E&Y to hire 6,500 globally including Indo-China

Accounting giant Ernst & Young (E&Y) is planning to increase its workforce by atleast 6,500 people in FY11 across the globe including India and China.

Ernst & Young (E&Y) plans to increase its headcount heavily in the emerging markets by hiring 2,500 in India and China and 2,000 plus in the Middle East & North Africa, it said in a statement.

Besides, the company also plans to hire over a 1,000 people in Africa and more than 1,000 in Russia.

The new recruits would be across all four service lines -- assurance, tax, transactions and advisory.

E&Y earlier announced combined global revenues of $21.3 billion for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010.