Though the employment outlook in India has fallen due to slowing growth, seven sectors including information technology and e-commerce show upticks in hiring intent, says a TeamLease Services report.
Legal and market consultancy sectors showed the highest levels of job satisfaction. But, many are unhappy with their paycheque, according to the Monster Salary Index.
Digital workers are downloadable plug-and-play bots that link software robots with transactional, cognitive, and analytical abilities to assist human workers.
But only 22% of organisations in India plan to add new headcount in 2020, as compared to 29% in 2019, says Willis Towers Watson India survey.
CEO Jeff Maggioncalda says India is the second-largest country after the U.S. in terms of number of users on the platform, and it is betting on a freemium model to boost its business in the country.
The government should also consider mandating equal pay for equal work, and offering incentives like tax benefits to organisations that hire more women.
In barely five years, Abhiraj Bhal, Varun Khaitan, and Raghav Chandra have made UrbanClap the go-to platform for urban Indians looking for anything from pedicures to painting houses.
The share of workers employed in regular salaried jobs rose just 5% between 2011-12 and 2017-18, says the Periodic Labour Force Survey.
The Budget comes when the economy needed a makeover by providing an impetus to many sectors, particularly agriculture, rural infrastructure, startups, and micro, small and medium enterprises.
Understanding how digital natives function is the first step towards designing the right learning programs for them.
