Foreign job seekers prefer Indian cos less: Survey

Updated on: Monday, January 17, 2011

Domestic companies might be the most preferred by job seekers in India but for those in foreign shores, Indian entities seem to be the least favoured employer, says a survey.

"Job seekers from India rated Indian companies most positively, with a preference rating of 87 per cent... However Indian companies come last outside India; their preference rating drops to just 22 per cent," global HR consulting and outsourcing firm Aon Hewitt said.

The findings are based on a survey of nearly 13,500 job seekers spread across five Asian nations, including India. The participants were asked about their perception of companies from India and 11 other countries.

Aon Hewitt Consulting Asia Pacific's Regional Practice Leader (Leadership Practice) Ajay Soni said that top Indian companies would often customise their HR programs to align with the unique employee needs in India and faster economic growth helps companies here to offer faster career track to their employees than elsewhere.

"While such local mindset has made Indian companies successful at home, they have not spent enough effort in adapting the HR programmes to the unique employee needs outside India," Soni noted.

As per the survey, as many as 78 per cent of the respondents prefer to work in an American company while 73 per cent favoured British firms.

Foreign job seekers prefer Indian cos less: Survey

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