It Firms Hiring

Tech hiring in FY25: 40% rise in demand for freshers, 30% salary hikes

FY25 is expected to see a 40 per cent rise in fresher hiring, driven by artificial intelligence, machine learning, cloud technologies, and upskilling

Tata group's listed companies see small increase in staff in FY24

TCS accounted for bulk of attrition at group level in FY24

Fresher hiring in India's IT sector tumbles to two-decade low: Xpheno

HR analysts and college placements offices that Business Standard spoke to said fresher hiring by the top five IT firms has been the lowest in this financial year so far

Decline in IT staffing slows flexi employment in third quarter: ISF

Staffing in other sectors increased by 3.8% Q-o-Q in Q3, driven by demand from e-commerce, retail, logistics, manufacturing, and hospitality

Back to office, everyone

It seemed like yesterday when all IT majors were singing the praises of the #WorkFromHome practice. There were even reports that said many companies were planning on moving to #WFH permanently

Apprentice skilling in IT/BFSI industry to create 5 mn jobs by 2025: Report

IT/ITES sector likely to pay between Rs 11,000 and Rs 75,000 to young apprentices

Net hiring in India's top four IT firms drops by 97% to 1,940 in Q3FY23

Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, Infosys and HCL Tech- reported a combined net addition of 1,940 employees in the quarter that ended December 2022

Is invoking a non-compete clause by Infosys a right move?

A workers' union has shot off a letter to the govt alleging Infosys of using a non-compete clause to prevent employees from joining rival firms. What's behind the clause? Can it set a wrong precedence

Realty projects sell out in days over low interest rate, IT hiring

Godrej Properties sold record 340 apartments worth Rs 580 crore in second phase of Noida project

How IT firms are solving skills divide as they go back to campuses

Though the salary level of the students being hired has remained Rs 3-3.5 lakh for years, companies are ready to shell out more for those who excel in coding and programme languages

Top 5 Indian IT companies to add over 96,000 employees: Nasscom

The IT-BPM sector overall employs 4.5 million people as of March 2021, Nasscom said.

IT firms likely to send more work to India as US proposes H-1B visa changes

Indian companies may step up US hiring after Trump administration's proposal to make changes in visa rules.

Unsure of hiring fresh graduates, IT companies venture off campus

The technology industry is one of the largest recruiters for fresh graduates in the country.

Infosys plans to broaden hiring on campus through technology platform

Bengaluru, 11 November After Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) introduced a 'National Qualifier Test' for recruiting engineering graduates, Infosys has launched a learning platform, 'InfyTQ', which it is planning to use for campus hiring."Earlier, due to absence of technology, our presence was limited to a certain number of colleges," says UB Pravin Rao, chief operating officer. "The platform was launched around nine months back and the idea is to use the data to hire fresh graduates."According to the information technology services major, all graduates from various engineering colleges are encouraged to register on this platform, where a lot of training material is shared with the students by Infosys. Certifications in various new-age technologies are also available on it, which students will get after clearing the examinations. "Anyone who has cleared our certification will be a strong candidate for us to recruit," Rao said.TCS launched its National Qualifier Test last year and says ..

IT firms change hiring strategy

With growing automation, companies skip campus recruitment as demands of clients are changing