Campus hiring drops: Infosys, TCS, Wipro focus on reskilling existing staff

Campus hiring drops as academia lags, with firms trying to marry resources to changing market

Information technology (IT) companies are gearing up to reskill their personnel, to help them stay relevant with automation.

Software service providers are seeing a shift in demand from infrastructure development and legacy services to Artificial Intelligence (AI), big data analytics, machine learning and cloud-based delivery models. Tata Consultancy Services, the country’s largest software exporter, has spoken about skilling 100,000 people in digital technology. Infosys has created a Design Thinking platform to both reskill people and drive innovation. “During the first three quarters of FY17, Wipro has upskilled more than 30,000 employees on digital technologies such as BigData, Advanced Analytics, Cloud,