Top 10 Hot Jobs this year
Analytics: Analytics in sectors like banks, consumer goods, retail, IT, business consulting and e-commerce/online is expected to have 12,000 to 15,000 openings next year with handsome pay scales starting from around Rs 5 lakh per annum.
Supply chain, procurement and contract management executives: These jobs will be available in sectors like oil and gas, power, petrochemicals, chemicals, auto, manufacturing and retail.
Chief Operating Officers: These jobs are available in IT and IT-enabled services, engineering, procurement and construction sectors with huge pay scales of Rs 1 to 2 crore (pa) in large organisations and Rs 60 to 90 lakh in SMEs and start-ups.
Social media buffs: These jobs offer a salary package of around Rs 4 to Rs 6 lakh pa and the number of jobs is increasing rapidly.
R&D professionals: India is being seen as an R&D hub and several organisations are investing in R&D centres in India in sectors auto, chemical, consumer, pharma, healthcare and IT. The salary for these professionals is Rs 5 to Rs 6 lakh (pa) entry level and Rs 12 to Rs 15 lakh mid level.
Sales: Sales jobs are popular in sectors like consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, hi-tech, manufacturing and engineering, auto etc. In the coming session 2014-2015, India is looking to grow big as a large consumer market for various industries and so opportunities will be immense with pay scales of Rs 4 to Rs 10 lakh (pa) for entry- to mid-level and Rs 24 to Rs 50 lakh for senior management.
Non-exec board members: Mining, agrochemicals, healthcare and life sciences are the sectors where these jobs are expected to grow.
IT & Mobile product development: With growing Internet market, these jobs are expected to grow in sectors like IT product, e-commerce, IT consulting and mobile application with pay scales of Rs 2-18 lakh pa (entry level) and Rs 35-40 lakh (for experienced)
Junior engineers: Engineering and project management is the skills required for this profile and you can get a salary of around Rs 3.75-Rs 16 lakh per annum.
Training staff: BEd, relevant bachelors /masters degree holders can get a number of opportunities as training staff in the coming year.