Kolkata has least employment potential among Tier I cities

KOLKATA: The West Bengal capital, a Tier I city, has been placed at the bottom of 10 cities having maximum employment potential, according to a study conducted by Assocham.

The report on `Job trendz : across cities and sectors', prepared by the Assocham Research Bureau, said that out of the top 10 cities that provided maximum employment opportunities, the first four positions were occupied by Mumbai (18.52 per cent), NCR (15.41 per cent), Delhi (11.55 per cent) and Bangalore (10 per cent).

In the league of Tier I cities, Kolkata with 6.49 per cent was placed below Chennai (8.8 per cent), Hyderabad (8.1 per cent) and Pune (8.9 per cent). Tier II city Lucknow was higher than Kolkata at 6.61 per cent.

The report, prepared for the period January to March 2008, revealed that the IT sector provided the maximum number of jobs, followed by financial services, education, management, research, automobile, FMCG, construction, telecom and manufacturing.