II-tier cities generating more jobs: Study

Hyderabad,Nov2:The tier-II cities in India have outpaced the metropolitans in creation of white collar jobs in the private sector, indicating a recovery in the overall employment market.Employment opportunities in the private sector increased by close to 30 per cent in the second rung cities, while in top metros, they improved by about six per cent in the first seven months of the current fiscal, the study found.However, the job creation in Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) showed a decline of 23.42 per cent and in Mumbai by 3.28 per cent this fiscal compared to the corresponding period last year. But bulk of the employment among the metros got generated in the two cities, with Delhi claiming 34 per cent and Mumbai over 13 per cent share between April-October this financial year.

For smaller cities, the job market worsened signaling "the benefits of the stimulus packages have yet to percolate down," the study said. Some experts in the human resources (HR) wing expressed concern over the lack of opportunities in the small cities stating "migration of youth towards bigger towns would continue." The sectors which did well included banking and financial services and education.Employment generation in the Information Technology (IT) and IT-enabled services sector, which cornered about 30 per cent share in total white collar job creation, fell by 7.84 per cent during the period. However, the education sector recorded a robust rise of 31.54 per cent in the job market.In all, the study found 3,21,294 job offers on different portals between April-October 2009 against 3,00,000 in the same period last year.