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Edtech, logistics and gig-economy to drive jobs as startups step up hiring

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Vedantu plans to hire 1,500 employees across all levels with domain expertise

Samreen AhmadNeha Alawadhi Bengaluru/New Delhi
After a year of job uncertainty and salary cuts, the start-up ecosystem is stepping up its hiring plans as many large firms look to scale up their business. According to a survey by Scalar, venture capital-funded start-ups, especially in edtech, logistics, and gig economy, will be key drivers of the job market in 2021. 

Live learning platform Vedantu planned to hire 1500 employees in FY 2020-21 and has achieved most of this hiring. They plan to further hire 200-300 employees across all levels, with domain expertise in the fields of technology, product, finance, strategy and human resource this year.
 
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