Capgemini To Hire Up To 30,000 Employees In India This Year

The Indian workforce constitutes for over half of Capgemini’s global employees base.

Mumbai: French tech major Capgemini, which employs close to 1.15 lakh people in India, is looking to hire up to 30,000 employees in the country this year, as it seeks to derive more value from its presence here. The hiring will be evenly split between freshers and experienced professionals, or laterals, its country chief executive Ashwin Yardi told.

The Indian workforce constitutes for over half of its global employees base.

“India forms a very important part of our business and we will hire 25,000-30,000 people here this year on a gross basis,” Yardi said.

At present, it is focusing efforts on re-skilling employees for the technologies of the future, he said, adding that this has now become a continuous process.

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It has been found that youngsters under 30, who make up for over 65 per cent of its workforce, show a keenness to learn, he said, adding that it is conducting special programmes for the mid-level managers having 10-15 years of experience who would be placed as project managers or architects.

Yardi said there has not been any “restructuring or involuntary attrition” beyond the normal course of exits due to performance-related issues.

Source: Economic Times

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