Maharashtra most preferred hiring destination: Survey

Maharashtra ranks among the top three states in skills related to numerical and logical ability, computer literacy and English language, making it a hiring hotpsot, according to India Hiring Intent survey.
The survey also revealed that Maharashtra is the preferred state for talent acquisition by automobile, banking, financial services and insurance, pharma, hospitality and core sectors like oil and gas, power, steel, minerals and FMCG.
It is among the top three states in skills related to numerical and logical ability, computer literacy, and English language along with domain expertise.
This makes it an attractive hiring destination for employers.
There are some other states that have performed exceptionally well in one of the metrics but not in others, it added.

The survey was part of India Skills report, a joint initiative by PeopleStrong, Wheebox and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), LinkedIn, AIU, AICTE and UNDP.

It was conducted with over 125 employers and 5 lakh candidates from across all 29 states on various parameters like skills in English language, domain knowledge, numerical and logical ability and various soft ones like critical thinking, conflict resolution and the like.
In terms of hiring, Maharashtra is only one of the 10 states that have maximum percentage of employable candidates and also features as the most preferred hiring destination by employers across sectors.
"It thus becomes more clear that focus on matchmaking skills with jobs has huge impact. The fourth edition of India Skills Report, 2017 has come up with the new found focus on employability and matchmaking than mere skilling," PeopleStrong Co-founder and CEO Pankaj Bansal said.

In Maharashtra, the employers have shown an increase in hiring intent (in the range of 5-10 per cent) from last year, the survey noted.
Maharashtra is followed by Delhi, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh with most employable population.