About INgene blog : First ever Indian Youth trend Insights blog

About INgene : First ever Indian Youth trend Insights blog:
This blog explores the detailed characteristics of Young-India and explains the finer & crucial differences they have with their global peers. The blog also establishes the theory of “adopted differentiation” (Copyright Kaustav SG,2007) and how the Indian & Inglodian youth are using this as a tool to differentiate themselves from the “aam aadmi” (mass population of India) to establish their new found identity.

The term youth refers to persons who are no longer children and not yet adults. Used colloquially, however the term generally refers to a broader, more ambiguous field of reference- from the physically adolescent to those in their late twenties.
Though superficially the youth all over the world exhibits similar [degree of] attitude, [traits of] interests & [deliverance of] opinion but a detailed observation reveals the finer differential characteristics which are crucial and often ignored while targeting this group as a valued consumer base. India is one of the youngest countries in the world with 60% of its population less then 24 years of age and is charted as the most prospective destination for the retail investment in the A. T. Kearney’s Global Retail Opportunity Report, 2007. With the first ever non-socialistic generation’s thriving aspiration & new found money power combined with steadily growing GDP, bubbling IT industry and increasing list of confident young entrepreneurs, the scenario appears very lucrative for the global and local retailers to target the “Youngisthan” (young-India). But, the secret remains in the understanding of the finer AIOs of this generation. The Indian youth segment roughly estimates close to 250million (between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five) and can be broadly divided (socio-psychologically) into three categories: the Bharatiyas, the Indians & the Inglodians (copyright Kaustav SG 2008). The Bharatiyas estimating 67% of the young population lives in the rural (R1, R2 to R4 SEC) areas with least influence of globalization, high traditional values. They are least economically privileged, most family oriented Bollywood influenced generation. The Indians constitute 31.5% (A, B,C, D & E SEC) and have moderate global influence. They are well aware of the global trends but rooted to the Indian family values, customs and ethos. The Inglodians are basically the creamy layers (A1,A SEC) and marginal (1.5% or roughly three million) in number though they are strongly growing (70% growth rate). Inglodians are affluent and consume most of the trendy & luxury items. They are internet savvy & the believers of global-village (a place where there is no difference between east & west, developing & developed countries etc.), highly influenced by the western music, food, fashion & culture yet Indian at heart.








Sunday, January 18, 2009

the trend of Indian job market seems positive

India is in better shape then rest of the economy...the priority of Indian youth still remains "the career"...a dream job...and money money money which will make the self & "family" happy...

a report on the situation of "Indian job market":
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'In India, you'll still get a job'
Sun, Jan 18 10:53 AM

New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The 'India Shining' story may be under stress by the ongoing economic crisis, but some sectors and career options still hold promise for job seekers this year, according to human resource experts.

Leading advisory Boston Consulting Group says India will have a demand for 85-90 million people across various sectors, and the majority of the demand will come from high-growth industries like IT, outsourcing, banking, retail and healthcare.

Similarly, a survey by HR consultancy Manpower projects hiring to rise steadily by around 18 percent from this quarter in many sectors, signifying that jobs in India may not be entirely affected by the financial turmoil in rich nations.

'India poses a far more positive outlook as compared to what has been happening across the world,' said Cherian Kuruvila, director operations, Manpower India, adding that seven percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the country showed that the economy remained healthy.

'Employers in the mining and construction industries as also services sector are especially looking to scale up,' Kuruvila told IANS, but added that new jobs won't be distributed evenly through all regions and industries.

India has a work force of 484 million people, of which 273 million work in rural areas, 61 million in manufacturing and about 150 million in services, says the Boston Consulting Group that recently conducted a study on the country's services sector.

'Going forward, the Indian economy is likely to be overwhelmingly dependent on the growth of services. More than 70 percent of India's incremental GDP and 60 percent of new jobs over the next five years are expected to be generated by services.'

A survey across the Asia-Pacific region by TNS, a market research and business analysis firm, with Gallup International, a global human resource consulting firm, also threw up interesting findings.

Sixty-two percent of the Indians polled felt they would be able to hold on to their jobs in 2009 and the 57 percent who expected unemployment to rise did not not consider they would be the ones affected.

'It seems, despite the slowdowns and reports of downsizing, there is an overall confidence among the employed in India that 'My job is secure! Difficulties, if any, are for others, not me',' said TNS India executive director Chhavi Bhargava.

Experts concede that the present financial meltdown has raised doubts over the performance of some industries and its impact on salaries and perks, but hope Indian businesses will come out of the slump earlier than their counterparts overseas.

'The impact on salary was felt in 2008 and it may continue till some time. The payouts were significantly lower than the 15-200 percent bonus payouts in 2007,' said Absolute HR Services chief executive Kunal Banerji.

'Gone are the days of experimentation with jobs. I would advise employees not to be adventurous checking different jobs. Stability is the mantra,' said Confiar Consultants managing director Vivek Ahuja.

Apart from advising employees to keep their jobs this year, HR consultants also feel these are also the times when people will turn to age old values and ethics and play by the book.

'The old adages like no substitute for hard work and no short-cuts to success are back in vogue,' Banerji told IANS. 'Stay hungry for work or stay hungry is the mantra for corporate India.'

Source:http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20090118/836/tbs-in-india-you-ll-still-get-a-job_1.html

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