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Covid-19 pandemic impacts hiring, with more resilient sectors reporting strong sentiment even as others appear to have reduced appointments

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Gender equality | Recruitment | Healthcare sector

Sachin P Mampatta  |  Mumbai 

The Covid-19 pandemic has had an impact in apprentice hiring, with more resilient sectors reporting strong sentiment even as others appear to have reduced appointments. Healthcare and pharmaceuticals, and e-commerce were among the sectors leading in terms of net apprenticeship outlook, a sentiment indicator from the Apprenticeship Outlook Report that TeamLease Skills University launched on Tuesday.

Others like travel and hospitality have shown a decline (see chart 1). ALSO READ: Tata Motors consolidated net loss widens in Q2 on weak operational show Many are looking to ...

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First Published: Tue, October 27 2020. 17:59 IST
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