The first four months of 2010 has brought back the much desired exuberance in the environment as the Naukri job index has been very optimistic and has been consistently moving in a positive direction.

Noida, Uttar Pradesh -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/13/2010 -- • A year on year comparison of the job index shows that Pune, Bangalore, Mumbai and Chennai has seen huge revivals in the job market.

• Key industry sectors like IT- Software, Banking and Auto are all back to the pre downturn levels with the job index moving up by 56%, 47%, 40% in May'10 over May'09.

• Professionals in HR, ITES, IT- Software and Accounts and Finance witnessed a comeback in the recruitment scenario with the job index moving up by 68%, 21%, 54%, and 22% in May'10 over May'09.

New Delhi, June 09, 2010:
The first four months of 2010 has brought back the much desired exuberance in the environment as the Naukri job index has been very optimistic and has been consistently moving in a positive direction. A year on year comparison of the index shows all major cities, industries and functional areas moving in a positive direction indicating that the hiring activity has moved up across all sectors and is back to the pre –down turn levels. Although we see that the May-10 index has dipped by 10% over the Apr-10 index, the three month moving index indicates a steadier hiring scenario. On an overall level, the prevailing business sentiment of the Indian economy is also very positive as the fiscal year 2009-2010 ended with an impressive GDP growth of 7.4% as compared to 6.7% in the previous fiscal.

Sumeet Singh, National Head, Marketing and Communication, Info Edge said "The appraisal season generally puts a halt to the hiring activity for most companies which is why we see the dip in the May index. Although we still feel that the level of hiring is not such that could be considered as a job boom, the medium term outlook for the job market appears positive as demand is likely to increase for many roles across industry verticals."

A deeper analysis of the Job Index shows that the hiring activity in the IT industry has recovered from the pangs of the slowdown and has moved up by 56% in May-10 over May-09. We see a similar recovery in the Banking and Auto sectors as well which moved up by 47% and 40% in May-10 over May-09. Thus, on a one year perspective, we see all functional areas, industries and cities moving in a positive direction indicating a stable job scenario in the country.

City wise Analysis: The hiring activity for all cities witnessed an upward movement in the job index on an annual perspective

On a one year perspective, recruitment has moved up across all major cities in the country. Pune and Mumbai moved up by 48% and 42% in May-10 as compared to the May-09 index. Similarly, Bangalore and Chennai moved up by 40% and Delhi moved up by 30% in May-10 over May-09.This clearly reflects that the first half of 2010 has seen some good times in the job market with the Naukri job index surpassing the pre down turn levels in Apr-10.

Industry Analysis: The hiring activity for all industry sectors witnessed an upward movement in the job index on an annual perspective

On a yearly perspective all sectors witnessed an upward movement in the job index indicating that the job market is back on track and has overcome the times of the slowdown. The job index for the IT Software and ITES sectors moved up by 56% and 19% in May-10 over May-09. The hiring activity for the Banking and Financial services has also seen an upsurge on an annual perspective with the index moving up by 47% in May-10 over May-09. Similarly Capital Goods, Insurance and Pharma sectors also grew by 33%, 17% and 11% in May-10 over May-09.

Functional Area / Department Analysis: Demand for professionals in all functional areas moved in a positive direction in May-10 over May'09

A year on year comparison of the job index shows that the demand for professionals in all functional areas grew in a positive direction with maximum growth witnessed among the professionals in HR, IT and Accounts. Hiring activity for professionals in HR, IT and Accounts grew by 68%, 54% and 22% in May-10 over May-09.The Professionals in ITES, Marketing and Project Management were also high in demand as the index moved up by 21%, 17% and 16% in May-10 over the May-09 index

About Naukri.com
Naukri.com, India's No. 1 job site and the flagship brand of Info Edge revolutionized the concept of recruitment in India. Since its inception in 1997, Naukri.com has seen continued growth. Info Edge completed a successful IPO in November 2006 and remains the only listed Internet Company in India.

Naukri.com is a recruitment platform that provides hiring-related services to corporates/ recruiters, placement agencies and to job seekers in India and overseas. It offers multiple products like Resume Database Access, and Response Management tools and its services include Job Postings, and branding solutions on the site. With 200000 jobs live at any point, Naukri.com serviced over 35500 corporate clients in 2009-2010.

The company has over 1550 people operating through 49 offices in 32 cities in India and overseas offices in Dubai, Riyadh and Bahrain.

