Indian Employees Hesitant To Seek Jobs In West: Study

NEW DELHI: A significant number of employees are apprehensive about moving to the West for jobs due to global economic uncertainty, while highly skilled ones are returning on account of good opportunities back home, a study by TimesJobs.Com said.

"40 percent Indians are cautious about moving to the West for jobs due to economic slowdown," according to the study.

Besides, highly skilled professionals are returning home seeking economic opportunities that they once sought abroad, it said.

The study further said that 34 percent Indians still prefer to move to the West for job, while 26 percent would like to turn entrepreneurs.

Out of the total respondents who mentioned that more Indians are seeking job opportunities in the country, 28 percent believe that maximum job opportunities are in IT, telecom and manufacturing sector.

"There has been a drop in the number of applications for international positions. It dropped by 4 per cent in January 2014 from an average 1 percent increase in November-December 2013. However, during January-March this year it did register an overall increase of 3 per cent," the study said.
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