved hiring scenario. The gain in the index is reflected in an improved job situation in cities like Delhi – NCR, Ahmedabad Chandigarh and Pune. Hiring activity went up in industries like Auto, Construction, Telecom and Insurance. There was a greater demand for Sales & Business Development professionals as well as Production personnel. The report compiles an index on job listings added to the site every month. The listings are representative of the jobs posted on the site by recruiters that are clients of Naukri.com. The team at Naukri.com successfully maps and derives trends to reflect the jobs available online. To calculate the index, job listings added to the site in July 2008 have been taken as a base of 1000. The February 2009 index is compared with July 2008. A summary of trends in February is presented in the Executive Summary section. The charts with the corresponding numbers have been collated in the annexure.
Naukri.com, India’s No.1 job site, has spread its reach across industries, functional areas, metros, tier II and tier III cities across India. Naukri JobSpeak-The Naukri.com Job Index is an initiative by Naukri.com to provide its stakeholders and users overview on job prospects and attractive occupations as well as a peek into industries gaining attractiveness and industries losing sheen. Overall, it is indicative of the health of the economy. 2 Naukri JobSpeak Feb 2009
City wise Analysis: Out of the top 13 cities, 7 cities saw an increase in hiring activity in Feb ‘09 as compared to Jan ‘09. The index for Delhi, Chennai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Baroda and Jaipur moved up. City Delhi-NCR Mumbai Bengaluru Chennai Hyderabad Pune Kolkata Ahmedabad Chandigarh Cochin Baroda Coimbatore Jaipur
Index Value of Jobs by City Jul-08 Aug-08 Sep-08 Oct-08 Nov-08 Dec-08 Jan-09 1000 928 981 786 841 697 742 1000 968 929 715 692 717 712 1000 826 799 723 725 634 747 1000 892 911 801 778 646 625 1000 866 891 752 732 640 646 1000 858 895 724 723 590 617 1000 986 952 630 656 586 718 1000 813 818 754 786 787 715 1000 852 981 656 726 711 659 1000 1577 1264 1176 960 903.4 1162 1000 991 959 761 800 767 750 1000 849 1062 943 719 627 664 1000 927 1051 769 879 958 857
Feb-09 811 691 706 634 644 642 642 996 833 1091 992 595 932
There is a noticeable improvement in the hiring situation in Chandigarh and Ahmedabad. The index for Chandigarh and Ahmedabad moved up from 659 and 715 in January to 833 and 996 in Feb ‘09 up by 26% and 39% respectively. The job index for Delhi – NCR and Pune moved up by 9% and 4% respectively, as compared to Jan ’09. Slowdown in hiring continued in Mumbai witnessing a decline in hiring activity by 5% from Jan ‘09. Kolkata and Coimbatore witnessed a drop in the index declined by almost 11% in both the cities in Feb ‘09 as compared to Jan ‘09. Industry Analysis: Hiring in the Oil and Gas industry picked up in Feb ‘09 by 24%, the index moved to 910 as compared to 732 in Jan ’09. Maintaining stability for the past few months at an index level of 770, hiring in the Insurance industry picked up, the insurance index moved to 922, up 20% as compared to Jan ‘09 The Auto industry cheered up after the slump in the past months, the index moved up by 15% from 501 in Jan ’09 to 577 in Feb ’09.
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The Pharma industry continued to see an upward trend in hiring and the job index for the industry moved up by 11% in Jan ‘09 Hiring scenario in the IT – Software and BPO remained stable, the index moved marginally by 1-3% vis a vis Jan ‘09.
Industry IT- Software BPO and ITeS Construction and Engineering Auto and Auto Ancillary Banking and Financial Services Oil and Gas Telecom Insurance Capital Goods Pharma & Biotech Hospitality FMCG,Foods and Beverage Chemicals Education
Index Value of Jobs by Industry Jul-08 Aug-08 Sep-08 Oct-08 Nov-08 Dec-08 Jan-09 1000 849 860 753 777 682 691 1000 847 829 928 824 772 989 1000 921 935 784 742 596 618 1000 950 863 745 707 512 501 1000 972 1001 689 598 597 652 1000 911 857 737 791 736 732 1000 1047 1111 832 945 900.5 992 1000 954 976 770 708 777 771 1000 958 950 827 846 694 652 1000 985 974 863 996 1031 1024 1000 926 946 903 796.9 724 881 1000 952 940 739 914 893.7 959 1000 968 967 775 782 781 726 1000 835 798 669 700 888 1112
Feb-09 674 976 680 577 630 910 1000 922 778 1133 872 1011 831 940
Witnessing a sudden shift, the index for the education industry moved down by 16%, from 1112 in Jan ‘09 to 940 in Feb ‘09. The index for niche industries such as Legal, Security & Law Enforcement moved up to 2203, 1473 from 1281, 1018 respectively Functional Area / Department Analysis: Greater demand for Production, Sales and Business development professionals Sales and Business Development professionals continued to see an increase in hiring with the index moving up since Oct ’08, the index moved up by 12% from 849 in Jan ’09 to 953 in Feb ’09 Pharma and Biotech professionals continued to see an upward trend in hiring and moved up by 20% as compared to Jan ‘09. The index at 1318 hit an all time high. Banking and Insurance professionals saw an upward trend in hiring, the index moved up by 10% from 665 in Jan ‘09 to 737 in Feb ’09.
