Online recruitment activity declines in March - Monster.com

Although hiring momentum between February and March had eased, it said the online recruitment for the information technology, telecom/ internet service provider and business process outsourcing/information technology enabled service sector grew 13 per cent, year-on-year (y-o-y).

In a statement today, Monster.com said the retail sector continued to fare badly compared with other job sectors, declining 36 per cent, y-o-y, a plunge from the 22 per cent, y-o-y, recorded in February 2017.

Across the occupational groups monitored by MEI, jobs in the purchase/ logistics/ supply chain segment were most in demand, registering a 10 per cent growth in online hiring, its sixth month of consecutive positive growth.

Meanwhile, Customer Service professionals hiring dropped 58 per cent, y-o-y, dipping further from the 55 per cent annual decline recorded in the previous month.

"The persisting gloomy economic outlook has left employers conservative when it comes to hiring across the board, in spite of the short-term positive economic forecasts in key sectors such as information technology, production and manufacturing," said Monster.com APAC and Middle East Managing Director Sanjay Modi in the statement.