Hiring for work-from-home jobs has increased by seven-fold in the past few months as compared to pre-COVID levels.
A study has shown a surge in hiring for remote jobs and work-from-home jobs in the last few months as compared to pre-COVID times. Remote working has seen many employees enjoying great flexibility and control over their personal and professional lives including saving the time they use to spend on commuting. As a result, the work-from-home jobs have witnessed a seven-fold growth in the application in the last few months as compared to pre-COVID levels.
The report released by the leading job portal Naukri.com stated that the hiring for remote jobs too has seen robust growth and has increased by three times as compared to the pre-COVID levels this year. Even the percentage contribution of work-from-home jobs has gone up by four folds in 2020 versus 2019 as a result of the global pandemic.
As per the report, the ‘Work-from-home’ keyword is one of the top three most searched keywords by the job seekers in the past five months.
Talking about this increasing WFH trend, Pawan Goyal, Chief Business Officer, Naukri.com said, “It’s also interesting to note that traditional, office-based or on-ground roles such as sales/business development and customer care agents are now being offered with WFH options.”
Around half of the remote jobs are posted by the PO/ITES sector, resulting in the growth of WHF jobs from the industry. IT-software, education/teaching and internet/e-commerce contribute to another quarter of work-from-home jobs.
“The WFH jobs have also emerged in unlikely sectors such as publishing, BFSI, and education/teaching that have conventionally required the physical presence of the employee. However, the most impacted industries like travel and staffing continue to decline in hiring even in remote jobs,” the report said.
“The WFH trend was also a recurring topic of discussion in webinars and saw many queries directed to industry experts from jobseekers on remote working jobs,” the report added.
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