From: "Sriram Karra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
For one thing the chaps who joined the company in earlier years were
not exactly the brightest sparks on campus (to generalise a bit), as
Indian IT services companies have not even been close to being the
most sought after companies on campuses. It is unlikely so many
'engagement manager' positions will be made available for these
candidates.
Not so- Cognizant has pretty much been consistently a 'day one' company
across the MBA campuses for the last 5 years. And we do hire for overseas
positions (usually during the lateral hiring sessions, which these days is
separate from the final placement process). The key difference seems to be
the kind of roles and career path options that the company offers to MBAs,
which is very different from Infy, for example.
At any rate, it cannot be denied that the whole thing is a great
exercise in HR crisis management and handling busted egos. But there
is also an unanimous feeling that Infy is headed in the right
direction, and might just result in bringing back IT companies more
competitive on campuses... We are anxiously waiting to see how this
will all pan out in the slightly longer term.
None of this is new to Cognizant :-)
cheers,
Divya
