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Infy still believes in 'catch them young' policy

BS Bureau

Infosys Technologies continues to believe in catchin' them young policy with the number of employees in the age group 20-25 years constituting 62 per cent of the total employee strength during 2001 compared with 57 per cent during the previous year.

As per its annual report, the number of employees between the age group of 26 years and 30 years has in fact dropped to 28 per cent during 2001 compared with 31 per cent during the previous year.

Those in the age group of 41 years and 50 years has also decreased to 9 per cent during 2001 compared with 11 per cent during the previous year.

There are a total of 17 employees in the age group of 51 years and 60 years compared with 11 during 1999-2000. Currently, there are a total of 9,831 employees compared with 5,389 during the previous year.

The report says that the company believes that its continued success will depend upon its ability to recruit, train, deploy and retain highly talented IT professionals.

Even as the field of software engineering has been attracting the best and brightest Indian students, management believes the company has become, for Indian engineering graduates, one of the most sought after employers, the report said.

It said the company focuses its recruiting efforts on the top 20 per cent of the students from the engineering departments of Indian universities and uses a series of tests and interviews to identify the best applicants.

In an effort to attract the most highly qualified candidates, the company has spent significant resources in creating a quality work environment.

Infosys was voted the "Best Employer of India" by study conducted by Hewitt Associates in a survey of over 150 companies in 2000.

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