Hiring demand up 9% YoY in Oct, dips sequentially: Monster Employment Index

Hiring in hospitality and travel roles saw the highest month-on-month growth, indicating overall promising recovery for the sector

Hiring demand for the month of October 2021, witnessed a dip of 3 per cent, as compared to September 2021. However, job demand grew 9 per cent sequentially in the past six months showing an optimistic outlook to recovery, said the Monster Employment Index. There has also been a strong year-on-year recovery with a 9 per cent uptick in October 2021 (Oct 2021 vs Oct 2020).

October 2021 saw industries such as Office Equipment/Automation (up 30 per cent) show remarkable improvement on account of back-to-office trends. Travel and Tourism (7 per cent) also witnessed considerable monthly growth with a major