Big IT to restart hiring come December

IT companies are finally starting to hire. Infosys, TCS, Wipro and even Patni have begun hiring for 2011-12, reports CNBC-TV18’s Kritika Saxena.

The big four of the IT industry in their quarterly results showcased wage increments but hinted at no fresh hiring. And that was bad news for employees in the IT industry. However, come December and Wipro, Infosys and TCS will begin to re-start hiring.

Says Pratik Kumar, Director & Head - HR, Wipro, “Yes we have started hiring. We would be visiting campuses. The numbers have not been finalised. December will see the maximum amount of recruitment. The board has to finalise the exact number of recruits we will be taking in. But we will roughly take a larger number of freshers when compared to laterals in the ratio of 60:40, with the edge to freshers.

For TCS, the ratio for hiring freshers against laterals is 70 to 30. Infosys has already decided to hire about 200 employees across their offices. The number in India is expected to be more.

SD Shibulal, COO & Co-Founder, Infosys says, “We will look at local recruitment. So for example, for Germany we have recruited a country head, who is a local country head and creating local presence through those activities.”

Even Patni has begun to ramp up its hiring.

Rajesh Padmanabhan, Global Head - HR, Patni says, “We are definitely going to hire about 500 people within Q4 2009 and Q1 2010. The overall hiring recruitment I would put it at 1200 to 1500 based on the visibility that we have today.”

But till March 2011, offers will be given to freshers more than lateral employees.