Corporate44% employers predict new job additions in 2009: Naukri.com
Companies have turned optimistic about their hiring plans in the year ahead, with as many as 44 per cent employers anticipating new job additions in 2009, a survey by job portal Naukri.com says.
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The survey of over 900 recruiters across the country revealed a positive outlook for this year with 44 per cent respondents predicting addition of new jobs as against just 38 per cent in the December survey.
Moreover, as many as 37.5 per cent recruiting companies expect replacement hiring, while just 13.4 per cent anticipate a freeze in the activity, the survey said.
Further, a marginal 4.6 per cent respondents expect layoffs, it added.
"We perceive a positive sentiment among recruiters. Most companies are now doing replacement hiring. There has been an improvement in the hiring activity of industries including telecom, auto, banking, capital goods etc," Info Edge (India) National Head (Marketing and Communications) Sumeet Singh said.
The survey revealed a positive hiring scenario in industries like pharma and medical, construction and engineering and telecom, where over 50 per cent of the recruiters indicated that there would be creation of new jobs during the year.
Meanwhile, in the IT industry, 15 per cent of the recruiters indicated that there would be no hiring during the year. But the scenario seemed worse for IT enabled services where over eight per cent recruiters indicated layoffs, the report added.
Naukri.com, a part of Info Edge (India), is a recruitment platform that provides hiring-related services to the corporate recruiters, placement agencies and to job seekers in India and overseas.