As per experts, e-commerce firms would be looking to hire across different levels of hierarchy and functions as this sector is in an investment phase.

"Hiring will continue aggressively for delivery staff, digital marketing professionals, and for sales, operations, IT and data analytics across levels," Sinha said.

Experts also observed that e-commerce players give preference to people from top rated management institutes, Randstad India CEO Moorthy K Uppaluri said: "There is a positive hiring outlook in this space particularly for tier 1 B-Schools and Engineering colleges since recruiters are looking for top notch talent".

"Also, employers from this sector are preferred recruiter on campuses," he said.

The e-commerce companies are also focusing on hiring lateral talent from top IT companies and niche retail focused firms for their technology functions while they hire from FMCG, consumer durables entities to fill in marketing and logistics positions, the HR firm said.
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