Head-hunters are increasingly preferring professionals with embedded industry experience over conventional technology profiles for mid-level roles at Indian outsourcing companies and global capability centres, reflecting a shift in talent demand in the AI era.
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The search for mid-level talent with 8-15 years of experience is expanding beyond conventional technology profiles as industry domain experts emerge as rivals for jobs at outsourcing firms and global capability centres.
Conventional technology professionals have domain experts in user industries emerging as new rivals for plum jobs at locally listed outsourcing companies and global capability centres (GCCs), pointing to increasing head-hunter preference for embedded experience in the tech-agnostic AI era.The search for mid-level talent, with 8-15 years of experience, has now expanded beyond conventional technology profiles, top executives told ET.
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