2018 awaits shiny job landscape with 200,000 hirings in IT

The year 2017 was a year of disruption for Indian job landscape, but hiring scenario looks glossy in the new year with likely addition of 200,000 jobs in the information technology (IT) industry, said experts.
 
The Indian job market is in a state of flux, because of rising adoption of artificial intelligence (AI). According to experts, upskilling is the only way employees would be able to survive this transitory phase.
 
While rising adoption of automation technologies would lead to job losses for some segments, sectors such as mobile manufacturing, fintech and start-ups look bullish going ahead.
 

“Improvements in financial services and digital businesses, especially increase in investments in digitisation and automation and conducive investment climate are expected to result in business growth,” said Alka Dhingra, general manager, IT staffing, TeamLease Services.

 
According to Dhingra, the uptick in hiring would be because of new employers, as about 20 per cent more employers are likely to hire in 2018.
 
“The Indian IT industry is expected to add around 1.8-2 lakh new jobs in 2018,” Dhingra said.
 
Further, as India is heading towards ‘Digital India’, the industry requires 50 per cent more workforce equipped with digital skills.
 
“The growing opportunities in the digital technology arena including government initiatives like Digital India will add jobs in digital technologies, AI, Robotics. In fact, AI alone will create 2.3 million jobs globally by 2020,” Dhingra added.

 
Echoing similar sentiment, Adobe India, Vice-President, (employee experience), Abdul Jaleel said, “New age technologies intensified the need for digitised workplaces and meaningful employee experiences, making retention and growth of high-performance employees a greater challenge. The advent of automation at workplace led to the conception of newer roles fuelling the demand for expertise in novel avenues.”