No Java, Oracle or AWS? Sorry, next student please
₹3.5 lakh, ₹7 lakh and ₹10 lakh. While earlier all students who were keen on the firm were allowed to apply, this time, preference will be given to students who are certified in AWS, Oracle, Java, etc," said the placement head of a leading engineering college based in Tamil Nadu that has over 5,000 students graduating this year. Cognizant, which offers ₹6.5 lakh onwards, is also looking at similar skill sets; more than 1,000 students will apply for the two firms, the placement head added.
The compensation varies depending on the profiles and the ones above are part of the bulk hiring roles. The roles offered to an Indian Institute of Technology graduate will be different along with higher compensation. So far, TCS, HCL and Cognizant have said they will head for the campuses while rivals Infosys and Wipro had earlier said they will not.
HCL has said it will continue to hire as planned, but TCS is cutting down campus hiring plans. Emails sent to Cognizant and HCL were unanswered till press time. A TCS spokesperson said: “There is no change in our campus recruitment process and approach from previous years.
As always, we are seeking the best talent available based on our business needs, and we continue our investments in their training and deployment into client projects." “HCL Tech will keep hiring to meet 5.5% growth guidance," the company’s chief executive officer (CEO) C. Vijayakumar had said in an interview earlier. “We’ll see the hiring momentum continue into Q4 and beyond." K.
Krithivasan, CEO of TCS, said in an interview in January that the company was doubling down on in-campus hiring. “Last year we hired about 40,000 people. This year we’ll start with a smaller number.
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