Hot sectors, cities for jobs

A survey conducted by Ma Foi Randstad among 650 companies across 13 industry segments reveals that a total of 418,564 jobs were created between January and June 2010.

A survey conducted by Ma Foi Randstad among 650 companies across 13 industry segments reveals that a total of 418,564 jobs were created between January and June 2010.

During the period, healthcare sector created over 1,21,000 jobs followed by Hospitality sector creating close to 63,000 jobs.
Healthcare sector is estimated to have the highest percentage of freshers at 38%.
The top five sectors leading the boom are Healthcare, Hospitality, Real Estate & Construction, IT & ITeS and Education, Training & Consulting.

Real estate & Construction sector leads the pack with the highest growth in number of people employed by the sector. The sector expects growth in average salary by about 4%, followed by Pharma (3.5%) and Healthcare (3.4%) during the 3rd quarter.
Estimated proportion of experienced workforce is the highest in the Pharma sector, which is 87%.
New Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai are the leading job generators creating 1,12,987 jobs for the period of January to September 2010.

Kolkata has the highest estimated percentage of experienced workforce (82%) and New Delhi has the highest estimated percentage of freshers (35%).
Kolkata, Bangalore and Hyderabad follow closely creating 30,000 plus jobs during the same period.
Amongst the cities, Bangalore expects increase in average salary by about 4.9% followed by Delhi (3.5%) & Pune (3.5%) during the third quarter.