HIRING BOOM: Infosys, TCS, Wipro, HCL to hire over 1.20 lakh freshers: Details

As covid cases continue to decline, hiring activity of Indian firms is showing signs of revival after the disruption caused by the deadly second wave in the country. India’s biggest informational technology (IT) service providers Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys and Wipro are expected to welcome more than 1 lakh freshers combined in this fiscal year, as claimed by the firms in their respective quarterly earnings update.

TCS hiring drive: Tata Consultancy Services is planning to hire 40,000 freshers via campus placements in India within the fiscal year 2021-2022. The TCS had in 2020 had hired 40,000 employees, adding to its base of already 5 lakh employees. Giving further details, Chief of Global Human Resources for TCS said that that from the campus in India, the company has hired 40,000 last year and it will continue to hire 40,000 or more this year in India. He further added that at lateral hiring is another target of the company this hiring season.

Infosys to hire 35,000 freshers: On the other hand, Infosys said it is planning to hire around 35,000 college pass-outs globally for FY22. As per updates, the company said that it had an employee strength of March quarter at 2.59 lakh employees but brought its numbers up by 2.67 lakh individuals by the end of the June quarter. The company said it has rolled out several intense employee engagement initiatives including career acceleration opportunities, compensation reviews and learning & development interventions.

Wipro added more than 12,000 employees: Apart from TCS and Infosys, the Wipro stated that it is has added more than 12,000 employees in the April-June quarter as it expected attrition rates to spike given the current situation. The IT giant is now planning to hire by putting out 30,000 job offers into the domain for freshers to join in FY22.