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IT hiring to grow 10-12% in 2021 as global purse strings loosen: TeamLease

Growth to be led by demand for contractual staff, advanced technology skills

IIT Delhi ends phase-1 of virtual internship hiring with over 300 offers

Selection process done seamlessly using e-resources such as registrations, student orientations & training, company presentations, pre-processes like tests, group discussions and interviews

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.

Overall hiring intention of IT employers drops 5 percentage points: Survey

The report further noted that Indian IT companies intend to hire mostly freshers, up to five years experience

Amid talent battle, global uncertainty, top 5 IT firms hire 57% more in Q1

Analysts say that the challenging phase for the IT sector might now be over; companies could grow on a quarter-on-quarter basis

Australian software firm Atlassian plans to hire 200 engineers in Bengaluru

Atlassian plans to hire 200 more engineers for its Bengaluru R&D centre, first outside of Australia and the US

IT recruitment expected to pick up pace after hitting the slow lane

While there has been an improvement in the overall demand environment, the other reason expected to trigger this growth is the absence of a bench strength in most companies

Employee addition by Indian information technology's Big 4 drops over 76%

The top four Indian IT firms added 13,972 employees on a net basis added 13,972 employees on a net basis

Japan to recruit 200,000 IT professionals from India to fill manpower gap

The Japanese government is also planning to issue Green Cards for highly skilled professionals

Job shock in IT sector: Firms to step up layoffs, pare hiring: Survey

While senior staffs are likely to lose out on jobs, hiring will take place mostly at junior, mid levels

In search for engineers: Microsoft, Oracle, Google step up hiring in India

Global firms such as Microsoft, LinkedIn, Oracle, Facebook and Google are increasing their workforce in India in emerging areas such as digital, cloud and analytics, triggering a talent war with Indian services providers. These firms are also looking at engineers in India to work on technologies similar to their global counterparts as they struggle to find people to scale in their home markets. The move for these firms, majority US-based companies comes at a time when there is growing protectionism for talent in markets such as the US and Australia, in favour of local hires. This has pushed Indian IT service providers such as Infosys, TCS and Wipro to commit hiring local resources in the US to get more contracts from American clients. "Almost all the American companies are ramping up their presence in India. Facebook, LinkedIN and other companies are increasing headcount here in India. Some of them doubled the number in last four months and have the best talent working here at par ..

Going local is the new mantra: Indian IT cos to hire from US, UK campuses

So far firms have been dependent on sending engineers from back home to these markets

Indian IT hiring to remain sluggish till September 2017, says survey

Hiring intentions have declined by 15 percentage points from the previous quarter