SynopsisEveryone wants FDEs, but where are these specialised engineers? IT firms turn to reskilling & adjacent talent pools as FDE demand outpaces supply, writes Shristi Achar.India’s largest IT company, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), wants to hire 8,900 (Forward Deployment Engineers) FDEs this year, while Infosys targets up to 6,000. HCLTech plans to have 15-20% of its fresher hiring as FDEs, while Wipro has a target to deploy 10,000 FDEs in the next 18 months.Data from staffing firm Quess Corp suggests that just around 1,300-1,500 ‘narrowly defined’ FDEs are available for hire currently.Indian IT servicesNow Playing
A new army of forward deployed engineers are rewriting the playbook at Indian IT services companies - The Economic Times
Everyone wants FDEs, but where are these specialised engineers? IT firms turn to reskilling & adjacent talent pools as FDE demand outpaces supply, writes Shristi Achar.
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