IT companies look for talent in specialised AI skills

BENGALURU: About 50% of IT services company Tata Consultancy Services’ (TCS) lateral hires are coming in with high-end skills, including Artificial Intelligence/ Gen AI and others.

Milind Lakkad, Chief HR Officer of TCS, said this during the fourth quarter earnings call. “If you look at our trainee intake, the percentage of hires we have in digital is 40% compared to 17% last year,” he added.