By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat
It’s been a while since we first started warning that the biggest problem for Indian IT outsourcing operations would be continuing to find enough employees to sustain their impressive growth rates. Now, however, it seems like it truly is becoming a problem. In the latest example, IBM sees growth in India but skill shortage a worry (Reuters.com):
But the rush for staff has led to rising wages and a skills shortage.”It’s (skill shortage) a challenge and we have got to address that … currently all of us are recruiting,” Annaswamy said.
“We know how to recruit quality personnel which are available in India, but we also know how to train them, how to give them career options and how to make them feel proud of being an IBM-er.”
The pain is being shared fairly evenly across all those who want a big presence in India. But that doesn’t make it any less difficult to hire and retain quality staff.
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