Top Indian Technology Firms TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Aegis and Others in US Are Going for Local Hiring

Indian IT firms are seeking to employ more Americans as a result of the high US unemployment rate and criticism of outsourcing. “In response, IT firms are now pulling out all the stops to be seen as job creators with a stake in local economies,” writes Shruti Sabharwal for the Economic Times. Sensitive to charges of stealing jobs, the Indian firms have joined a number of US initiatives: Wipro sponsors US events like the marathon in San Francisco and trains members of the Georgia National Guard and Army Reserve; Infosys, which earns more than half its revenues in the nation, has more than 17,000 employees in the US and targets college job fairs for more; TCS, with the most US employees, targets poor rural areas, inviting high schoolers to technology camps. While the dent it makes in the US unemployment rate is small, Indian IT firms recognize that the way to win goodwill in their biggest market is by creating jobs. – YaleGlobal