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February 2020 Index Highlights:

• Among industries, Retail registers the most-notable year-on-year growth and Oil and Gas exhibits the steepest decline
• Software, Hardware, Telecom professionals witness the steepest growth in online demand among occupation groups, on-the-year
• Retail (up 30 percent) led annual growth in online hiring activity among industry sectors in February 2020
• Oil and Gas (down three percent) is the only sector to exhibit a decline between February 2019 and 2020