Indian IT firms look for lateral staff overseas, poach from each other

While top 5 firms have stepped up hiring, Infosys has quoted a promising number of 10,000 people

Indian IT services firms are seeking to hire talent from each other as they plan to add more experienced people locally in the US and other markets. 

At a time when companies such as Infosys, Cognizant, Wipro and others have ramped up local hiring in the largest market along with Donald Trump’s push for creating more jobs for Americans, firms plan to fill the overseas positions faster. 

Out of Infosys’ 150 top-paid executives hired onsite in FY17, more than half were from its rival companies, as reported by The Economic Times. “Infosys poached 12 executives from Cognizant, 13 from Capgemini,