Hiring activity sees 15 percent growth in January

MUMBAI: Hiring activities registered a 15 per cent growth this January compared to same month of 2018, mainly driven by IT-software industry which witnessed 36 per cent growth, says a report. The Naukri JobSpeak Index for January 2019 stood at 2,251 from January 2018 1,951. Meanwhile, auto and auto ancillary industry saw an increase in hiring with a growth rate of 17 per cent. BPO and ITES saw 13 percent growth, banking and financial services saw 2 percent, FMCG 9 per cent, education 10 per cent and and IT-hardware 46 per cent.