See more of young C-suites everywhere? Here’s why India is hiring younger CEOs!
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The job market in India, in recent times, has become both dynamic and more competitive. With an influx of “One of the trends that has clearly stood out in the last one year is hiring younger CEOs, typically lesser than the traditional average age of a CEO. In addition to this, unlike before when the CEOs position were open for a longer time, at times up to one year, organizations nowadays are demanding the positions to be closed within 3-4 months. This trend can be witnessed across industries and across organizations irrespective of their size,” said James Agrawal, managing director, India and Thailand at BTI Consultants.
Besides, younger CEOs,
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Last year, we saw a handful of veterans across industries flocking the eCommerce sector by taking up plump positions in online retail giants. For instance, former chief service officer of
In April this year, used goods marketplace Quikr appointed former co-founder and CEO of real estate portal Favista as the head for new vertical QuikrHomes. In another such case of C-suite hiring, B2B online firm Tolexo.com, appointed former Jabong’s chief technology officer, Harsh Kundra as a co-founder and head of its Product and Technology vertical.
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Interestingly, in terms of sectors, IT/ITES and management Consulting, however, the top recruiters of CEOs with nearly 50% hiring in the space. Other sectors such as e-commerce, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing and financial services and insurance followed suit and made top level recruitment.
It should be noted that C-suite executive hiring surged nearly 10% in 2014 over last year. And Agrawal has projected the hiring to go up by another 10% over FY15.
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