BFSI temp jobs in festive season to rise by 15%: Report

Bengaluru: With the festive season on the horizon, the BFSI sector is expected to generate 50,000 temp jobs in the second half of the year to meet the surge in financing options for customers, a report by manpower services firm TeamLease has said. This is a 15% increase in job opportunities over last year, same time.The demand for temp workers is expected not only in tier-1 cities, but also in tier-2 and tier-3 cities such as Kochi, Vizag, Madurai, Lucknow, Chandigarh, Amritsar, Bhopal, Raipur. In the last two-three years, markets like Kolkata, Pune and Ahmedabad have witnessed as many open positions for on-the-feet and tele-operators roles as in metro cities, the report said.Krishnendu Chatterjee, VP and business head – BFSI in TeamLease Services, said, “As credit card transactions surge, personal finance applications proliferate, and India’s digital payment landscape flourishes, we are poised for a dynamic job market over the next five-six months. In the past two months alone, we have witnessed an influx of nearly 25,000 job openings for temp staffing positions, and we anticipate these numbers to escalate in the upcoming months.”