On-site job roles dip 15%, hybrid positions up 52% for freshers: LinkedIn report

Regardless of educational background, various job functions are experiencing rapid growth.

Companies continue to embrace work flexibility, with hybrid positions surging 52 percent for entry-level roles during January-February 2024 from the year-ago period. There has been a 15 percent decline in on-site positions during the period, data shared by LinkedIn shows.

Utilities is the fastest-growing industry for young professionals with a bachelor's degree, LinkedIn's Career Starter 2024 report.

Other top industries hiring fresh graduates include oil, gas and mining, real estate, equipment rental services and consumer services.

Data shared by professional networking platform reveals a range of top jobs for professionals with different educational qualifications.

Bachelor’s degree holders can explore roles like software engineer, system engineer and programming analyst. A growing number of master’s degree holders are being hired as software engineer and data analyst.

Those without a degree can also find careers as software engineers, design engineers and secretaries.

Entering a tight job market can be tough, especially at the start of a career journey. Staying updated on industry trends and in-demand jobs, and exploring roles that might not seem obvious at first, can widen options, said Nirajita Banerjee, LinkedIn Career Expert & India Senior Managing Editor.

“Many skills today are transferable across industries, and the rise of AI is creating more tech-related roles across various fields, leading companies to seek professionals with diverse educational backgrounds.”

To compile the report, data scientists on LinkedIn's Economic Graph team analysed millions of member profiles and job postings, LinkedIn said in a statement.

For remote job trends, the team compared the share of all jobs posted on LinkedIn that were listed as remote, hybrid or on-site in Jan-Feb 2023 and Jan-Feb 2024.