‘IT, pharma, e-com buck job losses, witness hiring surge’
The Hindu
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Information technology (IT), pharma and e-commerce have bucked the trend of job losses, emerging as top hirers between February and April, said a top HR official. The hiring surge comes in the backdrop of an estimated 8.6 million salaried jobs, especially in travel, tourism and hospitality, being lost in the same period, as data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy showed. While an estimated 8.6 million salaried jobs have been lost in three months from February to April 2021 as per Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) data, increased hiring in three sectors namely IT, Pharma/healthcare and ecommerce/warehousing has come a saving grace in such troubled times.More Related News