Accenture Going to Hire 8,000 by Next Year

One of the biggest consultancy giant and global technology leader, Accenture is going to hire approx. 8,000 people in India by the end of next year.
According to Accenture, it wants its total employee base in the country up to 50,000 by next year. The Chairman and Chief Executive officer of Accenture Mr. William D Green said to PTI on the sidelines of India economic summit, “We are 42,000 right now and we imagine we will be about 50,000 by the end of 2010.”
Showing recovery from the global downturn, Green stated that the company would be now paying attention in India, especially in analytics arenas. Main objective of Accenture’s in India is going to be the analytics space that will help the clients in converting information into insights and for better performances.
Green commenced, “We believe that analytics is going to be an important trend that our customers are going to demand from us. We think India is going to be a great place for us. We have some core centers of excellence in the analytics space in the country.” He also added, India would be a great place for them and have some core centers for excellence in the analytics space in the country.
For the year 2009, Accenture has annual revenue of $21.58 billion and now the company will beef up its attention on clients in telecommunications, energy and pharmaceutical divisions in the country.