Smartphone manufacturers expected to hire 60,000 in next 6-12 months

Smartphone manufacturing companies are expected to create 60,000 direct jobs in the country in the next 6-12 months, The Economic Times (ET) has cited data from staffing firm Teamlease. The development comes as India becomes the world’s second-largest mobile handsets manufacturer.

Teamlease Services has over 5,000 vacancies in mobile manufacturing with more positions in the pipeline, chief executive-staffing at Teamlease, Kartik Narayan told the newspaper. Another staffing company, Ciel HR Services’ CEO Aditya Narayan Mishra told ET that there are about 2,000 open positions, with more expected.