{
  "id": 3501997,
  "title": "Job postings rose 1.2% in July after three-month decline, but new study flags IT hiring slowdown",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/job-postings-rose-1-2-in-july-after-three-month-decline-but-new-study",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-26T12:14:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/india/job-postings-rose-1-2-in-july-after-three-month-decline-but-new-study-flags-it-hiring-slowdown-11787738792227.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "India's job market is showing signs of recovery, with July 2026 job postings rising 1.2% after three consecutive months of decline. The Indeed Hiring Lab data reveals that job postings are still 8.3% higher than in July 2025 and 84% above pre-pandemic levels. While job postings have increased across almost 80% of occupations, technology-related sectors, particularly IT, are experiencing a hiring slowdown. Over the past three months, IT infrastructure, operations, and support postings fell 24.3%, with software development down 17.5% and data and analytics postings declining 14.3%. Despite this, AI is increasingly becoming a required skill across various non-tech occupations, with 6.6% of all job titles mentioning AI in their descriptions. The growth in AI-related job postings is notable, having doubled over the past year and nearly quadrupled over two years, with non-tech occupations accounting for 42% of these titles.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Population mobility falls in July amid housing market slowdown",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/population-mobility-falls-in-july-amid-housing-market-slowdown",
        "published": "2026-08-26T03:00:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Population mobility falls in July amid housing market slowdown",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/population-mobility-falls-in-july-amid-housing-market-slowdown-3417588",
        "published": "2026-08-26T03:57:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}