Online gaming has taken off during the pandemic as individuals locked up in their homes began going towards online gaming and video games. India’s gaming industry is presently seeing a spike in popularity for actually talented representatives as firms are hoping to extend their workforce.

Gaming start-up Playerzpot, which right now has 125 employees, plans to get on board 50 additional employees in the following four months. Complete 60 employees have been recruited in 2021 up until this point, informs Harshada Sarode, HR Manager at the firm.

“The greater part of the hiring will happen in the technology, product team, game development, marketing, and operations. We intend to double our workforce one year from now,” Sarode says.

Naman Jhawar, Senior Vice President, Strategy and Operations of Mobile Premier League (MPL), says, “Our platform also saw a dramatic expansion in the number of users… Over the most recent one year, our team has grown nearly four-overlap compared with the earlier year.”

The unicorn has around 800 employees worldwide and focuses to extend its workforce in the upcoming months. Roland Landers, CEO, All India Gaming Federation, says, “There will be more than 40,000 positions made by the gaming business, which is tremendous from a job enabler point of view.”

Baazi Games HR Head Partik Mehta additionally proposes during 2020-2021, the organization has developed by more than 150% in workforce strength. Another start-up EWar said it has recruited 22 employees since November 2020.

Credits: The New Indian Express