Infosys to recruit 20,000 freshers by year-end

INFOSYS on Thursday said it has added 8,023 employees in the second quarter and onboarded over 12,000 freshers in the first half of the financial year.

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Addressing the media after announcing the second-quarter results, the company's Chief Financial Officer, Jayesh Sanghrajka, said: "In terms of hiring, we have a net addition of over 8,000 employees and have onboarded 12,000 fresh graduates in the first half of the financial year. We expect to hire nearly 20,000 freshers by the year-end. We had set a target at the beginning of the year to hire around 15,000 freshers for FY26." Speaking on the H-1B visa issue, the company said that the majority of its workforce does not require such visas. Salil Parekh, CEO of Infosys, said: "The number of people who require Infosys' sponsorship for immigration is a minority. We have built a large number of centres and hubs focused on di