NEW DELHI: The Employment Outlook Report by Teamlease, a comprehensive overview of hiring, job growth salaries and their drivers, trends and forecasts across eight cities and sixteen sectors in India, projects a subdued hiring sentiment in the first half of the financial year 2017-18.Yet, there are numerous pockets where hiring sentiment is actually up.Below is a list of sectors for each of the eight major cities where hiring sentiment is up. The percentage shows increase in the employment outlook in April 2017-September 2017 period over October 2016-March 2017.Financial services (5%), telecommunication (3%) and Healthcare & Pharma (2%).Financial services, e-commerce & internet startups and KPO (4% each).KPO (4%), E-commerce & internet startups (3%) and financial services (3%).Financial services (3%), media & entertainment (3%) and educational services (2%).Financial services (3%), telecommunication (3%) and retail 2%.Telecommunication (4%), e-commerce & internet startups (4%) and KPO (3%).Media & entertainment (5%), financial services (4%) and e-commerce & internet startups (3%).Agrochemicals, retail and travel & hospitality (2% each).Economictimes.com partnered with TeamLease to prepare a set of reports on the employment situation in the country. This story is part of the series based on data from the Employment Outlook Report of TeamLease. Part of ET Jobs Disruption Report , these stories scan various aspects of the employment situation at different levels of city, sector, profile, etc.