Employment Outlook (EOR) Report – April 2017 To September 2017

Key highlights from the report:

Sentiment is negative across geographies, but tier-2 cities more so (6 points down) than the rest. Employers are scaling down Entry (8 points down) and Mid level (5 points down) hiring quite drastically, and Senior level hiring is up significantly (5 points up).

Large businesses are the least affected and are set to hire more during the coming half year (sentiment up 3 points), while the sentiment for small businesses is substantially down (10 points). Medium sized businesses plan to hire less as well (sentiment down 3points).

IT, Engineering and Blue Collar roles gain prominence as sentiment for these improve by 4, 2 and 2 points respectively. Lesser Sales and Marketing jobs would be created over the next six months as employer sentiment is significantly down (7 and 5 points respectively).