‘By P. Sarojini’
Bengaluru (CWBN)_ A statement from experts says about 1.4 million vacancies could be filled by the end of 2020. The data from Betterplace, which is a technology platform for managing the lifecycle of informal and semi-formal workforce, informed that nine million interviews have been targeted and high demand could prevail in delivery and healthcare sectors, which is expected to surpass January 2020 levels.
The business activities in the country have still not been recovered to pre-pandemic levels, but job openings for blue-collar workers in the July-September period were quite strong. This is mainly due to the festival season, but a large number of this openings are for permanent jobs.
Pravin Agarwala, co-founder and CEO, Betterplace said “The demand during the festive season stems mainly from the retail sector so some of this is for temporary jobs. But, demand for full-time jobs is expected to sustain post the festive season”. He added that nearly 80% of the jobs offers are for full-time employment, which is the good news at the moment.
The research says that employers are looking for skilled manpower and are ready to pay a premium of 15-20% for experienced individuals. It was said that the average salary will range between INR 18,000 and INR 30,000 per month for delivery persons and INR 12,000 to INR 20,000 for security guards. Nurses take monthly salaries between INR 13,000 and INR 28,000 and this has been raised by 30% in the last few months.
Agarwala said that apart from the revised salary, employees are also given the allowances of medical insurance, emergency financial support, safety procedures and protocols for safe working environments against Covid. He added, “Along with safe and healthy working conditions, employees are also looking at a fixed component to their wages as compared to the usual transactional (per delivery) model.”
There avails a demand for blue-collar workers in sectors like Retail, Security and Facilities Management. The other sectors like Logistics, Manufacturing and Healthcare have raised their hiring to 10-15%. Additionally, a third of the demand is coming out from the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Telangana.
The research said that Bengaluru will create maximum jobs followed by Hyderabad, Delhi and Mumbai. Chennai is projected to end the year at 100% of its Q1 demand, whereas the cities of Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru will recover greater than 70% of demand.
