The India Skill Report is a joint initiative of Wheebox, PeopleStrong with Confederation of Indian Industry, linkedIn & Association of Indian Universities:
· Candidates from tiers II and III cities found highly employable with employability level 50 per cent compared to tier I cities which are at 30 per cent.
· Forecast of an overall increase of 14.5 per cent in the hiring intent for the next year.
· The sectors which will see maximum hiring are retail, e-commerce, BFSI, pharma, telecom, manufacturing with an increase of over 20 per cent.
· BPO/KPO/ITES Core sector will see an increase of more than 10 per cent.
· Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand and Haryana form the employable pool
· FMCG, Hospitality and Software & IT expect the hiring numbers to remain same
· Domain-wise, there will be a preference for management and bachelor degree while expecting a drop in hiring of ITI & diploma candidates.
· The core sectors will see increase of hiring engineers. nHospitality will see increase in hiring but a reduce of diploma graduates.