Resume uploads grew 205% y-o-y in June 2013: IAMAI

Profile uploads on matrimonial sites increased by 188%

Defying any recessionary trends in the country, job portals saw a whopping 205% rise in resume uploads in India for the period on a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis, according to the Internet Economy Watch Report for June 2013.

Published jointly by the Internet & Mobile association of India (IAMAI) and IMRB, the report stated that around 2.93 million resumes were uploaded on various job portals in June 2013 as compared to 0.96 million in June 2012. Similarly, in terms of profile uploads on matrimonial sites, the same increased by 188% to 2.16 million in June 2013 as compared to 0.75 million in 2012.

Sourced from all India active internet data, the monthly internet tracker is based on WAM data captured from various relevant sites, and encapsulates online usage for e-tailing, online travel and vertical classifieds.

The monthly tracker also found a marginal y-o-y growth of 17% in online booking of railway tickets in June 2013 despite it being a vacation month in India on account of summer holidays in schools. Railway tickets booked online in June 2013 were 6.81 million as compared to 5.83 million in June 2012. The online bookings of air tickets witnessed an increase of 1.45 million bookings in 2012 to 1.70 million bookings in 2013.

According to the data captured from major e-tailing sites in the monthly tracker by IAMAI and IMRB, online visit to branded apparels and designer label segments increased by 96% and 27% respectively, when compared to the numbers of corresponding month last year.

A significant increase has been registered in the online users visit to mobile segment wherein the number of visits increased to 11.61 million in June 2013 from 4.91 million in June 2012, showcasing a 136% y-o-y growth. The online users visit to spa jewellery segment increased from 1.72 million in June 2012 to 4.03 million in June 2013, a y-o-y increase of 134%.

The monthly tracker further indicated 38.76 million people accessed various e-tailing sites while there were 1,281.26 million page views in the category.

Meanwhile, the user reach for job and matrimonial websites is 22.56 million and 20.01 million respectively with 1,237.91 million and 611.19 million respective page views. Online travel segment has reach with 21.72 million reach and 11,132.50 million page views.