It’s Raining Jobs in Indian Retail Market

July 5, 2007	(6 votes, average: 4.17 out of 5)  Loading ...
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Not surprisingly, it’s raining jobs in retail sector, a trend much similar to the job scenario prevailing in IT and BPOs few years back.

Big players in Indian retail sector such as Big Bazaar and Pantaloons are planning to recruit 1, 10,000 more people by 2010 to stay in step with rapid expansion plans. Recruitment process in organized retail industry has peaked over the past, with the total employee strength up from 5.4 lakh to 16 lakh.

Increasing attrition rates is the main reason encouraging many to look at retail jobs as a promising career. Certified training, attractive salary packs, insurance schemes and a conducive working environment will come in job package of those applying for these lucrative jobs.

Outlined below are the factors attracting attention of job hunters to take route to booming retail sector in India:

Qualifications Required: Educational qualification of the employee has never been any major criterion for retailers. They even recruit those who have completed their high school as they just want their front end staff to be rich in basic communication skills and native intelligence.

Insurance and Incentive Benefits: Insurance schemes have also been made attractive in most cases. The life insurance scheme ensures the employee regarding bread and butter for his/her family after him/her. Accident insurance of Rs 1 lakh and above is increasingly becoming common in Indian retail industry.

Extensive Training: Almost all retail brands provide productive training to their employees especially front desk staff. Apart from helping the recruits in nourishing their personality and skills, these training programs offer them certification. For example: Café Coffee Day (CCD) which runs its training school in Chilkmangalur offer its staff with a certification of hospitality management if they work with them for at least two years.

Add to this, the Indian retail sector also have jobs for homemakers. Most retail brands are looking forward to recruit qualified homemakers holding high degrees like MBA as project executers, live kitchen supervisors, trainers, co-ordinators, and brand promoters.

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