With Covid-19 cases going down and the lockdown curbs being eased in phases in India, hiring for white collar jobs has grown 35% to 650,000 during Q1 (April-June) of this fiscal year compared with the same period last year, reports Hindu Business Line, citing data from staffing firm Xpheno. “With over 2,70,000 active white collar jobs, June has emerged the strongest month for the current financial year,” Kamal Karanth, co-founder Xpheno, said. The IT Services sector showed the strongest recovery curve in Q1 this year and ended at 82% higher in active job volumes than the same quarter last year. Meanwhile, most sectors are seeing an upward surge around hiring for key leadership roles and ‘digital’ continues to be one of the most coveted roles.