Public sector firms score over private Indian companies when it comes to job preference and security, followed by multinationals, says a recent study.
Among new job-seekers, Steel Authority of India, Google, NTPC Ltd and State Bank of India emerged as the most preferred employers for management, engineering and software professionals in the country, says the study by online job portal FlikJobs.com and MyHiringClub.com.
Of the respondents already working in the private sector, 63 per cent said they were “desperately keen to work with PSUs or the Government” and only 37 said they were interested in working with the private sector.
Among those already working in the Government sector, 67 per cent said they were happy and wished to continue and only 33 per cent said they were keen to work with the private sector.
“Job security is a big factor…Working in PSUs and Government organisations is stable and permanent…In the current scenario, the salary is also almost at par,” said Mr Rajesh Kumar, Chief Executive Officer, FlikJobs.com & MyHiringClub.com.
Not surprisingly, banks were top on the list of women job-seekers.
Among management and engineering students, SAIL and SBI were the first choice to work among PSUs and Facebook and Google topped the MNCs’ list.
As far as relocation is concerned, the US topped the chart, with 51 per cent preferring it, followed by the UAE, the UK and the Philippines. Only 39 per cent preferred their home country as a job destination.
The study, ‘Preferred Employer 2012’ covered 1,86,745 registered job-seekers of FlikJobs.com, a job portal in India, a release by MyHiringClub.com said.