Telecom sector to create millions of job, ensure one for you.

Just see around you and count how many people you see without a mobile phone. Of course you will find many but when you will compare with ones having it, huge difference will be there in ratio. With entry of Jio and all mobile service providers diminishing call and data tariffs, there is a huge rise in mobile users throughout the country. And linked to increasing number of telecom users, to cater to services and quality to the users, the telecom sector is expected to create two million jobs this year.

Apart from the entry of new service providers, the government’s initiatives like ‘Make in India’ and thrust on mobile economy will also add to the buoyancy in the sector. While the overall hiring will see a boost, the verticals that will drive the manpower requirement are handset makers (1.76 million) followed by the service providers (0.37 million).

With 5G technology, it added, the infrastructure sector will catch up and add a plethora of opportunities in the long run. Infrastructure will add 0.92 million jobs by 2020-21 and the overall labour requirement for the sector by 2021 will be over 8.7 million.

The increased focus on affordability, reduction of the prices of handset, operator’s investments in improving networks, demonetisation and the following push for adoption of digital wallets will boost the availability of job openings in the sector, the sector still seems to be grappling with skill deficit.

The sector requires skills in areas such as IoT, mobility solutions, telecom infrastructure, network architectures, and sales amongst others.

Some key profiles that will see rise in demand are network engineers, infra and cyber security professionals, application developers, system engineers, I-DAS engineers, in shop sales executives, handset manufacturing technicians, call center executives, services & infrastructure technicians , back office & administration, repair executives among others.

So, expect bumper hiring by telecom companies or its outsourced partner and choose a profile for you and prepare yourself to get hired. If your efforts have dedication, you will surely get access to telecom sector. Good Luck!