BENGALURU : At a time when many companies have hit a pause on hiring, IT services firm Capgemini will continue to digitally onboard new employees in India despite the challenges arising due to the covid-19 outbreak, it said Wednesday.
The French IT major has a significant presence in India with 125,000 employees, nearly half of its global headcount of 270,000. “We will continue to hire as per plans and client requirements," Ashwin Yardi, chief executive officer, Capgemini India told Mint.
He added that the hiring will be across freshers and laterals with a focus on new-age technologies such as digital, cloud, and data analytics. “We hired more than 6000 employees in Q1 out of which approximately 4,000 are lateral hires and 2,000 are