Amazon, Flipkart, Paytm are looking for people with fire in their belly

E-commerce firms like Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal, Paytm, etc are in the process of almost doubling their headcount and are on a hiring spree.

As more and more people are looking at e-tailers to shop furniture, groceries, medicine, clothing, etc, these firms are expanding for which they need more manpower.As per a recent Morgan Stanley Research report titled, 'The Next India: Internet – Opening Up New Opportunities', the Indian internet market was valued at only $11 billion in 2013 and is expected to rise to $137 billion by 2020.

Meanwhile, Snapdeal is looking to double its present headcount of 5,000 by fiscal 2016.

"We are hiring from the top engineering colleges, including the IITs and NITs, and MBA graduates are hired from the IIMs and other business schools. Apart from these, we also look at NIFT and NID for recruits for our fashion category," Saurabh Nigam, vice-president of human resources at the Delhi-based firm, told Economic Times.

Amazon India is also not behind and is aggressively looking to scale up operations in India.

The online marketplace is hiring across its software development, product and marketing, machine learning, quality assurance, web development, etc.

Raj Raghavan, director-HR, told ET talent should meet the hiring bar irrespective of where they graduate from, as Amazon hires people from IITs, IIMs, ISB and other engineering colleges.

"The roles offered are aimed to provide enough exposure for students to build long-term careers at Amazon. Our employee base in India - which has grown by 48% in 2014 as compared to the previous year - serves both our Indian and global operations,” he told the financial daily.

At Paytm, they are looking for someone with 'fire in their belly'.

"We want to hire candidates who can do things differently, who can grow within the organisation, meet constant challenges and prove that they are performance-driven," Amit Sinha - vice president of business and people told ET.

Flipkart is looking for technology and leadership roles.

"An increase in employee base by itself isn't necessarily a large indicator of success. We're more concerned about hiring people who have the ability to innovate, who have the humility to accept that their knowledge isn't absolute and there's so much more to do," chief people officer at the Bengaluru-headquartered firm, Mekin Maheshwari, told ET.