MORE WESTERNERS TAKE TOP POSTS IN INDIA AS LOCALS' PAY DEMANDS SOAR

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The number of expatriates from countries such as the US and Britain taking middle and senior-level executive jobs in India has surged, as a tightening domestic labour market has rapidly narrowed pay differentials or even reversed them.

Headhunters and chief executives say top-flight Indian managers, particularly in fields such as financial services, are now so demanding in salary negotiations that they are pricing expatriates back into the job market.

“We see a clear trend,” said Preety Kumar, managing partner of Amrop International, a recruitment firm. “In the last three years the proportion of expatriate managers hired for positions in India has gone up from 5 per cent to 15 per cent.”




从英美等国到印度担任中高层管理职务的人数已经飙升，因为日益趋紧的印度劳动力市场使外籍人士和印度本地经理人的薪酬差别迅速缩小，甚至出现逆转现象。

猎头和首席执行官们表示，高层印度管理人员（特别是在金融等领域）如今在薪酬谈判中要价非常苛刻，为外籍人士重返印度就业市场打开了空间。

“我们看到了一种清晰的趋势，”招聘公司Amrop International管理合伙人普里提•库马尔(Preety Kumar)表示，“在过去3年中，在印度任职的外国经理人比例从5%升到了15%。”