Employees in the country in general, and women in particular, are the most mobile and are expected to take the lead in finding new jobs in the New Year, with Delhi women being in the top-seekers, says a survey.
"We see a clear upswing in the domestic job market. Employees across various sections - age groups, cities, income, education etc - are showing an increasing trend in mobility. With both employment and employee preference on an upward curve, 2011 is expected to see a strong positive development in the organised employment sector," Ma Foi Randstad Managing Director K Pandia Rajan said today.
Ma Foi Randstad is the largest integrated HR services company and part of the 12.4-billion euro Randstad Group, which the world's second-largest HR services company, based in Diemen, the Netherlands.
While women are the top job-seekers, according to the Ma Foi Randstad Workmonitor Wave 4 study that is an indicator of employee mobility, Delhi has the highest mobility index among the major metros. The national capital also has the highest factual job change and the highest job-loss fear figures.
As per the survey, amongst all countries surveyed, India has the highest index of 153 indicating that employees here show the greatest intent to change jobs in the next six months. This is as against 141 recorded in last quarter. India is followed at a relatively large distance of 29 (or more) points by China, Mexico and Chile reflecting a relatively high mobility index in these nations too.
The mobility index is least in the Luxembourg, Germany, Hungary and the Netherlands indicating least employee churn, says the survey.