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Engineering, MBA freshers increasingly applying for gig jobs: TeamLease

According to the data from TeamLease, the number of gig jobs that get posted on a daily basis is 920 on Freshersworld.com and 540 on TeamLease.

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Spurred by good money and flexible working hours, engineering graduates have no qualms taking up gig jobs.

Neha Alawadhi New Delhi
Fresh engineering and MBA graduates are increasingly applying for gig jobs, including those of drivers and delivery boys, according to staffing firm TeamLease. 

The trend is across institutes and cities, as fresh graduates look at more lucrative salaries and flexible working hours, said Kaushik Banerjee, vice-president and business head for TeamLease and Freshersworld.com. 

“Earlier engineering graduates used to get anywhere between Rs 20,000 and Rs 30,000 per month on average. Depending upon the college, it can go up. But this was the average — Rs 2.5-4 lakh. In the last two-three years, the core (tech) jobs have not come down, but the