Wipro BPO to hire 1,200 at Hyderabad unit in 6 months

HYDERABAD: Wipro BPO, an arm of Wipro Technologies, will hire around 1,200 people in six months for its Hyderabad facility. While more than half of the recruits will be from Andhra Pradesh, the remaining will be hired from other southern and northern states. The Hyderabad facility currently has over 3,000 employees.

The company will spend 40% of the employees��� salaries on training staff to suit customer requirements. ���While there has been an impact of the global meltdown, the BPO business will continue to grow as it helps customers cut operating costs by providing cost-effective solutions,��� said Wipro BPO senior vice-president and head Ashutosh Vaidya.

The Indian BP0 industry is expected to grow five-fold and provide direct employment to about two million people, according to a Nasscom study.

Wipro BPO has over 22,000 employees and contributes 7% of Wipro���s overall revenues.

���There is a thrust on recruitment in tier II and tier III locations. Talented candidates, who have moved up the ladder in a short span of time, can later opt for lateral shifts into other Wipro divisions. We have a sizeable amount of such shifts from IT services to BPO,��� said Mr Vaidya. The company will conduct recruitment drives across major cities and towns in the next two weeks.

Wipro will also expand its global outreach by setting up a new centre in Europe this year. It already has presence in Poland and Romania, besides operating in Atlanta, Mexico, Brazil, Poland, Romania, China, Philippines and Australia.