Posted by EY, PwC, Deloitte and KPMG hiring more fresh graduates amid a surge in business
The country’s top consulting and professional services firms such as EY, PwC, Deloitte, KPMG, and Grant Thornton are on a campus hiring spree with many set to clock their highest campus intakes this year as their businesses and revenues hit record highs.
These firms will increase their intake of fresh graduates from leading engineering, management and undergraduate colleges by 100-150% vis-a-vis 2019 and 2020 to meet rising demand as the need for consulting support has peaked across sectors amid recovery from Covid-19 disruptions, top industry officials said.
“We look at the campus talent pool as a critical resource to serve our clients and operations’ needs with the appropriate balance between technical capability and executive presence,” said Prashant Mehra, partner and chief operating officer of Grant Thornton Bharat.
The company plans to hire around 500 graduates, under-graduates and professionals by the end of the year from colleges like SRCC, Kirorimal, Bhagat Singh, Venkateshwara, Dyal Singh, HR College, NM College, Christ College and others. “This also includes around 150 people from ICAI campus and proposed hiring of around 125 candidates for our technology and cyber practices from PG/B tech colleges like IIMs, IITs and other premier management and BTech institutes,” Mehra said.
PwC India is “ramping up campus hiring in a big way”, said Padmaja Alaganandan, its chief people officer. The consulting major will hire about 3,000 from campuses this year spanning a diverse skillset including engineers, management graduates, accountants, designers and those related to areas such as ESG (environment, social, and corporate governance).
“It is a valuable pool of talent that grows with us and brings in energy and diverse perspectives to enrich our culture,” Alaganandan said.
Profiles in demand include those in business consulting, managed services, and risk advisory, officials said.
A big focus this year will be on tech roles such as data science, digital analytics, design, compliance services, cyber security, etc. as consulting companies saw a huge spurt in revenue growth in technology advisory and other technology-related practices with most Indian companies accelerating their digital implementation since the outbreak of Covid-19.
EY India partner and talent leader Sandeep Kohli said it will hire more than 6,000 graduates from campuses across arts, commerce, humanities and engineering colleges for all its service lines and global delivery centre.
As per industry estimates, top consultancies together hired more than 20,000 people in the last six months, including freshers. Top firms, which ran into cashflow issues mid-2020 due to pandemic-led lockdowns and restrictions, saw demand for consulting support soar afte ..