Blue and Grey collar job openings increased 4x in 2022, says Billion Careers Report
- ByStartupStory | January 6, 2023
Data from workforce solutions company Billion Careers shows that between 2021 and 2022, the number of blue and grey job openings in India increased fourfold. Digitalization, automation, and evolving work paradigms are to blame for the increase in job openings, which went from 2,626,637 in 2021 to 10,542,820 in 2022.
Ajay Kumar Singh, senior VP and chief business officer at Billion Careers said, “The job market trends of 2022, ranging from Great Resignation to the emergence of gigs, have shown that every segment will be more focused on hiring, including blue and grey-collar workers.”
Manual labor is a major component of blue-collar jobs, and hourly pay is the norm. On the other hand, technical and manual labor are both required for occupations in the grey-collar sector.
According to Billion Careers, a division of business services provider Quess Corp, the corporations are increasingly concentrating on tech- and skill-based mass hiring.
SIngh added, “Organisations today also prefer hiring employees with tech-related skills, as digitisation has penetrated across India. Recruiters will optimise hiring processes through technology and address the demand-supply talent gap, focusing on employee engagement and retention.”
The greatest pay rates were seen in the legal, IT, healthcare, telecom, and customer service job profiles.
The data also revealed that “freshers” with a prior work experience of 0 to 3 years made up 60% of all grey-collar and blue-collar employees. Their monthly wages varied from Rs 8,000 to Rs 25,000 on average.
The metro areas with the highest demand for blue- and grey-collar jobs were Delhi, Bengaluru, and Mumbai.
The firm said, “As the Indian economy transitions into a digital age, recruiters are seeking blue and grey-collar workers with expertise in analytical and digital skills, such as machine learning, robotics, 3D printing, and artificial intelligence.”
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