TCS, Infosys, Wipro & HCL Double Fresher Hiring Target

Exciting news for job aspirants who are looking for opportunities in the Indian IT sector. The top four Indian IT firms - Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys, Wipro, and HCL Tech - are reportedly planning to hire over 1.5 lakh freshers by 2022.

On the back of the improving pandemic situation and spike in attrition, these big IT companies have doubled their hiring targets for 2021-22, as per a report by national media (moneycontrol). These companies had reportedly hired some 82,000 fresh graduates during 2021 fiscal and also added over 50,000 employees in the quarter ending September this year.

India's largest software exporter, TCS has already on-boarded 43,000 freshers. The company has reportedly increased its intake target from 40,000 to 78,000 for this year. While Infosys has revised its fresher hiring target to 17,000, HCL Tech is targeting to hire 22,000 from campuses and it has already made a record 11,135 hiring so far.

Chief Human Resources Officer of Wipro, Saurabh Govil said that the company has made over 10,000 net headcount additions in the second quarter. The company said that due to the higher attrition environment, it will further increase the hiring rate by threefold in the next two years.