<div>There continues to be an upward swing in the Indian job market as the Monster Employment Index India (for February 2013) has registered an impressive 16 per cent year on year growth since February 2012. 21 of the 27 industry sectors — from entertainment to manufacturing — monitored by the Monster Employment Index registered expansion in online recruitment activity during this period. <br /><br />The index is a monthly gauge of online job posting activity based on a real-time review of millions of employer job opportunities culled from a large representative selection of career websites and online job listings across India. It is an aggregate measure of the change in job listings across the industry. The online job posting activity reached its peak in December 2012, according to the figures reported by the index..<br /><br />"The Monster Employment Index India exhibits positive annual growth owing to cautious 'optimism'. This is reflective of the confidence that employers are showing in the resiliency of the Indian economy," says Sanjay Modi, Managing Director, Monster.com (India/ Middle- East/ South East Asia). <br /><br />The Shipping Marine and sector saw a steep 59 per cent increase in job postings followed by the media and entertainment sector which was up by 41 per cent. The printing and packaging industry, garments, textiles and NGO sectors also witnessed a healthy growth rate. The manufacturing sector witnessed the sharpest decline in job postings which fell by 10 per cent. Engineering, oil and petroleum industries always confronted negative growth in online job listing. <br /><br /><img width="610" vspace="8" hspace="8" height="77" align="middle" src="/image/image_gallery?uuid=236658a4-8e1b-4626-844f-8ac999476d4f&groupId=222852&t=1363368252555" alt="" /><br />There has been a soaring 43 per cent rise in job postings in the arts and creative services sector. Consequently there has been a steady decline in the number of positions listed for senior management roles on employment portals. Marketing, communication and softfare services recorded a negarive growth rate, <br /><br /><img width="610" vspace="7" hspace="7" height="205" align="middle" src="/image/image_gallery?uuid=9055d614-3934-42d1-aba2-64a3ada76f28&groupId=222852&t=1363368317005" alt="" /><br /><img vspace="7" hspace="7" align="middle" src="/image/image_gallery?uuid=83d38e06-c47d-432f-b33a-d1e6d8dbf9b8&groupId=222852&t=1363368351801" alt="" /><br /><br />Chandigarh tops the list of cities which have seen the highest increase in online recruitment activity with a YoY growth of 39 per cent. Ahmedabad (37 per cent), Jaipur (37 per cent), Kolkata (36 per cent)and Chennai (31 per cent)are the other top growth cities. Coimbatore, a city which witnessed a great surge in online job postings in during October-November 2012 features in the negative growth region (-1 per cent) in February 2013.</div>
