This document provides information on career opportunities and hiring trends during the COVID-19 pandemic. It discusses trends in various industries like banking, fintech, insurance, e-commerce, technology, and more. Some key points include increased hiring in digital roles, demand for skills in areas like analytics and cloud, and a focus on cost reduction and digitization across industries. It also provides advice on choosing career options and developing a focused career plan by understanding opportunities, reflecting on strengths, and choosing 3 maximum options.
6. Probable economy rebound
Source : https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/india-gdp-to-shrink-by-4-5-in-2020-due-to-covid-19-pandemic-
dun-bradstreet-report/articleshow/77483208.cms, accessed on 24th Aug 2020
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FY'21
FY'22
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FY'22
China India
2%
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-4.5%
6.3%
Positive outlook for FY'22
7. Bank Realty Finance Metal Auto Energy FMCG IT Pharma
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Industry trends
YTD growth till 24th Aug 2020
Source : https://www.bloombergquint.com/markets/equities/sectoral-indices, accessed on 24th Aug 2020
-30%
-24%
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Pharma & IT have really rebounded, while BFSI/RE are still down
8. Banking hiring trends
Bandhan Bank has hired ~2500 people & looking to hire 500 more in micro banking verticle
Ujjivan/ Utkarsh/ ESAF/ Jana SMF are looking add more manpower (150-500 each)
1. Increased hiring in small finanace banks/ microfinance firms
Roles in customer services , product management/ digital and repayments
2. Hiring in customer facing roles in the above companies
Source: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/banking/small-finance-banks-emerge-as-job-creators-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/articleshow/76532118.cms?from=mdr,
https://www.icicibank.com/managed-assets/docs/investor/quarterly-financial-results/2021/ICICI-Bank-Transcript-for-Analyst-Call-held-on-July-25-2020.pdf (page32), accessed on 24th Aug 2020
Roles in product management/ digital
3. Large Indian private banks will see increased hiring in digital space
9. Fin-Tech hiring trends
Increase in overall transaction and consumer engagement
4 fold increase in PayTm's payments received by merchants in its new ledger service
1. Increased transaction and engagement
Phonepe launched mutual fund/ insurance product this year
2. New products in insurance and mutual funds
Mobikwik to hire 100+ people in Engineering & Products this FY'21
ClearTax to hire 80+ across Marketing, Product & Engineering
3. Increased hiring in tech and engineering space
Source: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/its-hiring-mode-some-what-phonepes-co-founder-has-say-dipti-jain/?trackingId=jTcwzfbdRLmNRaei0cH6AA%3D%3D
10. Fin-Tech hiring trends
Source: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/its-hiring-mode-some-what-phonepes-co-founder-has-say-dipti-jain/?trackingId=jTcwzfbdRLmNRaei0cH6AA%3D%3D
During Covid-19, Phonepe has made around 300 fresh hires & plans to add another 400-450
in tech, engineering and other functions over the next year
3. Increased hiring in tech and engineering space (contd..)
11. Insurance hiring trends
Source: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/its-hiring-mode-some-what-phonepes-co-founder-has-say-dipti-jain/?trackingId=jTcwzfbdRLmNRaei0cH6AA%3D%3D
5 insurers, 5000+ jobs
Sales, digital and bancassurance segments
PNB MetLife, Tata AIG, Canara-HSBC-OBC, Reliance Nippon, Tata AIA
1. Hiring across functions
12. E-Commerce hiring trends
Source: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/its-hiring-mode-some-what-phonepes-co-founder-has-say-dipti-jain/?trackingId=jTcwzfbdRLmNRaei0cH6AA%3D%3D
Mobikwik to hire 100+ people in Engineering & Products this FY'21
ClearTax to hire 80+ across Marketing, Product & Engineering
3. Increased hiring in tech and engineering space (contd..)
Dunzo is hiring Senior Leaders such as managers, directors, architects, and tech leads
Rapido is hiring across business dev., technology, analytics, data scientists & data engineers
1. Hiring across functions
Amazon is hiring program managers, people for operations, fulfilment and delivery
Gorfers & Bigbaskets also intends to hire for operations roles
2. Hiring in operations
NoBroker is hiring across corporate sales, loyalty management and social media (apart from
technology and data science related roles)
MyGate is hiring in business development and growth management
3. Hiring in marketing & sales
13. E-Commerce hiring trends
Source: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/its-hiring-mode-some-what-phonepes-co-founder-has-say-dipti-jain/?trackingId=jTcwzfbdRLmNRaei0cH6AA%3D%3D
ShipperBuddy intends to hire business development managers in logistics area
3. Hiring in marketing & sales (contd...)
14. Technology hiring trends
Source: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/its-hiring-mode-some-what-phonepes-co-founder-has-say-dipti-jain/?trackingId=jTcwzfbdRLmNRaei0cH6AA%3D%3D
TCS intends to hire large number in business roles
IBM intends to hire large numbers of program managers & data science roles
Accenture and related firms are hiring in data and analytics roles
1. Hiring across functions
BlueSky Analytics is hiring in entire data & analytics landscape
Hanu, a cloud focussed enterprise intends to hire roles in cloud
2. Hiring in data & analytics
15. Ed-Tech hiring trends
Source: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/its-hiring-mode-some-what-phonepes-co-founder-has-say-dipti-jain/?trackingId=jTcwzfbdRLmNRaei0cH6AA%3D%3D
Whitehat Jr, Unacademy, Simplilearn, Vedantu, are all planning to hire in the range of 500-
2000 employees
Top roles in demand: Sales, product development, instructors, content writers, & technology
1. Hiring across functions
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