TCS Piloting Digital Learning Project To Reduce Training Time For Fresh Recruits

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s largest IT services company, is piloting a digital learning project for its employees and fresh recruits, a move aimed to reduce the time spent in their training.

Indian IT firms have been looking for ways to maintain margins, one of which is to boost the utilisation rate of employees.

“We are piloting more digital training internally and we can extend this to students hired from campus. Obviously, I can’t do the three-month training before they join, but our assumption is this will help reduce training time and make them productive quicker,” said Ajoyendra Mukherjee, head of global HR at TCS.

He also added that the digital recruitment through Facebook and LinkedIn had decreased the number of hiring done by third-party recruiters.

“A majority of our recruitment is now done directly. We use third-party recruitment firms just for niche and senior positions,” he said during a Press conference to discuss the findings of the company’s fifth GenY survey.
The survey, which explored the social media and the Internet usage habits of 18,000 students, showed that Google+ is beginning to gain popularity among the youth.

“These surveys help us understand the workforce for tomorrow and helps us make investments in the future,” said Mukherjee.