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28 March 2024

No India jobs for experienced NRIs

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By Shuchita Kapur

Non-resident Indians with less experience are most likely to get a job back home, according to a new survey.

The figures released by NriJobPortal.com show that people who have been out of the country for a few years are more likely to be absorbed in the Indian workforce as compared with those on foreign shores for more than a decade.

NRI jobseekers with 1-5 years of experience have the greatest chance to get hired in India. This category of job seekers have a 52 per cent change to get a job back home, making them the strongest contenders. On the other hand, job seekers with 5-10 years of experience have a 28 per cent chance to get hired and those with more than 15 years having only a 5 per cent chance to get hired.

Overall, the number of Indians going back to their country for good is on the rise. With declining salaries abroad, an increasing number of non-resident Indian IT professionals are moving back to their home country, the survey stated. Hiring of NRIs is expected to be 19 per cent of total recruitment activity during Jan-Mar 2012.

The survey shows that 62 per cent of respondents (which includes employers and recruitment consultants) anticipate 18 per cent hiring of non-resident Indian (NRI) in IT and IT-enabled firms in India in the third quarter of current fiscal year.

Among 11 surveyed industries, IT and IT-enabled services will lead in NRI professionals hiring activity with 29 per cent. They also anticipate highest growth of 9 per cent from Q4 of last year and 2 per cent up from Q4 of this fiscal year.

This is followed by automobile & engineering and manufacturing industries (16 per cent, which is up by 8 per cent from Q4, FY’11 and up by 8 per cent from Q3, FY’12). Banking & financial services is at 14 per cent, up by 4 per cent from Q4, FY’11 but a dip by 3 per cent from Q3, FY’12. Infrastructure, on the other hand, is at 13 per cent and telecom & FMCG is up by 3 percent, whereas retail is up by 2 per cent from last quarter.

"The crises and increased good opportunities in India [are attracting many NRIs to head back]. In addition to that, many Indian companies are shutting offices in the West. It is not only the crisis in the west but also economic and social factors that [are influencing the decision of many NRIs],” Rajesh Kumar, CEO of NriJobPortal.com, said in the NRI Hiring outlook report.

“Increasing number of NRI professional recruitment is likely to take place in the coming quarter as salary gaps have declined sharply. An increasing number of people are now returning because the advantages of returning back to India outweigh the disadvantages," Kumar added.

The highest number of NRIs who want to return home will be able to find jobs in Bangalore, followed by Mumbai, Delhi and Hyderabad.

The NRI professional hiring outlook survey was conducted online between December 1-10, 2011 in which senior human resource professionals and top management of 1929 firms and 1710 recruitment consultants participated.

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