India Inc eyes small cities for manpower

Despite the metropolitan cities offering maximum job avenues to the aspirants, the high cost of manpower and capacity constraints in these big cities is pushing industry to expanding its horizon towards small cities for job creation, according to ASSOCHAM Study on “Trends of Job Openings”. Out of the total 60 cities that have been tracked by the ASSOCHAM Placement Pattern (APP), the tier II and tier III cities have cornered 28% (total 14 tier II cities) and 38% (total 39 tier III cities) share of the job space respectively in the first three months of the year 2008.

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India Inc moves to smaller cities to cut costs

Corporate India has begun to move towards tier II and tier III cities like Ranchi, Meerut, Udaipur and Patiala to bring down its rising manpower and infrastructure costs in the metros, said Industry body Assocham today.

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