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Noida, Uttar Pradesh -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/22/2010 -- The national Naukri Job Speak has seen the index moving up successively moving up for the past three months

• Hyderabad witnessed a dip in hiring activity by 9%, but the three month moving average index indicates an optimistic recruitment scenario
• On the national level the job index moved up by 1.5% in Mar'10 as compared to Feb'10 indicating a steadily improving hiring scenario

The national Naukri Job Speak has seen the index moving up successively moving up for the past three months clearly indicating that the tidings in the job market has seen stability and major industry sectors like IT, ITES, Auto, Telecom and Banking have started hiring again. A similar sentiment is echoed in the job index for Hyderabad as well, where the three month moving average index moves up by 7% in Mar'10 over Feb'10. Overall, there is a shift in the declining trend of hiring activity towards a more stabilized market scenario.

Sumeet Singh, National Head, Marketing and Communication, Info Edge said "The hiring intentions of companies in most industry sectors seem to be moving in a positive direction as reflected by the consecutively upward moving Job index in the first quarter of 2010. It seems 'cautious optimism' among employers anymore has given way to 'definite optimism"

A sectoral analysis both at the national and state level shows an improving hiring environment in majority of industry sectors as reflected by the upward moving three month moving average indices. In Mar'10 the ITES and the Pharma sectors has seen positive movement in the recruitment front with the index moving up by 13% and 7% respectively in Mar-10 over Feb-10. Although the IT and the Telecom sectors has seen an 8% dip in the index in Mar'10 over Feb'10, the three month moving average index moved up by 6.5% and 4% in Mar'10 as compared to Feb'10. A similar optimistic sentiment was reflected in the Naukri.com Hiring Outlook survey (Jan-10) where 85% of recruiters in the IT sector and 55% of recruiters in the Telecom sector had said that new jobs will be created in 2010.Thus, key sectors in Hyderabad IT, ITES, Pharma and Telecom all seem to be on a positive path.

The demand for professionals in ITES, Production, Banking and HR saw an increase in hiring activity by 13%, 12%, 8% and 7% respectively in Mar'10 over Feb'10. While, the hiring activity for IT-software and Sales saw a decline in the index by 4% and 2% in Mar'10 over Feb'10, three month moving average index moves up by 8% and 6% in Mar'10 over Feb'10.

About Naukri.com
Naukri.com, India's No. 1 job site and the flagship brand of Info Edge revolutionized the concept of recruitment in India. Since its inception in 1997, Naukri.com has seen continued growth. Info Edge completed a successful IPO in November 2006 and remains the only listed Internet Company in India.

Naukri.com is a recruitment platform that provides hiring-related services to corporates/ recruiters, placement agencies and to job seekers in India and overseas. It offers multiple products like Resume Database Access, and Response Management tools and its services include Job Postings, and branding solutions on the site. With 2,00,000 jobs live at any point, Naukri.com serviced over 34000 corporate clients in 2008-2009.

The company has over 1400 people operating through 54 offices in 37 cities in India and overseas offices in Dubai, Riyadh and Bahrain.

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The Naukri Job Speak has seen the index moving up successively for the past three months.

Noida, Uttar Pradesh -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/21/2010 -- The Naukri Job Speak has seen the index moving up successively for the past three months. This clearly indicates that the tidings in the job market has seen stability and major industry sectors like IT, ITES, Auto, Telecom and Banking have started hiring again. The job index for Mar'10 at 962 as compared to 947 in Feb-10 reflects a continued improvement in the hiring sentiment of recruiters.

Sumeet Singh, National Head, Marketing and Communication, Info Edge said "The hiring intentions of companies in most industry sectors seem to be moving in a positive direction as reflected by the consecutively upward moving Job index in the first quarter of 2010. It seems 'cautious optimism' among employers has given way to 'definite optimism'."

A detailed analysis of the Job index shows that hiring activity in the ITES and the Insurance sectors has seen maximum movement on the recruitment front with the index moving up by 13% and 15% respectively in Mar-10 over Feb-10. Professionals in ITES and Engineering Design were in high demand as the job index moved up by 12% and 25% in Mar-10 over Feb'10. Although some of the top 10 cities and functional areas shows a dip in the job index but the three month moving average index shows an upward moving trend for all cities and functional areas.

City wise Analysis: Delhi, Pune and Kolkata show an upward moving index in Mar'10 over Feb'10

In a recent Naukri.com- Businessworld survey Delhi emerged as the most preferred location of work by jobseekers and the March job index saw Delhi being most bullish on hiring, with the job index moving up by 13% in Mar'10 over Feb'10.The hiring activity for Kolkata picked up by 6.5% in Mar'10 over Feb'10 while the index for Pune has been moving up successively for the past three months. Although, Chennai, Hyderabad and Mumbai show a dip in the index the three month moving average index moved up by 4%, 9% and 7% respectively in Mar-10 over Feb-10.

