In the Indian industry, there has been a significant increase in the growth rate of appointment for white-collar jobs in the month of March. On the annual basis, that is, this rate has increased by 38 percent as compared to the previous March.
This rate has increased rapidly, especially due to a growth rate of 78 percent in the manufacturing sector. According to the data available with a private research institute, this growth rate has also been recorded at 23 percent in the six months ended in March. Earlier, there was a significant decline in the growth rate of white collar job hiring in the last three quarters of 2024. This growth rate was higher before October 2024, but from October to December 2024 this growth rate was below 10 percent. After which this growth rate increased again in 2025 and in February also this growth rate remained almost equal to March. Many factors are responsible for this increase in growth rate. The demand for engineering and quality control devices in the manufacturing sector is increasing, resulting in new employment opportunities. There has been a significant increase in appointments in MSME units after the government announced various incentive benefits for micro, small and medium enterprises. Appointments have increased, especially in small cities such as Vadodara and Kochi, the monthly appointment growth in both cities was 4 percent and 3 percent respectively. After manufacturing pharma-healthcare, BFSI, logistics and transport, and real estate are areas that have seen the maximum appointment growth, which has increased by 62 percent, 57 percent, 46 percent and 55 percent respectively.
American tariffs will open new markets for India, employment will also increase
According to experts, the US has installed high tariffs on many countries, especially the main rivals of India like China, Vietnam, Thailand, Bangladesh, etc., which is likely to provide new markets for export to Indian industries. Recognizing the opportunity, Indian companies are already appointing production managers, quality control engineers, supply chain analysts and robotics and automation experts to meet the growing demand.
The demand for experts in the IT sector has increased. Experts further say that various multinational companies are currently developing their global capacity centers in India, due to which the demand for software engineers in the IT sector has also increased. In March, recruitment in IT sector also increased by 43 percent year after year and 8 percent month-to-8 percent. Talking about increasing the demand for various skills in the IT sector, there has been a 17 percent increase in demand for cloud computing, 15 percent in AI-ML demand, 13 percent in data science demand and 11 percent in demand for cyber security.
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