IT services providers including Mindtree, Birlasoft, and LTI are tapping their alumni network as businesses revive following stepped up outsourcing by clients to cut costs and scale up their technologies.
This network, apart from being a great source of finding workers who know exactly what the company wants, is useful because the software services providers do not have to highlight their uniqueness during recruiting. And, with new hires being onboarded remotely, bringing back former employees is an added advantage.
Exact numbers are difficult to estimate, but in cases, like Mindtree the returning employees account for 10-15% of the total talent intake over a given period according to sources.