Accenture has come out with its Q1FY25 data, which show that most of its 24,000 recruits were from India as with the preceding two quarters. The man-force in totality has increased to 7,99,000 during this period and India being the source of most skilled talent.
CEO Julie Sweet said that earlier, it was labour arbitrage big thing a decade ago, but now India has got the scalable skills that clients from all across the world look for. “While the hiring this quarter was also mostly accomplished as last quarter, we focused on India given its size and experience,” Sweet said in an analyst call after the announcement.
The consulting giant’s data and AI group has grown to approximately 69,000 workers and is projecting for 80,000 by FY26. This has been a step up in establishing these specialised workers that meet business requirements in the market.
In the last three quarters Accenture hired over 54,000 employees recapturing a marginal decline in employee strength in second quarter of FY 2024. Sweet supported this strategy indicating that Flextronics is present in over 100 talent centres globally aimed at fulfilling specific client requirement like language, time zone, etc.
Furthermore, the company has been continuing opening of centres in Greater considerations of talents throughout the world, for instance, the new centre in the Bronx of United States.
The firm also updated its full-year forecast of revenue growth, and respectively from 3-6 % to 4-7 %. Sweet credited this to both expansive business growth in the form of acquisitions and sustained trends in business activity. “At the high end of our guidance, we’ll exit the year at 4%.” That, she said, points to positive growth and hiring trends.
Accenture still remains loyal to both skills and innovation, with further signifying the role of India as a part of Accenture strategy, as well as a key to implement technological and business changes.
