IT firm Accenture said it expects to hire about 95,000 in FY 2015, as it continues to see strong growth, shooting past Tata Consultancy Services in headcount, in its latest quarter. “We ended the quarter with a global headcount of about 336,000 people, and we now have approximately 237,000 people in our global delivery network. We now expect that approximately 95,00 people will join our company in fiscal '15,” chief financial officer David Rowland said.
It also reported utilisation of 90 per cent, down from 91 per cent in the previous quarter. In the quarter, Accenture said it added 12 clients with bookings in excess of $100 million, and also raised its FY growth target for the third time this year, as it continues to see strong growth in digital. “In the third quarter, we delivered more than 30% growth in local currency in digital-related services which now account for more than 20% of our total revenues. Demand for digital is pervasive across the entire business,” Accenture CEO Pierre Nanterme said.
India's largest IT services company, Tata Consultancy Services had last reported of 319,656 employees on its rolls, and is expected to hire about 60,000 employees in the current financial year.
