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Infosys to hire 27,000 people by March
By siliconindia
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Friday, 16 January 2009, 00:30 IST |
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Bangalore: Infosys Technologies said it will hire around 27,000 professionals by March this year, up from around 25,000 annual hiring the firm had projected earlier.
During quarter ending December 31, Infosys had a total headcount of 1,03,078. For the third quarter ending December 31, 2008, Infosys had made a gross addition of 5,997 with the net intake being 2,772.
"We will be honoring every offer that we have made, in fact for the incoming freshers we have sent letters telling them what period they would be joining," said TV Mohandas Pai, Head,HR, Infosys.
The firm has made offers to around 20,000 engineering graduates for the next year. The attrition rate for Infosys has come down to 11.8 percent at the end of Q3 as against 12.8 percent during the September quarter this year.
"The tolerance for non-performance has come down to zero," he added. The BPO number addition has dipped at the end of the Q3, with the total headcount number standing at 16,941 as against 17,327 at the end of the second quarter.