Job market optimistic, says survey

Hyderabad, Jan 15: If you want a job, be ready with your resumes, as hiring and business sentiment of recruiters across industry sectors seems to be improving, as about 72 per cent firms plan to create new Jobs in 2010.According to the 'Hiring Outlook' survey conducted by leading job portal Naukri.com over 800 recruiters are optimistic of a vibrant employment picture for the year. The survey conducted in July 2009, only 45 per cent had predicted new job creations.  Compared to this, the recent survey reports are certainly inflating hopes among the job seekers.

The latest survey also stated that 62 per cent recruiters predict salary increments to take place in the year as well.A senior executive of the Naukri.com said on Friday that "Hiring expectations and business sentiment of recruiters across industry sectors have improved considerably and job seekers can look forward to a favourable hiring environment all through the year."Now it would be interesting to see that whose demand will be more; freshers or experienced professionals.

According to the survey, over 70 per cent recruiters in Information Technology (IT) and IT-enabled Services (ITeS), auto, telecom, banking and pharma predict that hiring would be robust in 2010, while 82 per cent recruiters said that professionals with one to eight years experience would be in demand.Meanwhile, a staffing firm Team Lease said in its report that corporate India was still cautious about its hiring intentions in the January-March period, despite slight improvement in the employment outlook index.