The Hindu Business Line : UK recruitment major launches India operations; to target proposed SEZs

Empresaria Group Plc Ltd, a £ 54-million recruitment major of the UK, on Thursday set foot in India with its Ahmedabad-based arm hinting to target the proposed special economic zones (SEZs) which would need thousands of hands in the near future.

"Yes, we are discussing with major groups about recruitments in the proposed SEZs'', Mr Amit Somaiya, Chief Operating Officer, Interactive Manpower Solutions Private Ltd, Ahmedabad, told Business Line here.

He, however, declined to elaborate. The recruitment agencies' market in India is worth Rs 2,500 crore, he added.

The Mundra SEZ, being developed by the Adani Group, would need nearly 2-lakh people on a temporary basis.

The Reliance Group, which had enrolled nearly 80,000 people to set up the Jamnagar refinery in the last decade, is also expected to recruit three times more at the proposed SEZ and the second refinery.

Biz opportunity

These huge job opportunities, although of temporary nature, are being seen as a good business opportunity by the recruitment firms as well.

The company has also embarked upon recruitment process outsourcing, in which a foreign company outsources recruitment to another foreign company, he said.

Mr Somaiya said the concept of providing temporary staffing solutions began only two years ago and had caught up. Apart from providing this solution to client companies under the brand name "Vikalpa", the Indian firm will also provide permanent staffing solution under the brand name "Vikasa" and make available avenues for corporate training solutions under "Vidvatta". Besides, the company is going to set up 13 offices across India by December. The Empresaria's CEO, Mr Miles Hunt, inaugurated the first office of the Group here by informing that it was operating in eight countries through 29 recruitment companies, providing services in recruitment of temporary staffing, permanent staffing and human resource outsourcing functions.

The Group reported pre-tax profit of £ 2.23 million on sales of £ 54 million last year.

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