IT services behemoth Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), which had offered jobs to as many as 24,885 graduates last year, is likely to go slow on its recruitment plans this year.
"The figure will not be as high as that of last year and also not very less," TCS Vice-President and Global HR Head Ajoy Mukharjee told reporters here on the sidelines of Sangam, the company's annual academic conclave.
In 2008, the largest IT services company had made job offers to as many as 24,885 graduates in campus recruitment, of which 12,000 candidates are yet to be absorbed. It plans to make job offers to 8,000 graduates this quarter, the process for which would begin in December.
Replying to a question on the salary hikes and other incentives to the staff, TCS Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director N Chandrasekharan said they are still working out the packages for the next year. This year the company did not give any hikes other than that of performance-linked variable incentives.
About the attrition rate, Chandrasekharan said it was 11.5 per cent last year with a head count of 1.41 lakh globally.
Reacting on the Dubai financial crisis, he said the company's exposure to the Dubai market is very less and there will not be any impact.
"The TCS Research Scholars programme will help enlarge the R&D agenda and encourage exploration of new ideas by funding candidates in doctorate programmes," Chandrasekaran said, adding they would fund 200 doctoral candidates over five years to take up PhD programs in various subjects.