Industry Analysis: The hiring activity in ITES, Auto, Insurance and Pharma sectors moved up in Mar'10 as compared to Feb'10

The first quarter of 2010 has seen most of the industries on the path of recovery. It has been witnessed, that the index for the ITES sector has been successively moving in a positive direction for the past seven months with a minor seasonal dip in Dec'09. The job index for the ITES sector moved up by 13% in Mar'10 as compared to Feb'10. The Auto sector has also seen a buoyant hiring scenario in the first quarter of 2010 with the job index moving up by 8% in Mar'10 over Feb'10. The Insurance and the Pharma sectors moved up by 15% and 7% in Mar'10 over Feb'10.

Although the IT sector has seen an 8% dip in the index in Mar'10 over Feb'10, the three month moving average index moved up by 6.5% in Mar'10 over Feb'10 indicating an improving hiring environment as indicated by the Naukri.com Hiring Outlook Survey (Jan-10) where 85% of recruiters in the IT sector has said that new jobs will be created in 2010.

Functional Area / Department Analysis: Professionals in ITES were high in demand in Mar'10 as the job index surpassed the July'08 levels

Professionals in Production, Banking and HR saw an increase in hiring activity by 12%, 8% and 7% respectively in Mar'10 over Feb'10. While, the hiring activity for IT-software and Sales show a decline in the index by 4% and 2% in Mar'10 over Feb'10, the three month moving average index shows an 8% and 6% growth in the index in Mar'10 over Feb'10.

Overall, the index seems to be moving in a robust manner with hiring moving up across all industry verticals, functional areas and cities in the first quarter of 2010.

About Naukri.com
Naukri.com, India's No. 1 job site and the flagship brand of Info Edge revolutionized the concept of recruitment in India. Since its inception in 1997, Naukri.com has seen continued growth. Info Edge completed a successful IPO in November 2006 and remains the only listed Internet Company in India.

Naukri.com is a recruitment platform that provides hiring-related services to corporates/ recruiters, placement agencies and to job seekers in India and overseas. It offers multiple products like Resume Database Access, and Response Management tools and its services include Job Postings, and branding solutions on the site. With 2,00,000 jobs live at any point, Naukri.com serviced over 34000 corporate clients in 2008-2009.

The company has over 1400 people operating through 54 offices in 37 cities in India and overseas offices in Dubai, Riyadh and Bahrain.

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Noida, Uttar Pradesh -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/19/2010 -- 72% of recruiters say new jobs to be added in 2010, 62% predict increments: says Naukri.com's Hiring Outlook Survey.

A survey of recruiters reveals a positive hiring scenario, 72% predict creation of new jobs and 24% expect replacement hiring

New Delhi, Jan 14, 2010:
Hiring Outlook for the year 2010

A survey conducted among recruiters across India forecasts an optimistic and vibrant employment picture for the year 2010. Over 70% recruiters in IT, ITeS, Auto, Telecom, Banking and Pharma predict that the hiring will be robust in 2010 and 82% recruiters say that professionals with 1 to 8 years experience will be in demand. There has been a distinct change in sentiment over the last six months. A similar survey conducted in July '09 revealed that only 45% recruiters had predicted creation of new jobs as compared to 72% this time.

Sumeet Singh, National Head- Marketing and Communications, Info Edge said, "Hiring expectations and business sentiment of recruiters across industry sectors have improved considerably, and job seekers can look forward to a favourable hiring environment all through the year."

Hiring optimism is strongest in the IT and BPO sectors where out of the 257 recruiters who took the survey, 80% indicated that new jobs will be created and almost 70% employers predicted that the range of increments will be between 5 to 20%. Recruiters in the Construction and Engineering sectors have also been very positive with 73% saying new jobs will be created, 56% predicting that jobs will be created in the 4 to 8 years experience bands and 68% foreseeing increments in 2010.

While 53% of employers in the Telecom sector indicated that increments may be dependent on market conditions 57% of them said that new jobs will be created in the year 2010. Overall, a sectoral analysis clearly indicates an optimistic hiring trend across industries.

About Naukri.com
Naukri.com, India's No. 1 job site and the flagship brand of Info Edge revolutionized the concept of recruitment in India. Since its inception in 1997, Naukri.com has seen sustained growth. Info Edge completed a successful IPO in November 2006 and remains the only listed listed Internet Company in India.

Naukri.com is a recruitment platform that provides hiring-related services to corporates/ recruiters, placement agencies and to job seekers in India and overseas. It offers multiple products like Resume Database Access, and Response Management tools and its services include Job Postings, and branding solutions on the site. With 2,00,000 jobs live at any point, Naukri.com serviced over 34000 corporate clients in 2008-2009.

The company has over 1400 people operating through 54 offices in 37 cities in India and overseas offices in Dubai, Riyadh and Bahrain.

