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What are the job seekers on the net like? Indicus conducted a research
to find out the profile of jobseekers in India, which, in turn, is a profile of
a substantial chunk of the Internet population in India. Our research has
been conducted over the past one year through various surveys over the
net. We present here some of the characteristics of the job seekers on
the net.
We already know that the active job seekers on the net are about 28-30
million. Apart from a very small percentage, they are mainly urban. In
fact, ten cities account for as many as 71% of the job seekers on the net.
The five metros—Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata (not
counting their satellites)—account for 48% of the online job seekers.
Pune and Hyderabad individually account for more job seekers than
Kolkata and Chennai, respectively, and online job seekers in
Ahmedabad are only slightly below Kolkata in number. The national
capital region (Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, Greater Noida, Faridabad and
Ghaziabad) accounts for as many as 19% of the online jobseekers,
making it the largest cluster of online job seekers. Gurgaon, despite
being small in terms of population, has a particularly high concentration
of job seekers.
Fifty cities account for almost 90% of the jobseekers, and the top 20 cities account for nearly 81%. This,
more than anything else, is a clear indication of the skewed distribution of online jobseekers. There are
several reasons behind this, the key ones being economic opportunities and Internet penetration.
Women
The gender difference probably reflects the workplace gender difference (in the kind of organisations that
online jobseekers work). As many as 23% of the online job seekers are women. However, the proportion of
women among the online job seekers varies greatly across cities. In Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Bangalore,
Chennai and Pune, the proportion of women is significantly higher than the all-India average, whereas in
Delhi and Ahmedabad, it is well below the all-India average. Interestingly, the proportion of women is higher
in larger cities as compared to smaller cities in the same region.
Age distribution
As many as 97% of the job seekers are between the age of 20 and 45 years. In fact, two age groups (25-35
and 20-24) account for 88% of the job seekers, and these age groups are likely to remain active job seekers
even in 2020. The age profile indicates that given the rise of Internet penetration and the fast growth in the
economy, the number of active job seekers is likely to grow at a fast clip right through the coming decade. It
is also evident that as the years pass by and people age, the proportions of the higher age groups will
increase significantly.
Just like the age profile, the distribution by years of work experience is heavily skewed towards job seekers with
less experience. More than half the job seekers have two years of experience or less and a further 24% have
experience of six years or less. Only 4.5% of the active online jobseekers have more than 15 years of
experience. Again, we would expect that by 2020, the chart would be considerably different and even the 15
year-plus segment will have a considerably higher share.
Industry
Our research indicates that online jobseekers are now representing virtually all the major industries. The IT
sector, as expected, is the leading sector. However, as many as 78% of the job seekers are from other sectors.
BFSI, engineering and manufacturing, education and training, ITES, healthcare, core sector (oil, gas, power,
construction, etc) and telecom are the leading sectors represented by online job seekers. In the years to come,
we would expect the share of IT and BFSI to shrink somewhat and the share of most other sectors grow.
However, IT should continue to be the leading sector.
Hierarchy
Educational qualifications
In conclusion