IT services hiring almost nil; no demand pick up likely in Q2

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Hiring in the IT services sector has remained stagnant over the past six to seven quarters, with no active demand likely to pick up in the second quarter either, a top official from staffing firm Quess Corp has said.

Quess Corp ED and CEO Guruprasad Srinivasan told PTI that demand for technology talents is coming from global capability centres and non-IT companies.

“At least for the last six to seven quarters. And we are also not seeing very active demand coming in, even in Q2 as well. So, IT services being a bit muted or dehiring happening, there has been no impact on Quess,” he said.

He added that 73 per cent of staffing demand for the company comes from non-IT and GCCs, where demand for the technology talent pool is high.