BENGALURU: With the ever increasing demand for senior management level, the online recruitment activity witnesses a jaw dropping growth of about 45 percent in the month of February, reports Monster.com. Statistic reports reveal the fact that the Monster India Employment Index made a remarkable rise from last year’s 165 to 239 last month.

“Initiatives like digital literacy schemes for additional rural households are important to transform the education ecosystem. Finally, training in the area of entrepreneurship across schools and colleges will further strengthen the whole startup ecosystem thriving in India,” said Sanjay Modi, Managing Director, Monster.com India.

Monitoring the progress focused on industries, the IT sector showed an annual growth of about 72 percent followed by education showing an improved growth rate of 62 percent. The current trend indicates that Bengaluru leads the employment index with a 63 percent growth margin. The trend is followed by Mumbai with a 56 percent growth, Ahmedabad with 54 percent and Jaipur with a 50 percent rise in index figures. Whereas, Delhi-NCR continued to display a stable and controlled growth of about 27 percent compared to all other cities.

Considering the various fields of occupation, the requirement for senior management professionals marked the highest growth of 81 percent. With 72 percent, demand in the marketing and communications sector also registered a remarkable rise. The report also suggests that sales and business development is elevated by 68 percent; followed by telecom, software and hardware by 59 per cent.

Monster India initiated the Monster Employment Index, a detailed and highly accurate monthly analysis of the online job demand in India. The feature was launched in May 2010 with the data collected since October 2009. The employment index displays an overview of the online recruitment process across the country. The data is retrieved from a plethora of online career platforms including Monster India, and the reports are based on a real-time analysis of enormous job opportunities posted by employers. The Research America validates the data for accuracy, ensuring that the reports based on the online job recruitment process meets a +/- 1.05% margin of error.

“When we look at the cities monitored in the index, Bengaluru continues to lead in moderate pace with a 63 per cent increase. One of the contributing factors could be the increasing number of startups in the city,” adds Modi.

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