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A Report on Hiring Activity in India by

Location, Industry and Experience

November 2009

A Naukri.com Publication

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Table of Contents

HIGHLIGHTS FOR NOVEMBER 2009..................................................................................................3

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.......................................................................................................................4

ABOUT NAUKRI JOBSPEAK................................................................................................................4

CITY WISE ANALYSIS .........................................................................................................................5

INDUSTRY WISE ANALYSIS ...............................................................................................................6

FUNCTIONAL AREA / DEPT WISE ANALYSIS ....................................................................................7

WORK EXPERIENCE WISE ANALYSIS...............................................................................................8

INDEX FOR TOTAL JOBS ....................................................................................................................9

METHODOLOGY................................................................................................................................10

ANNEXURE - CITIES..........................................................................................................................11

ANNEXURE - INDUSTRIES................................................................................................................12

ANNEXURE – FUNCTIONAL AREA/DEPARTMENT..........................................................................13

ABOUT NAUKRI.COM ........................................................................................................................14

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Highlights for November 2009

Job Index for November ‘09 up by 8.38% and almost all sectors show a positive hiring outlook

� Job Index at 760 indicates an upward rise in hiring activity in November ‘09 as compared to 701 in October ‘09

� With the index at 1033, hiring activity for the insurance sector has surpassed July’08 levels. (July’08 represents the start of the index and was taken at a base of 1000).

� Bangalore, Delhi-NCR, Kolkata, Hyderabad saw an increase in hiring activity, while Chennai saw a dip in November ‘09 as compared to October ‘09

� Telecom and auto sectors saw a considerable rise in index as compared to October ‘09

� The demand for professionals in the HR/Admin and IT software sector bounced back by 15.3% and 7.84% in November ‘09 as compared to October ‘09

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Naukri JobSpeak is an index of job listings added to the site every month by recruiters who are clients of Naukri.com. To calculate the index, job listings added to the site in July ‘08 have been taken as a base of 1000. The July ‘09 index is compared with July ’08. Details of trends in July ’09 are presented in the next section. The charts with the corresponding numbers have been collated in the annexure. The Naukri.com Job Index is an initiative by Naukri.com to provide its stakeholders and users overview on job prospects and attractive occupations as well as a peek into industries gaining attractiveness and industries losing sheen. Overall, it is an indicator of the health of the economy, in so far as it is measured by hiring trends.

Naukri Job Speak findings for November significantly suggest a positive hiring outlook across all

industry sectors thus soaring up the job index by 8.38% as compared to October’09.

The Insurance sector has been the most bullish on hiring with an index of 1033 surpassing the July’08

levels and this optimistic hiring pattern has being followed by the Auto and Telecom sectors as well.

As this year heads towards an optimistic finish, new horizons seem to ensure a promising year ahead.

The hiring pattern has shown an upswing in 7 cities out of the top 8 cities that have been evaluated in

the index

Executive Summary

About Naukri JobSpeak

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Monthly Trends

Out of the top 7 cities, 6 cities saw an uptrend in hiring as compared to October ‘09

� Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore witnessed a growth in hiring activity by 4.82%, 9.93%, 11.21% and 8.46% in November ‘09 as compared to October ‘09.

� Hiring activity in Pune has finally seen a rise in the month of November post the successive decline in the hiring index for the past four months

City-wise Analysis

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Monthly Trends

Hiring activity witnessed a rise across most sectors, thus pushing the Naukri index up in November‘09

after a dip in October ‘09.

� With the index at 1033, hiring activity for insurance sector has surpassed the July’08 levels. (July’08 represents the start of the index).

� Hiring activity in Auto/Auto Ancillary and Telecom sectors was up by 17.38%, 22.98% and 19.29% respectively in November ‘09

� IT software and hardware sector moved up by 5% and 18.35% respectively in Nov’09 as compared to Oct’09

� Pharma and Biotech sectors has seen a consistent drop in hiring activity since August ’09

Industry Analysis

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While hiring activity surged across most functional areas, the demand for ITES / BPO professionals showed a negative trend.

� The demand for professionals in the HR/Admin and IT software sector bounced back by 15.3% and 7.84% in November ‘09 as compared to October ‘09

� The demand for Sales and Business Development professionals has shown an upward trend consecutively for the past two months

Functional Area/ Department wise Analysis

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Hiring activity augmented across all experience levels in November ’09 as compared to the dip that

happened in October ‘09.

� Hiring activity surged up by 10.35% and 9.27% in 0-3 years and 13-16 years experience bucket

respectively.

� Hiring activity in the 4-7years, 8-12 years and above 16 years experience brackets also showed a

rise by 8.47%,5.09% and 8.57% respectively

Work Experience wise Analysis

Break up of jobs according to experience

buckets for November ‘09

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On Total Jobs (this includes refreshed jobs), the index moved up by 10% in the month of November ‘09. In the last six months the index has peaked to 819 for the first time and thus proves that markets have opened up and the demand for jobs are on a steady increase

Index for Total Jobs

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Disclaimer

The data is only representative of the listings on Naukri.com. Our analytics team has used statistical

techniques to derive insights which might be useful for our users/stake holders/ audiences. There

may be a statistical margin of error.

Data for calculating the Index has been sourced from Naukri.com and is reflective of the job listings on the site. Jobs have been categorized by location, functional area, and industry. The index has been calculated across cities/ functional area- dept/ industry verticals. On the basis of job listings added to the site every month, the data shows an increase or decline in the jobs. To calculate the index, job listings added to the site in July 2008 have been taken on a base of 1000. The subsequent months have been indexed with data of July 2008. The report produced monthly shows hiring trends across industry sectors, geography and functional areas. There might be high volatility in the case of smaller cities, niche industries and functional areas owing to a small database More than 34000 clients use Naukri.com, leading to high reliability of the data. Naukri JobSpeak has introduced a new segment on Total Jobs that indicates the movement of Total Jobs on the site.

Total Jobs: (Jobs Added + Jobs Refreshed)

A refreshed job is any job that was posted earlier, however has been refreshed during the month and therefore indicates that the position is still open.

Methodology

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Annexure – All Cities

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Annexure – All Industries

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Annexure – All Functional Areas

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Naukri.com, India’s No. 1 job site and the flagship brand of Info Edge revolutionized the concept of

recruitment in India. Since its inception in 1997, Naukri.com has seen exponential growth year after

year. Info Edge completed a successful IPO in November 2006 and became the first internet

company to be listed in India.

Naukri.com is a recruitment platform and provides services to the corporate world, placement

agencies and job seekers in India and overseas. It offers a bouquet of products like Resume

Database Access, and Response Management tools and its services include Job Postings, and

branding solutions on the site.com serviced over 34000 corporate clients in 2008-2009.

The company has over 1600 people operating through 60 offices in 40 cities in India and overseas

offices in Dubai, Riyadh and Bahrain.

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