Human Resources, Singapore: Cognizant Accelerates Hiring in Singapore; Cognizant’s APAC Head Says the Company is Heavily Investing to Replicate the Success of its Global Graduate Recruitment Program in Singapore

“Cognizant has announced accelerated hiring plans in Singapore ― with 1,500 employees currently on rolls, and plans to hire 100 more this year ― to meet the needs of its rapid growth in the region,” reports Human Resources. “The provider of IT, consulting, and business process services is looking to hire highly skilled technology and business professionals, in addition to hiring entry-level technical and management talent from premier Singaporean universities. In May 2016, Cognizant launched a 10-week internship program for local universities such as National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Management University, and SIM Global Education.”

Jayajyoti Sengupta, APAC Head, Cognizant, says: “Our accelerated hiring program is in keeping with our mission to leverage the best talent globally and offer clients strong local relationship management with robust global service delivery capabilities.” Excerpts from the interview:

“We will continue to build our recruitment program in Singapore and provide local talent with opportunities to serve marquee clients and work on cutting-edge engagements.

Our talent base in Singapore has continually expanded to serve the increasingly complex needs of a growing number of clients, in industry segments such as banking and financial services, life sciences, manufacturing, logistics and retail, communications, and IME (information, media and entertainment).

To meet these growing needs in Singapore, we are constantly on the lookout for experienced hires in these industry segments with deep domain expertise combined with technology know-how.

Not just that, globally, we focus on investing in the ‘talent for future’ by hiring the best-of-breed talent from universities in the markets we service. Hence, we are now heavily investing to replicate the success of our well-recognized global graduate recruitment program in Singapore and help create a pool of world-class business and technology talent to meet our growing future requirements in Singapore.

While there are staffing requirements across a broad spectrum of our service lines, some key areas where we see increased demand for top-notch business and technology professionals include digital strategists and technologists, user experience designers, data scientists, professionals with strong process automation capabilities and expertise across industry segments, and business and domain consultants.

Our campus hiring philosophy at top-tier technical and business schools is all about ‘going beyond recruitment’. High touch engagements such as delivering guest lectures, conducting industry-academia exchanges, investing in labs/technical infrastructure, and providing guidance on industry-relevant programs have helped position us as an employer of choice.”

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