Know why you should pray for car sales to pick up if you want a job in the auto sector!

It’s good news for all auto enthusiasts! The steady growth in the car sales in India could boost the hiring scenario in the auto sector in 2015. According to the latest statistics by job portal Naukri.com, the growth in recruitment activity remained stable in the month of April 2015.

“The job market continues to sustain the momentum gained in February and March 2015. Looks like good times are ahead for jobseekers as there is a huge war for high quality talent in some of these sectors,” said V Suresh, vice chairman and head of national sales at Naukri.com.
However, he noted that in the near future, the hiring scenario will remain cautious as the sector has not been doing well. “The recruitment activity in this particular sector depends on a lot of factors. I do not see it picking up immediately as the industry on a whole has not been doing well,” Suresh explained.

Interestingly, India Skills report by Linkedin, online skill assessment firm Wheebox and HR outsourcing firm PeopleStrong HR services, found that the auto sector is expected to perform well in the job market in 2015.

“Fresh graduates from the existing colleges and new institutes would be most in demand as employers across the sector prefer younger workforce with almost 62% demand for candidates in the age group of 24 years and less, followed by 22% for those between 25 and 30. The gender diversity is starkly visible in the automobile and auto component sector with 81% males and 18% females,” the report suggested.

However, it noted that for the sector to register higher recruitment activity, measures need to be taken to boost the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the country. “The small and medium enterprises play an important role in the auto sector and needs to be equipped with two important factors of technology and skilled manpower. The need of the hour is increased attention on establishment of automotive training institutes and auto design centres, special auto parks, and auto component virtual SEZs,” it added.

In terms of domains, the sector will witness a higher demand for engineers with 46.43% followed by diploma holders with 26.79%. Degree and vocational courses will be least preferred and recruiters will give emphasis to candidates who have some domain expertise. “Employers will give 43% weightage to integrity, value and result orientation, followed by 14% to interpersonal skills and learning agility, etc,” stated the report.

Nevertheless, Suresh asserted that the hiring activity in the sector is directly impacted the by the sales clocked in by the players. If the sales pick up, the recruitment activity is expected to pick up exponentially.

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