India Inc's hiring activity declines 6% in December

 
Naukri.com’s monthly job index –— JobSpeak –— fell to 713 points in December 2009, from 760 in November. However, the three-month average index reflected a more “steady hiring scenario,” the survey said.

On a three-month moving average basis, the job index (including jobs added and jobs refreshed) moved up by 0.5 per cent. Further, even as most of the cities saw a decline in jobs due to the holiday season, Mumbai saw a 3.2 per cent increase in job index in December.