IT major Infosys said that it would be hiring about 35,000 fresh college graduates globally in FY2022 to meet the demand for talent.
Pravin Rao, Chief Operating Officer, Infosys, said, “As the demand for digital talent explodes, rising attrition in the industry poses a near-term challenge. We plan to meet this demand by expanding our hiring program of college graduates for FY 22 to ~35,000 globally.”
Most recently, TCS announced its plan to hire about 40,000 college graduates in India, in addition to hiring in the US and Latin America.
“Employee wellbeing is of paramount importance to us and we have had multiple interventions in this regard including facilitating vaccination for them and their dependents. We rolled out several intense employee engagement initiatives including career acceleration opportunities, compensation reviews and learning & development interventions.,” said Rao.
“Our clients continue to be supportive of the multiple initiatives we have undertaken; they value the delivery commitments we have met even during these extraordinary times”, he added.
The company reported 13.9% attrition during the quarter as compared to 10.9% during the previous quarter. Women now comprise 38.6% of the total workforce at Infosys, it said in a statement.
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