Temp staff hiring to rise as consumers return to stores in festive season

With consumers returning to in-store shopping during the festival season and demand picking up, the hiring of temp staff is also expected to rise. Certain sectors like FMCG, electronic goods retail stores, entertainment and hospitality, etc see a sharp uptick in demand during the festive season, hence hiring is bound to go up.

During the festive season, more than 500,000 short-term jobs are expected to be created, TeamLease Services Vice President Balasubramanian A told BusinessLine. 

“A lot of these would be for store promoters or feet on street salespersons in consumer durables and electronics as well as some jobs for