COVID-19 wave II: Jobs scene in small towns suffers a blow
With the pandemic spreading into small-town India in the second wave, the hiring trend in these markets has been gloomy. Hiring of grey and blue-collared employees has seen a massive dip in the past few months
Ajita Shashidhar | May 31, 2021 | Updated 17:55 IST
In the second quarter of FY21, when the country was coming out of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was tier 2-3-4 India which was among the first to bounce back. With pandemic incidences low in these markets, the job market was bustling too. But with the pandemic spreading into small-town India in the second wave, the hiring trend in these markets has been gloomy.
With the pandemic spreading into small-town India in the second wave, the hiring trend in these markets has been gloomy. Hiring of grey and blue-collared employees has seen a massive dip in the past few months
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