The service sector has emerged as the highest employment generator this year, finds a new survey. The market exhibited a 5-7% y-o-y growth in hiring with hiring standing at around 16% last year. In 2022, flexi mode, white collar and blue collar workforce were onboarded actively across service sectors. It was followed by FMCG and manufacturing sectors experiencing a spike of around 3-5% this year as compared to 2021, according to data shared by Avsar, a tech-enabled service provider which caters to all talent management needs.
The report further states that overall hiring gained momentum in 2022 exhibiting 25% y-o-y growth, especially during the first three quarters. Hiring through digital solutions, the emergence of the gig economy and work flexibility were the major trends witnessed this year.
Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru, and Chennai generated the maximum number of jobs as hiring stood at 25% in these cities. Kolkata followed next at 15% and Hyderabad at 10%. All these regions have exhibited a significant increase in overall employment across every sector. The survey also shares that the male to female employment ratio improved considerably this year at 58:42 from 62:38 in 2021.
Highlighting the flip side, the survey states a dip of around 34-38% in hiring activities was observed in the last quarter of FY22. Further projecting the market’s scenario of 2023, the report states that hiring is expected to continue across sectors. Real estate, banking, renewable energy, healthcare and IT will be actively hiring in the coming year at around 15%. Employment in the automobile sector and FMCG industry is expected to grow at nearly 12% and 10% respectively.
“This year was the period of recovery and growth for the hiring sector. We are thrilled to enter into 2023 but the market is expected to have its fair share of ups and downs. Having said this, hiring will happen actively across sectors in the coming year,” said Navneet Singh, CEO, Avsar.
The survey also hints at the continuing of the ongoing layoff trend in 2023.
“The layoffs have mostly been experienced in the last quarter of 2022. They are inflicting a significant impact on other sectors especially tech and social networking companies. The continuance of this layoff trend in 2023 and its subsequent impact on the hiring sector cannot be ruled out,” said Singh.
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