Indian white-collar job market to see hiring surge in 2025 1st half, ETCFO
New Delhi: The Indian white-collar job market is gearing up for a hiring surge, with 96 per cent of employers (up from 92 per cent in 2024) expressing optimism round anticipated hiring actions within the first half of the yr, a report mentioned on Thursday.
Out of those 96 per cent employers, about 58 per cent are taking a two-pronged strategy – each creating contemporary positions and filling present roles – a big leap from the 48 per cent who adopted this technique final yr, in keeping with the report by Naukri.com.
Among the many remaining employers, 18 per cent plan to solely create new positions and 20 per cent plan to pay attention solely on substitute hiring.
Layoffs are anticipated to go down. The proportion of employers anticipating the identical has shrunk from 3 per cent in 2024 to 2 per cent this yr, the report talked about.
IT roles emerged because the lead position throughout industries, with 37 per cent of employers prioritising IT roles – a significant leap from 24 per cent in 2024.
About 42 per cent of them additionally count on IT roles to see the very best attrition, signalling a expertise retention problem within the trade.
Professionals with 3-8 years of expertise discover themselves within the candy spot for 2025’s job market. Employers are actively concentrating on mid-career professionals, who will account for 58 per cent of hiring exercise, up from 53 per cent final yr.
Demand for expertise that brings each contemporary views and hands-on experience, is predicted to be on the rise.
“It’s encouraging to see firms’ sturdy hiring intent backed by substantial increment plans for H1 2025. The renewed concentrate on each new job creation and substitute hiring throughout sectors indicators a optimistic first half of the yr,” mentioned Dr Pawan Goyal, Chief Enterprise Officer at Naukri.com.
Whereas attrition stays a priority in early profession brackets, the deliberate double-digit increments and steady campus hiring traits point out that employers are prioritizing retention and long-term workforce planning, he added.
Contemporary graduates too have purpose to be optimistic. 34 per cent of employers affirm campus hiring will proceed as deliberate (up from 30 per cent final yr), providing a extra steady entry into the workforce.
