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Highlight
- LinkedIn, the leading online professional network, launches new research for job seekers
- 82 percent of professionals in India are considering changing jobs in 2022
- The pandemic has prompted people to rethink their careers, look for new job opportunities
Despite the pandemic, India’s workforce is optimistic about the future of work, according to a report, and a significant percentage of professionals are considering changing their jobs this year.
Leading online professional network LinkedIn on Tuesday launched new research on job seekers, which revealed that 82 per cent of professionals in India are considering a job change in 2022.
Based on responses from 1,111 professionals in India, the survey revealed that professionals are leaving their current jobs because of poor work-life balance, not enough money, or high career ambitions.
Looking for new roles in the new year, professionals in India say flexible working arrangements will be a top priority.
The pandemic has prompted people to rethink their careers and look for new job opportunities to fulfill their new purpose and priorities in life.
Ankit Vengurlekar said, “As confidence in new opportunities grows, it is clear that the great reshuffle in India is clearly being led by job seekers, and talent is right now in the driver’s seat – with the flexibility of their Number 1 is priority.” India Managing Editor, LinkedIn News.
Vengurlekar further added that “Our Jobs on the Rise list shows that the demand for tech-savvy talent in the IT, healthcare and business development sectors is growing rapidly.”
Research by LinkedIn further revealed that professionals in India are confident about their job roles, careers and overall job availability in 2022.
But, despite this confident outlook, nearly 71 percent of professionals said they question their abilities more at work now than before the pandemic, while 63 percent said they suffered from imposter syndrome.
“This self-doubt appears to be a byproduct of working in isolation for nearly two years as 33 percent of professionals say the pandemic has negatively affected their confidence at work,” the report said.
Better pay, more appreciation and better work-life balance are among the top reasons why professionals in India should be persuaded to stay with their current employer in 2022. According to the survey, working women (37 percent) are 1.3 times more likely to leave their current jobs due to poor work-life balance than working men (28 percent).
It said that if they were paid better than working men (39 per cent), they were more likely (49 per cent) to say they would stay with their current employer.
To help job seekers identify the fastest growing opportunities in India, LinkedIn has launched the second edition of the annual ‘Jobs on the Rise 2022 India List’. To put together this year’s rankings, LinkedIn looked at its platform data to identify the job titles that experienced the highest growth rates from January 2017 to July 2021.
With businesses looking to further grow their digital footprint in 2022, there is a growing demand for highly skilled IT workers (Site Reliability Engineers, Data Science Specialists, Machine Learning Engineers) and business development talent (Affiliate Marketing Specialists, Business Development Representatives, Strategy) exposes. Associate).
The list also revealed that the healthcare sector is looking to fill vacancies for Wellness Specialists and Molecular Biologists who can mitigate the COVID-19 crisis and help businesses and communities survive the pandemic.
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