The “boomerang employees” trend is now playing out with some of India's large companies, as more see benefit in tapping their former talent pool for senior executive hirings.
Last month, Vedanta announced its former acting chief financial officer (CFO) Ajay Goel would return to the firm for a second stint. The metals-to-oil group said this was part of its ongoing “Gharwapsi (homecoming)” programme.
Vedanta isn’t the only firm running an initiative of this kind.
Kartik Narayan, chief executive officer-staffing at Teamlease, said many companies had started to maintain active alumni networks to keep connections with their former employees. “These networks