Wipro BPO to take 1,000 recruits

HYDERABAD: In these days of depressing pink slips and layoffs, Wipro BPO’s Hyderabad office will recruit over 1,000 graduates and undergraduates in and around the State over the next six months.

The 30-acre Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Hyderabad division with around 3,150 employees plans to expand its current employee base significantly to meet customer requirements and sustain its business momentum, said Ashutosh Vaidya, Head, Wipro BPO.

Outsourcing

On the impact of the slowdown, he said there was some impact but clients keen on better service quality continued to choose outsourcing.

Wipro BPO would tap the talent pool of graduates and undergraduates with English speaking skills from the science, commerce and arts stream in the State and the neighbouring States such as Maharashtra and Karnataka. A series of ‘Job Fest’ will be held at S.V.University Tirupati on May 2 and 3, Nagarjuna University, May 12 and 13 and P.G.College, Ongole on May 14 and 15 and AMC Engineering College, Bangalore on May 5 and 6, he told mediapersons here on Tuesday. Recruitment drives were also proposed at Andhra University on May 9 and 10, Kakatiya University in May third week and Mangalore, Mysore and Hubli in May second week, he added.

Rigorous training

Mr. Vaidya said that contrary to the perception that a BPO was nothing but a call centre, Wipro BPO handled high-end technical support to various sectors like banking and capital markets, insurance, travel and hospitality, hi-tech manufacturing, telecom and healthcare.

The IT major is a place for career growth and encourages its employees to study further through its structured programme for higher education and lateral movements into other Wipro group companies. It has tie-ups with multiple institutions like BITS Pilani, Symbiosis, Delhi, Mumbai, Annamalai universities, APtech, etc., Mr. Vaidya said.

All the selected candidates would go through 90 days of rigorous training with focus on communication, technical and process-specific skills. Those who miss selection narrowly would be given further training at Wipro Academy to help them clear the selection test, said E.V.S.Sai Babu, vice-president, Talent Acquisition.

Wipro BPO had been performing exceedingly well since its inception in 2001. By 2008, it registered ten-fold growth with its clients increasing from five to 51, employees from 2,500 to 21,000 and revenue from 11 million USD to 290 million USD, Mr. Vaidya said.