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Skills improve, but India's job outlook looks bleak

• By People Matters

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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