Hiring sentiments remain upbeat in pharma sector

The pharmaceutical sector is likely to drive the hiring growth in 2013. The sector has emerged as a powerful employer with the hiring activity being up by 14 per cent in March 13’ over Feb 13’. Although the overall hiring sentiment is reflecting a cautious hiring scenario, the pharma sector has grown remarkably well with its hiring activity being 36 per cent better than what it was an year ago. According to the Naukri Job Speak the index value of the sector has also been the highest in the last one year.

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Naukri.com, India’s No. 1 job site and the flagship brand of Info Edge revolutionised the concept of recruitment in India. Since its inception in 1997, Naukri.com has seen continued growth while outperforming its competitors in every sphere. Info Edge was the first Internet company to list in India. The site enjoys a traffic share of around 61 per cent as per the Sept Comscore data.

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 recruiter branding solutions on the site. The site has a database of over 29 million resumes and has serviced over 46000 clients in FY-2012. The company has over 2000 people operating through 48 offices in 31 cities in India and overseas offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh and Bahrain.