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Job creation for functional roles such as Marketing and HR remained stable at the Jan ‘09 level. The demand for professionals in Hospitality saw a downward trend. The index moved down by 12% from 1046 in Jan ’09 to 925 in Feb ’09. Experience Bucket: Senior Management saw a push in hiring in Feb ‘09 The maximum jobs continued to be in the 4-7 years experience category. However it was the senior management that saw a push in hiring in Feb ’09. Senior Management hiring picked up, with jobs for 16+ years of experience moving up by 10% as compared with Jan ‘09. Hiring activity for the experience band of 13-16 years picked by 6% as compared with Jan ‘09 Fresher hiring and junior executive hiring remained stable at the Jan level.
Illustration: Break up of jobs according to experience buckets for Feb ’09
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Methodology Data for calculating the Index has been sourced from Naukri.com and is reflective of the job listings on the site. Jobs have been categorised by location, functional area, and industry. The index has been calculated across cities/ functional area- dept/ industry verticals. On the basis of job listings added to the site every month, the data shows an increase or decline in the jobs. To calculate the index, job listings added to the site in July 2008 have been taken on a base of 1000. The subsequent months have been indexed with data of July 2008. The report produced monthly shows hiring trends across industry sectors, geography and functional areas. More than 32500 clients use Naukri.com, leading to high reliability of the data. Naukri.com serviced over 24500 unique clients in H1 2008 Disclaimer The data is only representative of the listings on Naukri.com. Our analytics team has used statistical techniques to derive insights which might be useful for our users/stake holders/ audiences. There may be a statistical margin of error.
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Annexure In-depth data across Cities/ Industry/ Functional Area Graphs and tables as per Location
City
Jul08
Nov08
Dec08
Jan09
Feb09
Delhi-NCR
1000
841
697
742
811
Mumbai
1000
692
717
712
691
Kolkata
1000
656
586
718
642
Chennai
1000
778
646
625
634
City
Jul08
Nov08
Dec08
Jan09
Feb09
Bengaluru
1000
725
634
747
706
Hyderabad
1000
732
640
646
644
Pune
1000
723
590
617
642
Ahmedabad
1000
786
787
715
996
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City
Jul08
Nov08
Dec08
Jan09
Feb09
Chandigarh
1000
726
711
659
833
Cochin
1000
960
903
1162
1091
Baroda
1000
800
767
750
992
Coimbatore
1000
719
627
664
595
Jaipur
1000
879
958
857
932
City Delhi-NCR Mumbai Bengaluru Chennai Hyderabad Pune Kolkata Ahmedabad Chandigarh Cochin Baroda Coimbatore Jaipur
Jul-08 Aug-08 Sep-08 Oct-08 Nov-08 Dec-08 Jan-09 1000 928 981 786 841 697 742 1000 968 929 715 692 717 712 1000 826 799 723 725 634 747 1000 892 911 801 778 646 625 1000 866 891 752 732 640 646 1000 858 895 724 723 590 617 1000 986 952 630 656 586 718 1000 813 818 754 786 787 715 1000 852 981 656 726 711 659 1000 1577 1264 1176 960 903.4 1162 1000 991 959 761 800 767 750 1000 849 1062 943 719 627 664 1000 927 1051 769 879 958 857
Feb-09 811 691 706 634 644 642 642 996 833 1091 992 595 932
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Graphs and tables as per Industry
Industry
Jul08
Nov08
Dec08
Jan09
Feb09
IT- Software
1000
777
682
691
674
BPO and ITeS
1000
824
772
989
976
Telecom
1000
945
900
992
1000
IT-Hardware & Networking
1000
781
610
721
648
Jul08
Nov08
Dec08
Jan09
Feb09
Industry Construction and Engineering
1000
742
596
618
680
Oil and Gas
1000
791
736
732
910
Chemicals
1000
782
781
726
831
Real Estate
1000
504
398
435
445
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Jul08
Nov08
Dec08
Jan09
Feb09
1000
598
597
652
630
Insurance
1000
708
777
771
922
Accounting & Taxation
1000
695
616
688
629
Industry
Jul08
Nov08
Dec08
Jan09
Feb09
Pharma & Biotech
1000
996
1031
1024
1133
Healthcare
1000
745
887
940
1046
Industry Banking and Financial Services
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Industry
Jul08
Nov08
Dec08
Jan09
Feb09
Auto and Auto Ancillary
1000
707
512
501
577
Capital Goods
1000
846
694
652
778
