Skills improve, but India's job outlook looks bleak

India’s employment outlook next year remains bleak, although the skill levels have improved among new entrants to the job market, according to the findings of a new survey.

Only a slight increase of about 1.4% in overall hiring numbers was predicted by the India Skills Report 2014 compiled by PeopleStrong, a human resource company, and skill assessment firm Wheebox that conducted the survey in association with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

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