Data from job portal Indeed India, suggests a huge hike of the keyword 'remote work' in April by 966%

“The Covid-19 pandemic has fast-tracked the adoption of technology across functions in India and has set in motion the largest 'work from home' experiment of our generation. Our data has reflected the same showing a consistent rise in searches for remote jobs," said Sashi Kumar, Managing Director, Indeed India

“As businesses transitioned digitally, it has become a norm for employees and companies to work from anywhere and this change enabled by technology will see more and more companies turning to hybrid work in the future. We believe that going forward, recruiters will focus on the role and skills-based hiring, thus blurring geographical boundaries,” Kumar added.

Indeed India commented on the new WFH culture, "companies lay their focus on hiring employees that offer the required skill set irrespective of the city of the applicants. It is expected that employers would increase work-from-home options, embracing hybrid work as the future of work."

According to the data, Technical Support Specialist (25 per cent) emerged as one of the most searched remote jobs followed by Data Entry Clerk (22 per cent), IT Recruiter (16 per cent), Content Writer (16 per cent) and Back End Developer (15 per cent).

The data also revealed that Bengaluru topped the chart for remote job searches with 16 per cent followed by Delhi (11 per cent), Mumbai (8 per cent), Hyderabad (6 per cent) and Pune (7 per cent).