SMBs and MSMEs top contributors in increasing job opportunities in Blue-collar industry: Report

New Delhi, Dec 27 (KNN) The blue-collared job opportunities in India more than doubled in 2022 and growth was visible in all top metropolitan cities such as Bengaluru, Mumbai, and Delhi, said a report.

According to professional networking and jobs platform apna.co, the increase was majorly led by Small and Midsize Businesses (SMBs), and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).

Speaking about the increasing opportunities in the sector, Manas Singh, Chief Business Officer of apna.co said, "The emergence of tier-II cities becoming epicentres for opportunities has also been phenomenal. We believe that the evolving ecosystem of the rising workforce led by SMBs and MSMEs will become an integral contributor to the growth of the Indian economy.”

As per reports, the Jobs posted by SMBs clocked a 60 per cent surge year-on-year.

The report highlighted that the emerging small businesses have been from across tier 1 and 2 cities like Delhi-NCR, Mumbai and Bengaluru and also from Pune, Ahmedabad and Jaipur. Employers from these cities posted more than 2.1 million jobs in 2022 alone.

This surge will continue in 2023, as a majority of the new users who registered on the platform were from tier 1 cities like Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.

According to apna, the platform also witnessed a surge in users from tier 2 cities like Patna, Lucknow, Chandigarh, Bhopal and Guwahati.  (KNN Bureau)