Engineers are back in vogue. All thanks to Snapdeal, Flipkart and other eCommerce giants

Apart from competition on the field, e-Commerce giants are also competing with each other to get the best talent.

With startups mushrooming every second and old ones firming their ground with investors and innovation, e-Commerce giants like Flipkart, Snapdeal, Quickr, Urban Ladder, etc are looking for top talent to cement their place in the industry.

For this, they are eyeing top engineering institutes for recruitment and are offering lucrative offers to woo students at IITs, NITs and other institutes.

While, Flipkart is planning to double the number of employees of its technology team to 2,400 engineers, Snapdeal will also do the same to about 2,000 this year.

As per Economic Times, nearly 10% of IIT students had joined such companies last year and the percentage may grow this time round.

"We are not limiting ourselves to any fixed number for campus hiring. We are rearing to go and will be aggressive at the tech, B-school and logistics campuses. We will attract talent by selling them the opportunity to work with an ecommerce leader that will impact a larger audience," Dalbir Singh, senior director human resources at Flipkart, told ET.

Snapdeal will rely heavily on the campuses for fresh talent to widen its base of tech team.

Meanwhile, Rajiv Srivatsa, chief operating officer and co-founder of Urban Ladder, said the startup plans to visit campuses earlier this year than it did last time round.
"Technology is where the rubber meets the road and ideas become reality. As technology is so integral to us, this year we will try to be ahead of others in tapping the top campus talent," Dhruv Dubey, vice president - HR at Quikr, told the financial daily.

Meanwhile, interest level among students to join startups is also growing due to roles and atmosphere offered by the startups.

"I will go to the top IITs and talk about the company and the culture that boosts fun and flexibility," online grocer PepperTap's CEO Navneet Singh told ET.

Also, hiring students at an early stage is also becoming the norm at e-Commerce companies.

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