According to a recent research the e-commerce industry, in India, is set to grow the fastest. With about 80,000 jobs to be created in the next couple of years, the prospects are indeed bright in this field, says Udit Mittal
The e-commerce industry in the country has been growing at a fast pace and has changed the definitions of growth and success. E-retailers who have been successful in their respective ventures in the e-commerce industry vision to expand themselves beyond their territories and forge a powerful growth path for their firms thereby, creating approximately 50,000 to 80,000 jobs in the next two to three years.
Hence, the hiring in this sector is set to witness a steep growth due to the rising requirements. With so many 80,000 job opportunities to be created in the e-commerce industry itself, it clearly reflects how much potential this industry holds and what kind of business growth can be tapped in such a competitive environment with the right resources.
Job openings will be open for customer services, supply chain management, merchandising, technology, business development, digital marketing and alliances. Over 50,000 jobs will be open for skilled manpower from various verticals like IITs, IIMs, engineers and various other professionals.
The demand for extensive recruitment in logistics will see and all time high as the manpower in this arena is usually at an all time low. Due to this reason, several times, there are losses which occur to the companies through logistics due to unavailability of skilled manpower. Catering to such a huge requirement will help keep the industry’s pace going on well which in turn will help business stabilise the revenue earnings and minimise their losses.
Similarly merchandising is one area which has seen a shortage of approximately 30 per cent of the personnel. This arena is also one major area where hiring will see a big rise in the coming times. As the e-commerce industry grows, the ever-satiating requirement of personnel in various fields will keep increasing.
The hiring predictions say that maximum hiring will be done in the e-commerce industry in comparison to any other industry. Expanding businesses, increasing revenues and increasing business opportunities will be some of the major factors which will be giving tremendous rise to the job requirements for several positions in the e-commerce sector. One of the reasons for such explosive demand for jobs is the entry of e-commerce firms in various tier II and tier III cities which have also become major hiring hubs for various job sections in this industry.
Another major reason of such an extensive hiring in the sector is better pay packages offered by the industry at various levels. More and more professionals are opting to work in the e-commerce sector as the remuneration is far better than finance, IT and BPO sectors. New entrants in the e-commerce firms with strong analytical skills are the new torch bearers of getting the highest salaries in the e-commerce sector.
Campus recruitments done by major e-commerce firms have seen the increasing growth of job demand for engineers and IT professionals who are the backbone of any industry. Those who are just about to start their career are drawn to the growth aspect which this sector provides like none other. Depending upon the respective skills an individual has, the placement and salary are given at par with the current industry standards.
One of the most renowned global e-commerce firm has seen the rising potential growth of the sector which has been growing consistently at an increased pace year after year. Seeing the hiring trends, the pace and requirement will continue to increase for this company which is always ready and will continue to hire at various levels, depending upon the requirement and skills of respective individuals.
To sum up, e-commerce will be the next front which will witness the highest level of hiring among other sector. Since there will be numerous opening at different levels, skilled experts for every designated position will be preferred as they will provide better elasticity to the job requirements which can be fulfilled easily. Thus, this will be the new avenue of maximum hiring and will continue in the coming times seeing the ongoing job openings’ trends.
(The writer is Managing Director, Unison International)