HCL Tech plans to onboard 20,000 freshers this year

IT services major HCL Technologies’ plans to hire 20,000 freshers in FY22 based on the demand environment. The company’s Chief Human Resources Officer Apparao V V said HCL hired 16,878 people in the March quarter with a net hiring of 9,295 and hopes to onboard around 20,000 freshers in FY22.

“In January-March quarter, we have onboarded 6,034 freshers offshore and 620 freshers onsite. Overall for the whole year, we have on boarded 14,500 freshers, much more than what we did in any previous four-five financial years, and we are targeting in FY22, that we will be hoping to touch closer to 20,000 freshers onboarding,” he added.