A quick look at where non-tech jobs are growing in India

Hospitality & Travel: Strongest Hiring Stories

Hotels, airlines, tourism have all had a good year. A lot of the hiring is for freshers, not just experienced folks. There is decent growth in domestic travel. Conferences, weddings and religious holidaying have created a strong and sustainable employment pattern. Transportation improvements like Vande Bharat trains and Super highways are expanding the travel pie.

Hospitality is always a good place for inexperienced freshers to get jobs and also for older professionals who may be between careers. For the seasoned professionals, careers are opening up domestically as well as abroad.

Air India and Indigo are expanding rapidly with large airplane order books. Luxury and budget hotels are coming up
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Insurance: A Quiet but Consistent Employment Engine

Insurance has been solid all year. Without standing out, the insurance sector has grown throughout the past months. This is a great sector for people interested in stable careers with a reasonable salary. Growth in medical insurance, life and the government schemes like Ayushman Bhart has made this sector a strong employer across sales, operations, underwriting and finance.

Healthcare: All round growth and many new segments growing fast

Healthcare is growing too, just not loudly. Demographic and social factors are leading to explosive growth in the healthcare sector. More hospitals, more speciality centres, more clinics, more diagnostics, ever expanding Pharma need tons of new people to run them. And it’s not only doctors and nurses. A lot of the hiring is for people managing operations, billing, patient experience, allied healthcare professionals and records. Lots of foreign investors and specialized categories like wellness, beauty etc are growing the overall pie. https://tinyurl.com/3cwpa9we ;https://shorturl.at/CNqNk

Banking is transforming

Banking is confusing right now. On paper, regular banking jobs seem to be dormant — banks are leaning more on automation. But at the same time, fintech and investment banking roles inside the same industry are actually growing. Employers in finance say they’re feeling more confident about hiring soon. So “banking” isn’t one story — it depends which part of it you’re looking at. Front end business roles are bound to grow as smaller banks expand aggressively into new age lending models. And then there is the GCC sector that has a separate niche for BFSI professionals. Finally, let us not forget the thousands of fintech lenders and service providers offering opportunities in all areas. https://tinyurl.com/c63su9dn

The kind of jobs matter, not just the industries

The jobs in demand are across roles. Think HR, sales, finance, operations, supply chain, and healthcare
administration. These are the jobs that keep a company actually running day to day — and they’re needed everywhere, regardless of industry. And they’re not going to be replaced anytime with AI.

Don’t ignore smaller cities

A lot of this hiring isn’t only happening in Bengaluru or Mumbai. Cities like Coimbatore, Surat, and Gandhinagar have had a genuinely good year too. If you’re open to moving, it’s worth widening your search beyond the usual metros.

Massive investments are ongoing in tier 2 and tier 3 towns in service sectors like GCC’s, core engineering and infrastructure. There is a lot of focus on new, core engineering oriented capacities- Solar, Semiconductors, Data Centres, Space tech, Défense etc.

Much of this is happening across a wide range of tier 2 cities such as Lucknow, Vishakhapatnam and overlapping industrial regions/belts such as Bengaluru-Hosur, Chennai-Tirupati belt, Ahmedabad- Baroda, Greater Mumbai-Pune, NCR- Rajasthan and NCR- Lucknow.

Upcoming investments in West Bengal are expected to lift the overall employment in the Eastern region as well. https://tinyurl.com/yh63ea69

The expert view

Kush Bhargava, Managing Partner at Nibhandana Human Resources & Consulting LLP, put it simply: “What we’re seeing with our own clients matches this — multiple sectors are hiring this year- If you’re job-hunting, it pays to keep an open mind about where you look.”

What should you do about this?

If you’re considering a switch, don’t default to the obvious, “safe” industries — insurance, hospitality and healthcare are genuinely worth exploring right now.

• Don’t assume banking is the only place for BFSI jobs — just be specific about which part of it (fintech and investment banking look better than traditional retail banking roles).
• If you’re early in your career, hospitality, GCC’s and Healthcare are hiring freshers aggressively — good places to get your foot in the door.
• If relocation is on the table, look beyond the big metros. You could enjoy a better ROI for your income and quality of life !

The best career decisions are informed ones. We’ll keep bringing you the signals that matter.

Disclaimer: This post is based on multiple hiring and industry reports from 2026 and is intended to provide a general sense of direction from one perspective only. It is not a guarantee or recommendation of employment or future hiring. Please verify current opportunities before making any career decisions.