Hiring activity in Chennai jumped 13% in January: Naukri

Accounting, IT, ITeS/ BPO, auto, pharma lead the pack

Hiring activity in Chennai jumped by 13% in January, reveals Naukri Job Speak index 2016. According a release by the job portal, for January 2016 the index was 1,438 as compared to 1,269 in same moth last year.

Among key sectors, auto showed 9% rise whereas real estate registered a 5% dip over the same period in hiring.

V Suresh, Chief Sales Officer, Naukri.com, said this is a positive sign for jobseekers across sectors as the city is slowly recovering after incessant rains and floods.

Increased hiring was seen in sectors such as auto, IT-software, banking & financial services.

"Looks like 2016 will be a good year for jobseekers in the city," added Suresh.

Accounting emerged as an enormously strong sector registering a growth of 54% over January 2015.

IT-software and ITeS/BPO also saw hiring going upwards by 22% and 26% respectively over January2015. Among the leading sectors, real estate saw a dip of 5% over the year.

Hiring of IT- software professionals saw increase in their job index value.

There was also an increase in hiring for pharma professionals by 12% over January 2015. However, IT- hardware/telecom saw 10% growth in hiring this year in comparison to last year.