Leading advisors feel that India will have a demand for 85-90 million people across various sectors, and the majority of the demand will come from high-growth industries like IT, outsourcing, banking, retail and healthcare.

Similarly, a survey by HR consultancy Manpower projects hiring to rise steadily by around 18 percent from this quarter in many sectors, signifying that jobs in India may not be entirely affected by the financial turmoil in rich nations.

India poses a far more positive outlook as compared to what has been happening across the world and one can note that seven percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the country showed that the economy remained healthy.

Employers in the mining and construction industries as also services sector are especially looking to scale up, and also new jobs won’t be distributed evenly through all regions and industries.

Going forward, the Indian economy is likely to be overwhelmingly dependent on the growth of services. More than 70 percent of India’s incremental GDP and 60 percent of new jobs over the next five years are expected to be generated by services.

It seems, despite the slowdowns and reports of downsizing, there is an overall confidence among the employed in India. Experts concede that the present financial meltdown has raised doubts over the performance of some industries and its impact on salaries and perks, but hope Indian businesses will come out of the slump earlier than their counterparts overseas.

Apart from advising employees to keep their jobs this year, HR consultants also feel these are also the times when people will turn to age old values and ethics and play by the book.

Just give a Google search for India jobs should give some useful websites. Specifying your preferences might even get you real Job Openings. All places and actions are as slow or fast as we make it.

One way of short circuiting the process is to check out company specific openings and then get in touch with their HR directly instead of waiting for the consultant- usually that helps get your CV more attention.