In one of the biggest hiring exercises by a foreign firm in the country, the world’s largest furniture retailer IKEA is going to hire 15,000 people to run the 25 stores it plans to open. The Swedish chain is also looking at hiring the services of 37,500 more people indirectly to assist in running its stores. “Each store would employ 500 to 600 workers and indirectly provide job opportunities for 1,500 people.

We have already started hiring for Hyderabad and Mumbai stores and also in Bengaluru,” said Anna Carin, country manager, human resource, IKEA India. The ...