India's online job portals see rise in registrations due to COVID-led layoffs

India's online job portals see rise in registrations due to COVID-led layoffs

Employees collect Diwali greeting cards at a security desk ahead of delivery at the Flipkart Online Services Pvt office in the Jayaprakash Narayan Nagar area of Bengaluru, India. Photographer: DHIRAJ SINGH/Bloomberg

Job portals and recruitment firms are seeing a sharp rise in job seekers registering on their dedicated micro-sites for covid-19 impact, as companies continue to lay off employees.