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‘1 mn new jobs in 2008’

The hospitality, health and education sectors are likely to replace the IT/ITeS sector as leading job creators...

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The hospitality, health and education sectors are likely to replace the IT/ITeS sector as leading job creators in the country, which will have over 10 lakh new work opportunities in 2008, a survey revealed on Thursday.

India will add 10,25,800 jobs, a tad lower than 10,30,000 jobs in 2007, predicted the Ma Foi Employment Survey 2008 released here. Ma Foi is the largest human resource service provider and staffing company in India. It has been conducting the employment survey since 2004.

The 2008 survey was carried among 2006 companies from 22 sectors of the economy

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