Companies are likely to hire more people from tier-2 cities; entry-level jobs may rise.
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Mumbai: Even as the government tries to give a new thrust to the traditional manufacturing sector, the new age e-commerce and technology start-ups are likely to emerge as the primary drivers of growth in 2016, adding 22 per cent more jobs in the next year.
According to Teamlease Services managing director Ashok Reddy, IT, healthcare and pharma and retail will see significant increase in hiring. In 2015, e-commerce, technology, IT and retail were employment boosters and contributed significantly towards the upward movement of the employment trajectory, whilst most of the other sectors witnessed ups and downs, he said.
New domains such as big data and predictive analytics were the most sought after technical skills in 2015. Another significant trend that will shape 2016 will be an increasing demand for entry-level talent. This is largely due to the buyout start-up eco system he said.
Among cities that will generate jobs, except for Delhi, most of the cities will add to job creation. According to Teamlease, though metros and tier-1 cities will continue to dominate the hiring landscape, companies will tap into the tier 2 cities and hinterland as they find that their talent volumes have not been fulfilled in the large cities.
The growth boosters amongst cities are the ones that showcase a combination of technological prowess and consumption power. Speaking to this newspaper Rituparna Chakra-borty, senior vice-president of TeamLease, said the optimism for 2016 being a better year for employment is based on the government’s initiatives that will create jobs.
The initiatives that will generate employment includes building 100 smart cities, Make in India and Digital India campaigns, and development of infrastructure, ports, roads and power. “For the first time in 65 years, there is a road map for development and job creation,” she said, adding that earlier, people came looking for jobs in the cities.
She cites the example of China where jobs have been taken to the villages so that people do not have to migrate to the cities. Employment generation on this scale can happen only if there is a transformation in labour outlook, she said.
There are 100 state labour laws, 44 central labour laws, 13 definitions of workers under the Act and 11 different definitions of wages. The government is planning to reform archaic labour laws to make employment generation easier. Labour laws need to be simplified, she said, add-ing that ease of doing business is another important factor needed for employers to create more jobs.
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