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India – Online recruitment down 5% in February, according to Monster
The Monster Employment Index for India recorded a 5% decline in online recruitment activity for February 2019, when compared to the same period a year ago.
The index is a monthly gauge of online job hiring activity by Monster.com, which records the industries and occupations that show the highest and lowest growth.
Among industry sectors, Office Equipment/Automation (up 32%) registered the steepest increase in online recruitment activity between February 2018 and 2019. This was followed by Production and Manufacturing at 28%. The steepest decrease in demand was registered in Agro-based industries with a decrease of 32%.
Among occupations, Health Care professionals saw 8% year-on-year growth in February. HR & Admin was the only other occupational category to witness growth at 1%. Online demand for Marketing & Communications (down 10%) professionals eased the most.
Year-on-year, Jaipur (up 5%) and Chandigarh (up 2%) led all monitored cities in online recruitment.
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