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm

Noida, India -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/23/2009  The Naukri JobSpeak index at 760, indicates that hiring activity accelerated by 8.38% as compared to October'09

 The Insurance sector has been the most bullish on hiring with an index of 1033 surpassing the July'08 levels (July'08 represents the start of the index and was taken at a base of 1000)

 Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore witnessed a growth in hiring activity by 4.82%, 9.93%, 11.21% and 8.46% in November '09 as compared to October '09

 The demand for professionals in the HR/Admin and IT software sector bounced back by 15.3% and 7.84% in November '09 as compared to October '09

New Delhi, December 15, 2009: The Naukri JobSpeak index at 760 for November 2009 significantly suggests a positive hiring outlook across all industry sectors. This is the highest job index since March'09, thus indicating a buoyant hiring sentiment across all industries and experience buckets. A sectoral analysis clearly shows that demand for insurance sector professionals has been showing momentum. The composite three-month moving average has also inched up to 783 from 761 in October '09.

"As this year heads towards an optimistic finish, new horizons seem to ensure a promising year ahead. These are reflected in an improved and encouraging business sentiment thus clearly indicating there has been a steady revival at the job scenario. The next step is to look for a contained momentum towards recovery" said Sumeet Singh, National Head – Marketing and Communications, Info Edge.

Hiring activity saw a significant push across all sectors with auto, insurance and telecom sectors seeing a double-digit percentage growth. All the metros have seen a surge in the hiring and Pune has finally picked up on hiring activity after four successive months of decline in the job index.

City wise Analysis: Out of the top 7 cities, 6 cities saw an uptrend in hiring
The city wise analysis indicates a positive hiring sentiment across India with 9 out of top 13 cities showing an increase in the job index. Hiring activity in Pune picked up by 18.04% in Nov'09 as compared to Oct '09 after dipping four months in succession. Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore witnessed a growth in hiring activity by 4.82%, 9.93%, 11.21% and 8.46% in November '09 while in the tier-II segment, Coimbatore and Chandigarh witnessed a decline in hiring activity by 14.26% and 10.07% in November '09 as compared to October '09. However on a three month moving average index there has been a marginal decline in decline of 3.5% in Coimbatore and 2.9% in Chandigarh. The figures for the smaller cities tend to be volatile due to relatively small database.

Industry Analysis: Auto, insurance and telecom sectors saw double-digit percentage growth
A surge in hiring activity pushed up the indices for most industries. Hiring activity in Auto/Auto Ancillary, Insurance and Telecom sectors whose indexes had dipped in October'09 was up by 17.38%, 22.98% and 19.29% respectively in November '09. IT and Oil and Gas sectors saw an increase in hiring by 5% and 8.8% respectively indicating comeback in hiring activity. With the index at 1033, hiring activity for insurance surpassed July'08 levels. (July'08 represents the start of the index).Pharma and Biotech has seen a continued dip in hiring activity since Aug'09.

Functional Area / Department: Hiring for IT-Professionals is back in action
Analysis of the functional areas for November '09 brought in cheer, with indices going up across most of them. Hiring for IT-Professionals is back in action after the dip in October '09 with an increase of 7.8% and 21.8% in the index of IT-Software and IT- Hardware professionals in November'09 as compared to October'09.

Index of Total Jobs
On Total Jobs (this includes refreshed jobs), the index has moved up by 10% from 745 in Oct '09 to 819 in Nov '09. The movement was sharper as compared to New Jobs. In the last six months the index has peaked to 819 for the first time and thus proves that markets have opened up and the demand for jobs are on a steady increase

Methodology
The index has been calculated based on job listings added to the site month on month. July 2008 has been taken as the base month with a score of 1000 and the subsequent monthly index is compared with data for July 2008. Data has been sourced from http://www.Naukri.com/ and it reflects job listings and therefore hiring trends on the site. Jobs have been categorized by location, functional area, industry and experience buckets. The index has been analyzed across Cities/ Functional Area - Deptt / Industry verticals. The report (produced monthly) shows hiring trends across industry sectors, geography and functional areas. There might be high volatility in the case of smaller cities, niche industries and functional areas owing to a small database. More than 34000 national and international clients used http://www.Naukri.com/ in 2008-2009, leading to high reliability of data.

About Naukri.com
Naukri.com, India's No. 1 job site and the flagship brand of Info Edge revolutionized the concept of recruitment in India. Since its inception in 1997, http://www.Naukri.com/ has seen sustained growth. Info Edge completed a successful IPO in November 2006 and remains the only to be listed listed Internet Company in India.

http://www.Naukri.com/ is a recruitment platform that provides hiring-related services to corporates / recruiters, placement agencies and to job seekers in India and overseas. It offers multiple products like Resume Database Access, and Response Management tools and its services include Job Postings, and branding solutions on the site. With 2,00,000 jobs live at any point, Naukri.com serviced over 34000 corporate clients in 2008-2009.

The company has over 1400 people operating through 54 offices in 37 cities in India and overseas offices in Dubai, Riyadh and Bahrain

For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-3.htm