India has emerged as the second most optimistic nation in the world in terms of employment outlook, with 36 per cent of employers having positive hiring plans for the April-June quarter this year.

Indian employers are the second most optimistic in the world, next only to Singapore. India shares the second place with Peru and Romania, says the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.

In the Asia Pacific region, employers in Singapore are the most optimistic with a net employment outlook of 60 per cent, followed by India (36 per cent), while employers in China reported the weakest hiring forecast in the region, for the third consecutive quarter.

Employers in Costa Rica, Argentina, Poland, Hong Kong, Australia, Greece and South Africa also have favourable second quarter hiring plans.

Spain and Italy report the weakest job prospects in the next three months. The survey said that employers in all four regions in India are positive about their hiring intentions.

The southern region is likely to witness the most robust hiring pace (39 per cent), employers in the North anticipate brisk hiring activity with a net employment outlook of (36 per cent).

In case of the Western region, the employment outlook is 35 per cent and for the Eastern region, it is 26 per cent.

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