{"id":23054,"date":"2014-02-26T08:36:39","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T15:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/infosys-to-hire-200-new-mbas\/"},"modified":"2014-02-27T13:54:48","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T20:54:48","slug":"infosys-to-hire-200-new-mbas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/infosys-to-hire-200-new-mbas\/","title":{"rendered":"Infosys to Hire 200 New MBAs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/mba_in_sight_focus_on_management_consulting\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23065\" alt=\"Infosys-Hiring1\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Infosys-Hiring1.jpg\" width=\"214\" height=\"209\" \/><\/a>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/2014-02-14\/news\/47336784_1_srikantan-moorthy-infosys-consulting-and-package-implementation\" target=\"_blank\">an article in <em>The Economic Times<\/em><\/a>, Infosys hasn\u2019t hired MBA talent for four years now, but currently plans on changing that by hiring at least 200 MBAs from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/Zones\/bschools.aspx\">top b-schools<\/a> around the world, in an effort to beef up its business consulting practice. This will be the largest ever global MBA recruitment by an Indian company.<\/p>\n<p>According to Pascal Matzke, VP of Forrester Research, \u201cInfosys realises it has a lot of great technical skills, but not business skills. This (hiring global MBAs) is to beef up business capabilities and skills so that they really can compete with the likes of Accenture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Business schools that Infosys is targeting include: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/harvardhbs.aspx\">HBS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/wharton.aspx\">Wharton<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/nyustern.aspx\">NYU Stern<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/chicago.aspx\">Chicago Booth<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/uclaanderson.aspx\">UCLA<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/northwesternkellogg.aspx\">Kellogg<\/a> in the United States; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/londonbusinessschool.aspx\">London Business School<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/insead.aspx\">INSEAD<\/a>, ESADE, Oxford Said, International Institute for Management Development (Switzerland), and Rotterdam School of Management in Europe; and NUS, Asian Institute of Management, Manila, Australian Graduate School of Management, Melbourne Business School, and China Europe International Business School in Asia-Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>Infosys will also be hiring from the IIMs in India.<\/p>\n<p>With new hiring strategies and improved employee engagement, Infosys plans on lowering its attrition rate which is one of the highest among top-tier firms (at 18%).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reports.accepted.com\/mba_in_sight_focus_on_management_consulting\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21321\" title=\"Interested in Management Consulting? \" alt=\"Click here to download your free copy of Focus on Management Consulting\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Focus-on-Management-Consulting.jpg\" width=\"435\" height=\"260\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4169\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" title=\"Accepted.com\" alt=\"Accepted.com\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/logo-small-for-SF.jpg\" width=\"111\" height=\"61\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"author\">Accepted.com ~ Helping You Write Your Best <\/a><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Accepted.com's <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/aboutus\/AboutUs.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">experienced admissions consultants<\/a> can help you create the most impressive application possible with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/Services\/MBAProgramServices.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">comprehensive packages<\/a>,<b><i> <\/i><\/b>or provide targeted assistance from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/services\/mba\/admissionsconsulting.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">picking perfect programs<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/admissionsresume.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">designing a dazzling resume<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/essayediting.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">constructing engaging essays<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/interviewservices.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">preparing for intense interview<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/mba\/interviewservices.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">s<\/a>\u2026and more! Accepted.com has guided thousands of applicants to acceptances at top MBA programs since 1994 \u2013 we know what works and what doesn't, so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accepted.com\/contactus.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">contact us<\/a> to get started now!<\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared on the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.accepted.com\/2014\/02\/26\/infosys-to-hire-200-new-mbas\/\" target=\"_blank\">Accepted Admissions Consulting Blog<\/a>, the official blog of Accepted.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/track.hubspot.com\/__ptq.gif?a=58291&amp;k=14&amp;bu=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.accepted.com&amp;r=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.accepted.com%2F2014%2F02%2F26%2Finfosys-to-hire-200-new-mbas%2F&amp;bvt=rss&amp;p=wordpress\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to an article in The Economic Times, Infosys hasn\u2019t hired MBA talent for four years now, but currently plans on changing that by hiring at least 200 MBAs from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,4,939,775,243],"tags":[61,1062],"class_list":["post-23054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mba","category-career-reviews","category-accepted","category-admission-consultants","category-blog","tag-hiring","tag-mba-hiring-trends","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23054"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23064,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23054\/revisions\/23064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}