More than 3 in 4 professionals will consider changing jobs or actively look for a new role in the next 12 months, LinkedIn’s new JobSeeker research based on 1016 survey responses has revealed.
The research to discuss how job seekers in India are overcoming challenges of finding a job today, and how they are leaning on their communities to find new career opportunities in 2021, also reveals a sense of professional uncertainty and worry among Indian professionals as the job market continues to get more competitive. 38% of job seekers in India are worried about too many recruitment stages and extensively long application documents (32%), while 3 in 4 (74%) professionals say they have reservations about networking.
Despite this uncertainty, India remains resilient towards career growth as 2 in 3 (64%) professionals say they are confident about their future progression while 2 in 5 think attending networking events (38%), and investing in online learning (37%) will be critical to landing a job in 2021.
Source: The Economic Times
