Online recruitment activities saw a 15 percent growth on a year-on-year basis in September as per the Monster Employment Index. Here, Home Appliances (up 58 percent) continue to lead all monitored sectors, followed by NGO/Social Services (up 54 percent), Media & Entertainment (up 47 percent) and BFSI (up 45 percent).

Online hiring in banking/ financial services, insurance paced up from 35 percent in August 2017 to 45 percent in September 2017, with an additional nine percent increase in month-on-month demand.

City-wise data showed that among metros, all five Tier-1 cities monitored by the index witnessed a slowdown in the online hiring on a year-on-year basis. Kolkata (up 33 percent) continued to lead the long-term growth in September 2017. Interestingly, tier-II cities witnessed enhanced growth with Baroda (up by 23 percent), Coimbatore (up 20 percent) and Ahmedabad (14 percent).

Sanjay Modi, Managing Director, Monster.com, APAC & Middle-East said, “Much ahead of the festive season, Monster Employment Index for September 2017 has captured an uptrend with a 15 percent YoY growth. It is interesting to note that Tier II markets have outperformed metros when it comes to online hiring with Baroda (up by 23 percent), Coimbatore (up 20 percent) and Ahmedabad (14 percent). On the other hand, metros such as Delhi (down 5 percent), Chennai (down 2 percent) Bangalore (down 1 percent) are yet to enter the top recruiter’s race.”

The festive month has given a boost to e-commerce sector. The data showed that online recruitment activity in e-commerce sector saw a growth of four percent on a year-on-year basis up from one percent in August 2017. Recruitment activity on the month grew by one percent.