DXC onboards 500 women recruits in a single day in India – Times of India

BENGALURU: DXC Technology said it has hired 5,000 campus graduates in India this year, compared to just a few last year. It said it virtually onboarded 500 women recruits on a single day in India – its highest ever.
The women hires are from various engineering institutes and will be deployed across the company’s technology stack, including IT outsourcing, cloud and security services, applications, data and advisory. “DXC’s diversity charter is core to its success. We are committed to building our future by collaborating with the right talent and furthering a culture which rewards diverse strengths,” said Nachiket Sukhtankar, MD of DXC India.
The company also plans to ramp up hiring next year to 5,000-7,000 and has already reached out to campuses.
“Last year, DXC’s strategy was hiring experienced people or lateral hires; with a few campus hires as needed by business. We are now focused and committed to building our campus outreach and will be hiring extensively from campuses,” the company said in a statement to TOI.
The $21-billion company, formed in 2017 with the merger of Computer Sciences Corp (CSC) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) services segment, has been struggling compared to most of its IT peers. The focus on fresher hiring follows a path that its peers have been taking for a long time, partly with the objective of reducing costs. Younger people are also seen as digital natives, more comfortable with today’s technologies than their older counterparts.
DXC said it has also onboarded 4,500 lateral hires this year till date. IT services companies like Infosys and Wipro have also said the pandemic will not derail their plans to recruit thousands from Indian colleges.