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It may be a bumper new year for the job market, with India Inc planning to create close to 10 lakh new jobs and dole out pay hikes of up to 40% for best performers in 2015.
The average salary increments may also be higher in the range of 15-20%, as against 10-12% across various sectors during 2014. New-age sectors like e-commerce are likely to see relatively higher pay hikes.
With GDP growth rate being pegged at near 5.5%, after sub-5% growth in recent past, businesses across sectors are expected to grow, experts said, and this should result in a strong job market rally as well.
Human resource experts believe that job market in 2015 is going to be in a strong hiring mode and companies are preparing themselves for aggressive recruitments across the board.
In addition, there are expectations that a large number of global players would come to set shop in India, thus creating a lot of job opportunities at leadership and other levels.
According to a new survey by recruitment platform MyHiringClub.com, 2015 is expected to create 9.5 lakh new jobs in different sectors, with IT & ITeS and FMCG sectors leading the chart.
"This year freshers are able to get more opportunities compared to last three years especially in e-commerce, banking & financial sectors, IT & ITeS and retail sectors," MyHiringClub.com CEO Rajesh Kumar said.
With regards to salary, HR experts said the average hike for some sectors can be in high single digits, but top performers can expect pay rise in the range of 20-40% in 2015.
"... We see a rise of 20% to 40% in salaries for high quality talent. The same is driven by very high insatiable demand of high quality talent with high end skills," Himanshu Aggarwal, CEO and co-founder Aspiring Minds, an employability assessment company said.
According to global management consultants like HayGroup and Aon Hewitt, Indian companies are likely to offer average pay hikes of 10-18% in 2015, which could be the second best in Asia after Vietnam.
Such high pay hikes in Asian countries are being attributed to the talent war in the continent, both for experienced hands and new graduates, experts said.
