Jan 18, 2022
By: BI India BureauOnline professional network LinkedIn revealed that 82 percent of India’s workforce is considering changing their jobs in 2022.
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LinkedIn’s job-seeker research also highlights that 94 percent freshers with up to one year of work experience and 87 percent Gen Z – those who are born after the mid-1990s – professionals are more likely to consider changing jobs in 2022.
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Based on the responses of 1,111 professionals in India, the survey indicates that professionals are leaving their current jobs due to poor work-life balance, not enough money, or greater career ambitions. Professionals in India say flexible working arrangements will be top priority.
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Working women are 1.3 times more likely to quit their current job due to poor work-life balance, when compared to working men. However, LinkedIn also revealed that these women are more likely to remain with their current employer if they get better pay.
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The fastest growing information technology (IT) jobs were Site Reliability Engineer, Data Science Specialist and Machine Learning Engineer.
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Companies are also hiring for Business Development roles such as Affiliate Marketing Specialist, Business Development Representative and Strategy Associate.
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The list also reveals that the healthcare sector is looking to fill vacancies for Wellness Specialists and Molecular Biologists, who can mitigate the COVID-19 crisis and help businesses as well as communities to shelter from the pandemic.
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Other popular job roles include User Experience Researcher, Recruitment Associate, Chief Legal Officer, Ebusiness Manager, Backend Developer, Media Buyer, Strategy Associate, Service Analyst.
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Out of the 15 fastest growing jobs listed, men constituted at least 70 percent of new recruitment for IT roles, and marketing and advertising roles.
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The four roles that saw more women being hired include Wellness Specialist, User Experience Researcher, Recruitment Associate, and Strategy Associate.
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