White-collar hiring activity reported a modest 2 per cent growth in November compared to the same month last year, mainly driven by sectors including oil and gas, artificial intelligence-machine learning (AI/ML), FMCG among others, a report said on Tuesday. Naukri JobSpeak Index, an indicator of white-collar hiring activity, reported modest trends in November, coming in at 2,430 points, reporting a 2 per cent year-on-year growth. This positive trend is driven by strong growths in key non-IT sectors like Oil and Gas (16 per cent), Pharma/Biotech (7 per cent), FMCG (7 per cent), and Real Estate (10 per cent), alongside sustained momentum in emerging domains like AI-ML (30 per cent) and global capability centres (11 per cent), the report said. The IT sector continues to hold steady, registering a flattish trend compared with last year. In November, standout performers included Oil and Gas (14 per cent), Artificial Intelligence-Machine Learning (20 per cent), FMCG (6 per cent) and GCCs
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Naukri.com owner Info Edge posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 87.9 crore in the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2024. The company had registered a loss of Rs 503.1 crore in the year-ago period. The consolidated revenue of operations increased 8.7 per cent to Rs 657.42 crore during the quarter under review from Rs 604.78 crore a year earlier. Info Edge (India) recorded 7.9 per cent growth in its revenue from operations at Rs 608.3 crore on a standalone basis for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, compared to Rs 564.0 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal. "The recruitment business witnessed an uptick in Q4 performance whereas non-recruitment businesses continued to deliver robust performance. "Revenues growth in the recruitment business was 3.4 per cent year on year and for non-recruitment business verticals namely 99acres.com (the real estate vertical), Jeevansathi.com (the matrimony business), and Shiksha.com (the education business) was 22.5 per cent, 29.2
Naukri continues to be the market leader among recruitment portals with a database of over 95 million and a 70 per cent traffic market share in the segment
The report further suggested that the market is now preferring experienced professionals over freshers
With the IT sector showing a decline, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune showed a decline in hiring activity, according to the Naukri JobSpeak index
In the last six months, Naukri.com has seen 32 lakh job searches for permanent and temporary remote jobs, by Indian job seekers
According to data from Naukri, continuous growth of the IT-Software and BFSI sectors have enabled metro cities to outperform their tier-II counterparts
The Indian job market maintained its record-breaking run for the third consecutive month in a row, clocking 57 per cent year-on-year growth in September
About 1,263 job postings in July marks an improvement of 5 per cent in hiring activities compared to 1,208 in June, as per the Index
Valuations still not fair, given uncertainty over revenues
In Q3, Naukri and 99acres reported sharp contraction in billing growth
Around 55 per cent recruiters anticipate new jobs as well as replacement hiring to happen in the first half of the year
The Naukri Job Speak Index for November this year stood at 2,113, indicating signs of recovery in the job market
Demand for professionals in ITES has grown remarkably, whereas, IT-software and IT-hardware showed downward movement of 14% and 15% respectively