Hiring activity in services sector to pickup in July

Following a consistent decline in the number of Covid-19 infections across the country in the last few days, the service sector is likely to witness steady growth in hiring activity from July, say experts.

According to Deval Singh, business head of a staffing firm TeamLease Services, ” The current pandemic situation in India is unpredictable and we cannot draw any clear conclusion on how much growth will scale after the second wave, but companies are optimistic that after July, markets should go back to normal and business demand should pick up. Right now, economic stability is critical for India to combat the third wave that may hit the country.”

Sectors that will lead the hiring activity will be healthcare and pharmaceuticals because of the rising demand for doctors, nurses, and pharmacists.

The experts suggest that with lockdown restrictions easing out and the economy reviving the e-commerce, education, IT/ITeS will also offer growth opportunities in the coming quarters.

Top six health-tech jobs

According to Teamlease, the top six health-tech jobs at present are Big data, engineering leaders with data science experience, mobile technology, UX & UI designers, medical coding and health informatics, and economics and cybersecurity with a cumulative 20,000 data science job opportunities

Jobs in demand

Telemarketers, software developers, DevOps (development and IT operations) engineers, cloud architects, database administrators, program/systems analysts, and mobile app developers.

In the customer service segment

Agents, delivery drivers, and marketing managers are in demand in the e-commerce vertical.

In general, sales and marketing continues to have a substantial lead in hiring intent over other functional areas in the sector.

Salaries are expected to remain stable within the range of ₹14,000 per month to ₹18,000 per month.