The survey of Indian IT employers across India indicates that although the labour market outlook is positive, IT professionals can only expect a moderate growth in job opportunities. However, Southern and Western region employers expect maximum job prospects in the months ahead, the report said.
"Hiring outlook in the Indian IT domain doesn’t look encouraging for the next few months due to various global macro economic factors such as the H1-B executive order and Brexit. IT companies are adopting a wait and watch strategy and taking alternate talent acquisition routes such as hiring temporary IT workers to cover immediate demands. Niche and upcoming tech skills will be in demand in the coming quarters. Some organisations have even started up-skilling and re-skilling internal employees to reduce bench and improve productivity.
Automation is likely to have an impact on both cognitive and manual routine tasks so people can take up non-routine chores that are more.
The report highlights that skill crunch will be a prime concern and to address this, individuals must adapt skills adjacency, learnability to be employable and future ready.
AG Rao, Group Managing Director of ManpowerGroup India said, “India is at the cusp of a digital transformation. With the advent of automation which is expected to impac tmajority of companies, employers in India state a sluggish hiring scenario. India’s IT employers are cautious about their hiring plans in the April-September time frame.
Today, the business leaders are creatively engaging the right talent to drive business success. Creativity, emotional intelligence and cognitive flexibility are skills that will tap human potential. Technology trends are creating a disruption in the business model and the talent also have to keep up with it”.
