Hiring activity in Chennai up 17% in April: Naukri Job Speak Index

BPO/ ITES showed a 2% dip in hiring activity

The Naukri Job Speak index for Chennai saw a 17 per cent rise in hiring activity at 1500 in April this year, as against 1287 for the same month last year.

Among the top recruiters, telecom registered a two per cent growth in hiring, while BPO/ITeS showed a two per cent drop in recruitment.

Banking sector saw a whopping 75 per cent hike in hiring in April and pharma sector a three per cent increase. However, sectors like construction and engineering and insurance saw a five per cent dip and 23 per cent in the same period.

Hiring of project management, and production and maintenance professionals saw a dip of 12 per cent and six per cent, respectively in April 2015, when compared with the same period last year.

However a reverse trend was seen for the HR and Finance professionals where the numbers went up by nine per cent and eight per cent respectively over the same period.