Overview

• About 65 percent of professionals are actively seeking new roles or negotiating pay within their current organisations, underscoring high workforce mobility
• Sixty-two percent of workers initiated salary discussions this year and 37 percent secured increases, up from a 32 percent success rate in 2024
• Employees now prioritise purpose, ethics and flexibility when evaluating career opportunities, according to Nilay Khandelwal of Michael Page
• Sixty-four percent of professionals report using generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot, placing India above global adoption averages
• Only 31 percent feel their employers have prepared them to use GenAI effectively, prompting calls for structured training and transparent guidelines