{"id":1027964,"date":"2026-08-11T09:04:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T03:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1027964"},"modified":"2026-08-11T09:56:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T04:26:32","slug":"freshers-hiring-intent-rises-to-75-pc-in-h2-but-it-hiring-outlook-declines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/08\/11\/freshers-hiring-intent-rises-to-75-pc-in-h2-but-it-hiring-outlook-declines\/","title":{"rendered":"Freshers\u2019 hiring intent rises to 75 pc in H2, but IT hiring outlook declines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHENNAI: India\u2019s fresher hiring outlook has strengthened in H2 2026, with overall hiring intent rising to 75%, up from 73% in H1 2026. However, hiring intent in the IT sector has declined to 76% from 81%, even as sectors such as retail, e-commerce and technology start-ups, and manufacturing continue to drive demand for entry-level talent. <\/p>\n<p>According to TeamLease EdTech\u2019s Career Outlook Report, the overall growth reflects sustained employer demand for entry-level talent, led by retail, e-commerce and technology start-ups, and manufacturing. These sectors continue to anchor the country\u2019s fresher hiring momentum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHENNAI: India\u2019s fresher hiring outlook has strengthened in H2 2026, with overall hiring intent rising to 75%, up from 73% in H1 2026. However, hiring intent in the IT sector has declined to 76% from 81%, even as sectors such as retail, e-commerce and technology start-ups, and manufacturing continue to drive demand for entry-level talent. According to TeamLease EdTech\u2019s Career Outlook Report, the overall growth reflects sustained employer demand for entry-level talent, led by retail, e-commerce and technology start-ups, and manufacturing. These sectors continue to anchor the country\u2019s fresher hiring momentum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,4,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1027964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-new-indian-express","category-newspapers","category-the-new-indian-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1027964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1027964"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1027964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1027994,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1027964\/revisions\/1027994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1027964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1027964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1027964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}