Online recruitment activities up by 7% in May: Report
New Delhi, June 6: Online recruitment activities for May registered a seven per cent growth on a year-on-year basis with the production and manufacturing sector continuing to exhibit the steepest rise at 56 per cent for the second consecutive month, a report said on Wednesday.
According to Monster Employment Index, the online recruitment activity in the sector, however, slowed by 6 percent between April and May 2018.
"Retail sector (up 39 percent) has exhibited significant growth on the year-on-year basis. The growth momentum paced up 28 percentage points between April and May 2018," it said.
In the telecom/ISP sector, the growth momentum eased further from 28 percent in April this year to 21 percent in May while banking, financial services, insurance also maintained an uptrend in the last month but the growth rate has declined progressively since the past few months.
Commenting on the latest Monster Employment Index trends, Abhijeet Mukherjee, CEO, Monster.com- APAC & Gulf said: "India retained its spot as the fastest growing major economy in the March quarter with GDP 7.7 per cent on the back of robust performance by manufacturing sector, also reflected in the sector's positive y-o-y recruitment growth numbers."
From a negative y-o-y performance at the beginning of 2018, the retail sector is seeing phenomenal e-recruitment opportunities.
This mirrors the addition of retail capacity at global companies as well as recent mergers which has led to an overall growth of the sector, he said.
According to him, telecom sector is treading with caution as recent developments have resulted in layoffs and job losses.
"City-wise, both metros and non-metros are witnessing an eased pace of online hiring activity," he added.
The report said the online hiring activity in the past month slowed in all major metro cities.
City-wise data shows, Jaipur (up 22 percent) and Chandigarh (up 21 percent) led all monitored cities by the way of long-term growth.
Year-on-year, Mumbai registered a decline of six percentage points from 15 percent growth in April to 9 percent growth in May.
Bengaluru registered three percent growth this month down from a six per cent growth in April while hiring activity in Delhi-NCR matched the year-ago level.
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Telangana CM urges Amit Shah to increase sanctioned strength of IPS officers in state
Hyderabad (PTI): Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Wednesday night and urged him to increase the sanctioned strength of IPS officers to the state in view of its growing administrative and security needs.
The two leaders also discussed the recent surrender of several senior Maoist leaders before the Telangana Police and other issues.
"During the meeting, the two leaders discussed the issue of Maoist surrenders and their rehabilitation. The chief minister informed Shah that significant improvements in policing have taken place in Telangana over the past two years," an official release here said.
Highlighting that 591 Maoists have laid down their arms and joined the mainstream of society during this period, the chief minister said the state government was providing them compensation and rehabilitation assistance as per the rules.
He requested the Union home minister to extend financial support from the central government for development works in the backward regions of the state.
Reddy also urged Shah to increase the sanctioned strength of IPS officers to the state from 83 to 105 in line with the state's growing administrative and security needs, the statement said.
The first cadre review after the formation of Telangana was conducted in 2016, while the next review, due in 2021, was delayed and finally carried out in 2025. Even then, only seven additional IPS officers were allocated to the state, the chief minister informed Shah and requested that the third cadre review be conducted in 2026 as per the schedule.
Reddy explained that Telangana, like the rest of the country, is facing several modern challenges, including cybercrime, drug trafficking, white-collar crimes, and other emerging security threats.
He highlighted the reorganisation of the Hyderabad, Cyberabad, and Malkajgiri Police Commissionerates, the proposed formation of the Future City Commissionerate and the rapidly growing population in Hyderabad to underline the increasing administrative requirements of the state.
