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Employment opportunities in various sectors in the country will be on the rise in the next quarter this year.

According to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey -- conducted for the first time in the country, for the third quarter of the year -- 41 per cent of employers in India expect their staff to increase.

The survey was conducted in Hyderabad, Delhi, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Ghaziabad, Lucknow, Jaipur, Ludhiana, Chandigarh, Malerkotla (Punjab), Chennai, Bangalore, Madurai, Cochin, Aluva, Kaloor and Kottayam in Kerala, Mumbai, Pune, Indore, Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar, Rajkot and Kolkata.

As many as 2,488 employers in sectors like finance, insurance and real estate, manufacturing, mining and construction, public administration and education, services, transport and utilities and wholesale and retail trade were contacted during the survey.

They were quizzed about employment opportunities in the next few months in the country.

According to the report, while 41 per cent employers expected the staff to increase, 44 per cent expected no changes while seven per cent anticipated a decrease.

The Net Employment Outlook is a robust 34 per cent increase during the period between July and Setember this year.

It is for the first time that the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey has been conducted in India.
The survey is conducted regularly in 23 countries including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States.

According to Soumen Basu, executive chairman, Manpower India, the survey would be carried out every quarter to forecast employment trends in the Indian economy.

In the global results of the survey, which were also released on Tuesday, employers in 22 out of the 23 countries surveyed expected positive hiring activity during the third quarter of 2005.

Indian and Swiss employers were surveyed for the first time this quarter.

Net employment outlook

Finance, insurance and real estate : +41 per cent

Manufacturing : +34 per cent

Mining and construction : +40 per cent

Public administration and education : +34 per cent

Services : +44 per cent

Transport and utilities : +17 per cent

Wholesale and retail trade : +21 per cent

Source: Times Of India