New Delhi: With the PM Modi’s vision on Youth and focus on Skill Development, second India Skills Report 2015 echoes the same sentiment where about 72% employers preferring to hire candidates in the age 30 years and below. This preference for theyoung workforce is good news wherein 60% of population is going to belong to the working age by 2020. his is one of the major findings of the India Skills Report 2015 launched today in the CII – 6th Global Summit on Skill Development. India Skills Report is a joint initiative by Wheebox, Global Talent Assessment Company, PeopleStrong, India’s leading platform based multi-process HR Outsourcing and Recruitment Company and Linkedin, World’s largest professional network in Collaboration with Confederation of Indian Industry. The report is an effort to form the basis of an effective collaboration between the two ends of the Talent Supply Chain.

The 2nd India Skills Report shows an upward trend in hiring spread across 29 states & 7 UTs. The top states with employable skill pool include Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Kerala & Karnataka which have held their positions from last year, and U.P, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal & Orissa are the new entrants. An overall increase of about 23% expected in the hiring numbers per month, the job outlook confirms with the expectation of a growing market in the coming year for India.

Out of about 11 sectors surveyed, Hospitality and travel lead the way followed by BFSIand Core expected and other manufacturing (excluding Auto, Consumer goods & durables,), Pharma & Healthcare and Telecom and allied , there is an increase of more than 10% in monthly hiring.The report also brings out a general trend amongst the employers while looking for candidateprefer Internal Referrals followed by Job portal and social media. The trend of choosing candidate with the use of social media has increased from 6% last year to 12% this year. One of the notable highlight of the Wheebox-PeopleStrong-Linkedin study has been the challenge of Corporate for maintaining gender diversity. Though the numbers have improved from last year, it is the male employees who still are in majority. In comparison with last year’s report the number of women employees across industries has increased to 38% females last.

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