Recruitment trends in the new year

Entering the new year, job options are part of the common New Year’s goals. Whether they are looking to change jobs or preparing for their business, it is necessary to understand the latest employment trends for both groups (both for job seekers and employees) to compete.

Recently, a report from Naukri.com (Nuocriers) has identified industries that have expanded the job market in December 2024. According to the report, artificial intelligence and machine learning (ML) top 36 percent, followed by the oil and gas industries with more than 13 % growth, consumer goods with more than 12 % growth and the health sector with more than 12 percent growth.

“The Indian labor market has entered 2025 with a lot of energy and is directed by artificial intelligence, machine learning, as well as creative sections,” says Pawn Guyal, a senior business manager at Naukri. “Increasing the recruitment of newcomers and the evolution of C-Suite (senior executives) reflects a change to a more dynamic perspective.”

Vital skills to hire

Artificial intelligence skills have been considered as a major need in this labor market. A report by LinkedIn showed that the General AI specialists are five times more likely to develop complementary skills such as creative ideas, design thinking and emotional intelligence.

Organizations that have more employees with GENAI skills also have four times the usual promotion rate at the leadership level and five times the usual overall promotion rate.

In an interview, Joseph Sadir Tomata, CEO and Chief Executive Officer of Magellanic Cloud Technology, emphasized the increasing importance of specializing in artificial intelligence. “In today’s age, artificial intelligence -related skills are essential for all roles,” he said. In Magellanic Cloud, we prioritize candidates that are capable of learning quickly and adapting to changes. Also, while technical knowledge of artificial intelligence is essential for some roles, we consider the curiosity and the mentality of growth as valuable, and by constantly upgrading the skills, we assure us to deal with technological challenges. “

In the same vein, Rajash Chanzaran Mornso, a senior vice president at Happyest Minds Technologies, added: “Artificial intelligence skills are critical to the Business Business Unit and the Center for the Superiority of Our Artificial Intelligence Analysis. “For other roles, we provide training so that employees can use artificial intelligence to grow their job.”

In 2025, experts who specialize in AI/ML technologies such as Python, R, TENSORFLOW, PYTORCH and Scikit-Learn will be highly demanded. The knowledge of neural networks and Natural Language Processing (NLP) will also be of great importance.

Data engineering skills and large data, including data lines, Hadoop, Spark and cloud platforms such as AWS and Google Cloud will also be needed. Organizations are actively seeking data science and analysis abilities such as advanced statistical analysis, SQL mastery, and familiarity with data visualization tools such as Tableau and Power BI.

The increasing focus on artificial intelligence ethics highlights the importance of understanding artificial intelligence governance, identifying bias and privacy rules. Also, roles in computer vision require specialization in OpenCV, deep learning for vision tasks, and 3D modeling tools. At the same time, artificial intelligence management needs strategic thinking, project management skills, and a strong understanding of artificial intelligence technologies.

Migration wave

The annual immigration season of the IT sector begins in April. According to data provided by APNA.Co’s job portal, about 82% of professionals intend to change jobs, which has created a wave of concern among the human resources sectors.

“Most companies follow the April assessment cycle to June,” said Farou Singh, the head of the process at Capgeemini in an interview with AIM. However, the delay in the evaluations of the October-November-December Cycle (OK) has now been drawn to February. If these OK cycles continue, the April-Joheen cycle will probably be transferred to September. In addition, companies that combine the evaluation cycles increase this uncertainty. “