Job seekers grow in AP

While users in Visakhapatnam are more inclined towards the role of call center executives and telesales, users in Guntur showed interest in business development associates and delivery partners

Visakhapatnam: Stimulating the growing Indian economy, Andhra Pradesh has established itself as an important commercial hub for various companies in the last few months, according to apna.co-India's India's noted professional and job platform.

It said there are about one lakh job openings in the past 90 days alone for job-seekers with companies strengthening their workforce in the State. Visakhapatnam-the largest industrial city has become an opportunity-provider to many professionals in AP as companies increase hiring to strengthen their workforce post-pandemic. With a surge in opportunities in AP, more users have started looking for jobs. In fact, according to apna.co's recent data, the State has witnessed an increase in the number of users from 2020 to 2021.

Commenting on the growth, Manas Singh, Chief Business Officer, apna.co said in a release "AP has continued to be the epicenter of opportunities for the rising workforce in the country. The State has grown multifold in terms of both jobs and professionals with apna acting as a bridge between them. We are certain that the State will continue to grow."

Focusing on the quarter, jobs such as telecallers, data entry operators, relationship managers, and customer care executives are extremely popular amongst professionals in AP. While users in Visakhapatnam are more inclined towards the role of call center executives and telesales, users in Guntur showed interest in business development associates and delivery partners. Users in cities like Vijayawada applied for the role of telecallers, and field sales executives, the study stated.

Professional networking emerged as an important activity with users in the state actively engaging communities such as government exams, business, learning languages, tele-caller, back-office jobs, teacher, computer/data entry, beauticians, lab technicians, and cooking.

Not only graduates and postgraduates, but apna has been empowering users with qualifications of 12th pass and below, to find relevant opportunities around them.