Accenture has more employees than TCS, to hire more

It seems Accenture is on a hiring spree as it overtook Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in headcount in latest quarter.

"We ended the quarter with a global headcount of about 336,000 people, and we now have approximately 237,000 people in our global delivery network. We now expect that approximately 95,000 people will join our company in fiscal '15," David Rowland, chief financial officer at the company said on a conference call with analysts.

Meanwhile, Economic Times report stated that TCS last reported that it had 319,656 employees on its rolls and was expected to hire about 60,000 employees in its current financial year.

As Accenture continues to see strong growth in digital, it also increased its FY growth target for the third time this year.

"In the third quarter, we delivered more than 30% growth in local currency in digital-related services which now account for more than 20% of our total revenues. Demand for digital is pervasive across the entire business," Accenture CEO Pierre Nanterme told ET.

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