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Updated on: May 2023

Technology

AI will potentially impact of your working hours

May 12, 2023

Accenture in India rejigs top leadership, Rekha Menon to retire

Accenture has announced new appointments to its leadership team in India. Ajay Vij has been appointe...

Movement

May 5, 2023

Accenture in India rejigs top leadership, Rekha Menon to retire

Accenture in India is inviting applications for Tech Thrivers

An Irish-American professional services company, Accenture in India is inviting applications for Tec...

Industry

Apr 24, 2023

Accenture in India is inviting applications for Tech Thrivers

Accenture gets Alan Jope, CEO of Unilever, to Board of Directors

Accenture announced that Alan Jope has been appointed to the companys Board of Directors, effective...

C-Suite Move

Apr 15, 2023

Accenture gets Alan Jope, CEO of Unilever, to Board of Directors

Industry

Accenture is delaying onboarding for new-hire on top of job cuts

According to the reports of Livemint, An Irish-American professional services company, Accenture is delaying onboarding for new-hire and considering the start date of new hires. The reports further emphasized that the company’s recruiter apologized for the delay and said “The decision was made to create the best possible new joiner experience. One of the joiners affected by the […]

Apr 14, 2023

Hiring

Accenture is hiring various roles after sacking 19,000 employees

An Irish-American professional services company, Accenture is now hiring for multiple roles after sacking 19,000 employees which is nearly 2.5 percent of the company’s workforce. The company has now posted multiple job vacancies on LinkedIn including services marketing executive partner, media relations – capital markets, analyst relations writer specialist, and more. While applying for the job it […]

Apr 12, 2023

Layoffs

Accenture to sack 19,000 employees in next 18 months

A leading global professional services company, Accenture will sack 19,000 employees which is nearly 2.5 percent of the company’s workforce. More than half of the layoffs would impact employees in its non-billable corporate functions. According to CNBC reports the layoff will be over a period of the next 18 months. CNBC-TV18 shared a tweet saying, “#NewsFlash | […]

Mar 23, 2023

Hiring

Accenture is hiring experienced & freshers of 2020-22 pass-outs

An Irish-American professional services company, Accenture is hiring for various roles including experienced & freshers from 2020, 2021, and 2022 batches. Commenting on the hiring process the company said, “Scale new career heights while doing purposeful work that delivers lasting value for our clients and communities. Explore our exciting multilingual roles today!” Also Watch, What […]

Mar 17, 2023

C-Suite Move

PwC appoints Jaya Vaidhyanathan as an external director

PwC appoints Jaya Vaidhyanathan as an external director to its global board, the body responsible for the governance of PricewaterhouseCoopers International (PwCIL) and the PwC network, oversight of PwC’s network leadership team, and approval of the standards by which each PwC firm must abide. From 23 January 2023, Jaya has worked with the existing board members who […]

Mar 11, 2023

Industry

Engineering Colleges face tough placement season amid hiring slowdown

By the reports of the Economic Times, engineering colleges have witnessed a tough placement season due to the hiring slowdown. Harpreet Singh Saluja, Founder-President of Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate said, “This situation will remain till the U.S. economy recovers” The companies have initially delayed the onboarding of the employees and also reduced the salary […]

Feb 28, 2023

C-Suite Move

YouTube appoints Indian-American Neal Mohan as new CEO

A global online video-sharing and social media platform, YouTube has announced the appointment of Indian-American Neal Mohan as CEO. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of YouTube Susan Wojcicki has resigned from her role, Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc informed. She wants to spend more time with her family, health, and personal projects. “Today, after nearly 25 […]

Feb 17, 2023

Industry

IBM sues former executive for accepting role at rival company

An American multinational technology corporation, IBM has sued a former top Thai executive for accepting a role at a rival company. As per the company’s claims, The company has paid the employees bonuses totaling more than $470,000 in exchange for protecting confidential information and not engaging in “anti-competitive conduct within a specified period”. The company had asked […]

Feb 14, 2023

Industry

IT Companies find new ways to spot fraud in video interviews

India’s top two IT Companies Cognizant India & Accenture in India laid off a few of their employees due to Failed Background Checks in 2022. Cognizant India reported 6 percent involuntary attrition in the September ending quarter of FY22, which also includes the sacking of employees due to failed background checks. Accenture in India also fired a few […]

Feb 3, 2023

Hiring

Accenture is hiring graduates/Post-Graduates 2022 passouts; Apply

An Irish-American professional services company, Accenture is hiring graduates/Post-Graduates 2022 passouts for various roles. Commenting on the hiring process the company said, “Bring innovation, intelligence and industry experience together with the newest technologies to help clients innovate at scale and transform their businesses.” “Turn innovative ideas into business differentiation by creating customized software with our […]

Jan 28, 2023

Industry

Has Infosys used illegal means to get projects in Australia?

As per the Australian media houses, several leaked files have given access to some important clients, which include Infosys and Unisys. Infosys beats Accenture and IBM to win a deal from the Australian Federal Government’s Services, Australia to transform the entitlement calculation engine (ECE) for its welfare system. Infosys won the ECE project that enabled Services […]

Dec 23, 2022

Industry

Trouble for Indian IT Sector, Accenture’s below estimate guidance…

IT services and consulting, Accenture reported financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2023, which ended November 30, 2022, with revenues of $15.7 billion, an increase of 5% in U.S. dollars and 15% in local currency over the same period last year. Business Outlook Accenture expects revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2023 […]

Dec 19, 2022