<p>Staffing services firm Manpower's Employment Outlook Survey released today showed that employers in India have the strongest hiring intentions for the 2011 second quarter.<br /><br />India's net employment outlook -- an indicator of recruitment intentions -- rose to 51 per cent on a seasonally adjusted basis for the three-month period starting April. The same stood at just 43 per cent for the first three months of this year.<br /><br />"Employers (in India) from manufacturing, finance, insurance, real estate, public administration and education and wholesale and retail trade report strongest hiring plans to date," Manpower said.<br /><br />The manufacturing sector leads the way with a hiring outlook of 56 per cent, followed by finance, insurance and real estate (55 per cent).<br /><br />"This is the highest employment forecast since we started the survey in 2005 and is higher than witnessed in the pre-crisis period," Manpower India Head (Sales & Marketing) Namr Kishore told PTI.<br /><br />India is benefiting from the global economic recovery, especially in the US. Overall demand has gone up resulting in robust hiring trends, Kishore noted.<br /><br />In the wake of the global financial crisis in 2008-09, many firms had resorted to massive layoffs to cut down costs.<br /><br />The findings are based on a survey of 5,112 employers across the country. According to the report, employers in the South have the strongest hiring expectations, reflected in a net employment outlook of 58 per cent. It is followed by North (54 per cent). East (53 per cent) and West (43 per cent).<br /><br />Meanwhile, Manpower's survey -- which also covered 38 other countries -- revealed that employers in India, Taiwan, Brazil, China, and Turkey have the strongest second-quarter hiring expectations.<br /><br />European countries, which have been rattled by the sovereign debt turmoil, particularly Greece, Spain and Ireland, as well as Italy, recorded "the weakest forecasts globally", it added.<br /></p>
<p>Staffing services firm Manpower's Employment Outlook Survey released today showed that employers in India have the strongest hiring intentions for the 2011 second quarter.<br /><br />India's net employment outlook -- an indicator of recruitment intentions -- rose to 51 per cent on a seasonally adjusted basis for the three-month period starting April. The same stood at just 43 per cent for the first three months of this year.<br /><br />"Employers (in India) from manufacturing, finance, insurance, real estate, public administration and education and wholesale and retail trade report strongest hiring plans to date," Manpower said.<br /><br />The manufacturing sector leads the way with a hiring outlook of 56 per cent, followed by finance, insurance and real estate (55 per cent).<br /><br />"This is the highest employment forecast since we started the survey in 2005 and is higher than witnessed in the pre-crisis period," Manpower India Head (Sales & Marketing) Namr Kishore told PTI.<br /><br />India is benefiting from the global economic recovery, especially in the US. Overall demand has gone up resulting in robust hiring trends, Kishore noted.<br /><br />In the wake of the global financial crisis in 2008-09, many firms had resorted to massive layoffs to cut down costs.<br /><br />The findings are based on a survey of 5,112 employers across the country. According to the report, employers in the South have the strongest hiring expectations, reflected in a net employment outlook of 58 per cent. It is followed by North (54 per cent). East (53 per cent) and West (43 per cent).<br /><br />Meanwhile, Manpower's survey -- which also covered 38 other countries -- revealed that employers in India, Taiwan, Brazil, China, and Turkey have the strongest second-quarter hiring expectations.<br /><br />European countries, which have been rattled by the sovereign debt turmoil, particularly Greece, Spain and Ireland, as well as Italy, recorded "the weakest forecasts globally", it added.<br /></p>