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Industry IT- Software BPO and ITeS Construction and Engineering Auto and Auto Ancillary Banking and Financial Services Oil and Gas Telecom Insurance Capital Goods Pharma & Biotech Hospitality FMCG,Foods and Beverage Chemicals Education IT-Hardware & Networking Retailing Media and Entertainment Healthcare Real Estate Employment Firms Consumer Durables Accounting & Taxation Advertising Textiles Semiconductors & Electronics Courier & Transportation Architecture & Interior Designing Export & Import Printing & Packaging Marine Agriculture Office Equipment/Automation Fresher & Trainee Social Services Gems & Jewellery Paper Legal Tyres Fertilizers & Pesticides Security & Law Enforcement Defence & Government
Index Value of Jobs by Industry Jul-08 Aug-08 Sep-08 Oct-08 Nov-08 Dec-08 Jan-09 1000 849 860 753 777 682 691 1000 847 829 928 823.9 772 989 1000 921 935 784 742 596 618 1000 950 863 745 707 512 501 1000 972 1001 689 598 597 652 1000 911 857 737 791 736 732 1000 1047 1111 832 945 900.5 992 1000 954 976 770 708 777 771 1000 958 950 827 846 694 652 1000 985 974 863 996 1031 1024 1000 926 946 903 796.9 724 881 1000 952 940 739 914 893.7 959 1000 968 967 775 782 781 726 1000 835 798 669 700 888 1112 1000 815 801 709 781 610 721 1000 846 899 614 684 546 504 1000 885 832 619 687 448 486 1000 1014 958 826 745 887 940 1000 873 931 600 504 398 435 1000 1011 953 742 748 597 547 1000 957 1005 852 943 754 717 1000 765 864 770 695 616 688 1000 742 947 683 583 594 519 1000 969 897 861 956 811.4 775 1000 890 910 792 737 608 667 1000 772 663 606 611 549 584 1000 916 938 695 600 486 486 1000 940 846 705 822 605 720 1000 906 990 741 902 671 885 1000 791 1075 976 976 877.5 779 1000 696 728 636 668 636 848 1000 944 964 721 863 609 787 1000 818 776 790 678 650 706 1000 971 1109 732 891 594 768 1000 961 1169 1000 1052 766 766 1000 1480 1760 880 1160 1533 973 1000 1172 1609 1656 1297 1031 1281 1000 935 1161 806 677 532 597 1000 982 1860 1316 1246 1632 1158 1000 1673 1418 1327 1182 1036 1018 1000 733 2133 1444 1022 1022 1556
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Functional Area – in depth analysis
Functional area
Jul08
Nov08
Dec08
Jan09
Feb09
IT-Software
1000
784
664
695
678
ITES and BPO
1000
797
745
991
991
Engineering Design - R&D
1000
800
664
594
633
IT- Hardware & Telecom
1000
887
785
909
876
Functional area
Jul08
Nov08
Dec08
Jan09
Feb09
HR & Administration
1000
718
606
591
593
Marketing and Advertising
1000
752
679
708
735
Functional area
Jul08
Nov08
Dec08
Jan09
Feb09
Project Management
1000
705
563
662
682
Production and Maintenance Sales and Business Development
1000
817
683
674
781
1000
786
819
849
953
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Functional area
Jul08
Nov08
Dec08
Jan09
Feb09
Banking and Insurance
1000
680
611
665
737
Accounts and Finance
1000
760
698
715
730
Index Value of Jobs by Functional Area/ Department Jul-08 Aug-08 Sep-08 Oct-08 Nov-08 Dec-08 Jan-09 Functional area IT-Software 1000 844 890 761 784 664 695 Sales and Business Development 1000 930 961 730 786 819 849 ITES and BPO 1000 838 849 941 797 745 991 Production and Maintenance 1000 947 933 807 817 683 674 Accounts and Finance 1000 945 900 769 760 698 715 HR & Administration 1000 966 974 770 718 606 591 Project Management 1000 865 973 721 705 563 662 Marketing and Advertising 1000 928 980 750 752 679 708 Banking and Insurance 1000 975 927 708 680 611 665 Engineering Design - R&D 1000 935 948 797 800 664 594 Supply Chain 1000 905 899 671 717 591 595 Front Office and Data Entry 1000 875 1025 755 801 660 625 IT- Hardware & Telecom 1000 967 935 786 887 785 909 Teaching & Education 1000 645 662 498 634 835 1059 Pharma and Biotech 1000 1069 1077 975 939 1064 1091 Hotels and Restaurants 1000 995 1013 1002 1015 894 1046 Top Management 1000 875 1060 708 718 687 778 Architecture & Interior Design 1000 862 897 651 585 428 391 Merchandising 1000 820 965 763 820 748 659 Consulting 1000 738 791 561 573 573 579 Legal 1000 967 1033 795 759 691 723 Web Designing 1000 889 1094 834 808 681 661 Journalism 1000 967 992 628 745 561 510 Travel & Airlines 1000 872 888 1156 1006 782 782 Fashion and Garments 1000 1082 1137 885 1027 698 632 Security Services 1000 860 870 840 910 920 830 Media 1000 811 1000 774 585 415 849 Packaging 1000 688 1063 708 667 708 729 Self Employed 1000 1029 1000 824 1088 559 529
Feb-09 678 953 991 781 730 593 682 735 737 633 641 709 876 901 1318 925 704 455 612 617 694 808 753 816 786 910 528 708 882
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