LinkedIn has good news for IT professionals looking for jobs
It may be a good time for IT professionals looking for jobs as hiring has increased across India. As per LinkedIn’s September report of ‘Labour Market Update, hiring in the month of September witnessed an 18% points climb as compared to August 2020.
“Earlier in the year, hiring declines reached a low of below -50% year-on-year in April, before starting to slowly recover. In late July, it crossed the 0% mark and continued increasing, reaching 12% in August and 30% year-on-year at the end of September,” it said.
It also said that competition for jobs remains the same as August 2020, at 30% higher as compared to last year. However, after nearly doubling in the middle of 2020, the applications per job dropped down 1.3x in August and stayed at a similar level in September.