Press Release

The Naukri Job Speak City Release Chennai February 2015

March 1 2015

Hiring activity in Chennai was 17% higher in Feb 15&rsquo over Feb 14&rsquo: Naukri Job Speak Index

  • Auto sector saw a decline of 9% in the hiring activity in February&rsquo15 over February&rsquo14.
  • Hiring of IT professionals increased by 23% in February&rsquo15 over February&rsquo14.

Chennai, February 2015:
The Naukri Job Speak index for Chennai in February 15&rsquo was at 1496 as compared to 1282 in Feb 14, thus indicating a 17% increase in the hiring activity. Among the key sectors in the city, BPO/ITES showed a 5% increase in the hiring activity whereas Telecom registered a 14% growth over the same period.

Industry Sector Analysis:

Sectors like Telecom and Banking saw a significant increase of 14%, and 77% respectively in their hiring activities in Feb-15&rsquo over Feb 14&rsquo. Other sectors like Pharma saw a 12% increase in their hiring activity over the same period. However, sectors like Construction and Engineering and Insurance saw a dip of 4% and 20% in the same period.

Functional Area Analysis:

Hiring of Project Management, and Production and Maintenance professionals saw a dip of 7% and 6% respectively in February 15&rsquo over February14&rsquo. However a reverse trend was seen for the HR and Finance professionals where the numbers went up by 18% and 11% respectively over the same period. 

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Naukri.com, India&rsquos No. 1 job site and the flagship brand of Info Edge introduced the concept of e-recruitment in India. Since its inception in 1997, Naukri.com has seen continuous decline while outperforming its competitors in every sphere. Info Edge was the first internet Company to be listed in India. The site enjoys a traffic share of 69% as per Comscore. Naukri.com is a recruitment platform that provides hiring-related services to corporates/ recruiters, placement agencies and to job seekers in India and overseas. It offers multiple products like Resume Database Access, listings and Response Management Tools. With more than 1, 25,000 jobs live at any point and over 38 million CV&rsquos, Naukri.com serviced over 48000 corporate clients in 2013-2014. The company employs over 3100 people operating through 56 offices in 42 cities in India and overseas offices in Dubai, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and Bahrain.