April online hiring up slightly

Online hiring in the country that suffered 24 percent drop in March this year recovered two percent in April, but still remained three percent below its year-ago level.

The reason for this depressed state was largely the 63 percent drop in online hiring of professionals in the hospitality and travel sector. According to the Monster Employment Index (MEI) of the online employment solutions provider Monster.com, which monitors the online job market in the country, this was the weakest online employment demand in the sector.