New Delhi, May 12 (PTI) India Inc's hiring activity witnessed a marginal decline in the month of April, owing to the ongoing appraisal season, but overall industries are upbeat about their hiring sentiment and 2011 is expected to be a landmark year for job creation, job portal Naukri.Com says.
The Naukri Job Speak index for April this year stood at 1062, 2 per cent below the March 2011 index and 4 per cent above the April 2010 levels.
Commenting on the results, Info Edge India, which runs job site Naukri.com, CEO and MD Hitesh Oberoi said: "hiring tends to slowdown a little in the first quarter every year because of the appraisal cycle. We expect hiring to pick up again by June/July this year".
An industry-wise analysis shows that all the top industry sectors witnessed minor dips in their hiring activity.