You have nearly 10 years of work experience, maybe more. But you lie awake, stressing—does the job market love you or not? A report by job portal foundit.in on India’s job market shows that in July 2026, white-collar hiring fell 12% from a year earlier. Yet, hiring for professionals with 7-10 years experience rose 11%, the only experience band to grow. In the same report, senior management hiring fell 8%. What’s really going on then? The market is still paying for experience, but not every tenure. There’s more money on the table for outcomes and expert judgment and none for seniority or plain supervision. Time to ask yourself: has your experience become an asset, or merely an overhead cost?
