Monster.com report-Online recruitment rose by 16 percent

New Delhi, March 14: Online recruitment activities rose 16 percent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) during February, a Monster.com report said on Wednesday.

The report said the home appliances sector continued to lead the long-term growth chart with 71 percent increase.

"Among industry sectors, home appliance industry (up 59 percent) registered the steepest growth on an annual basis for the eight months in succession," the report said, however, adding that, the year-on-year growth momentum in the sector slowed in the past three months.

Online recruitment in production and manufacturing industry matched the growth rate in the home appliance sector and rose 59 percent on a year-on-year basis.

The year-on-year growth rate in information technology - hardware, software - was 22 per cent and online recruitment in telecom sector was up 49 percent in February over the same period last year