hiring demand for automotive engineers grew 8 sequentially in february driven by an uptick in the electric vehicles ev market according to a report with the growth of the ev market in the past year the automotive ancillaries and tyres industry witnessed a 7 monthonmonth growth in february online employment solutions firm monstercom said in the report the monstercom report is based on job listings data on its platform in february increasing the adoption of digitisation and high requirements for techenabled skills acquiring talent with the right skill sets has become fundamental for recruiters in the auto space the report noted advt further a section of this talent particularly in the ev industry has also come to be termed as green engineers it added meanwhile the report revealed that the automotive industry exhibited a 16 yearonyear growth in demand for talent in february the report further revealed that the demand trend for auto engineer roles has been fluctuating over the course of the pandemic as a result of lockdowns and several waves of covid19 it said the demand curve indicates a stark 23 growth in december 2021 compared to november 2021 owing to festive demand however the demand for auto roles witnessed a 9 downtrend in january 2022 which was temporary as it again grew in february mainly boosted by the pli scheme for the industry as well as budget 2022 accommodations it added bengaluru and delhi witness the highest demand for automotive engineers in february 2022 said the report data from monstercom showed that bengaluru 18 and delhincr 15 hold the highest share of demand for automotive engineers in india along with other metro cities tierii and iii cities showed a negligible job posting activity in this regard it said this could be attributed to the growth of ev and auto sectors in metros with a consequential uptick for talent demand in these cities it said given that the sector has been considerably impacted by the pandemic this is a win implying more job creation and employment generation said sekhar garisa chief executive officer of monstercom a quess company advt moreover he said the automotive pli scheme and budget accommodations for the growth of ev in india will create more efficiencies and enhance growth in the industry another aspect that remains crucial is the need to skill talent for a more productive auto workforce which recruiters have continually been prioritising in the current scenario he added also readautomotive industry sees mushrooming demand for talentwith increasing adoption of digitisation and high requirements for techenabled skills acquiring talent with the right skill sets has become fundamental for recruiters in the auto space further a section of this talent particularly in the ev industry has also come to be termed as green engineerssee more details pti published on mar 5 2022 at 0409 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment