Mumbai: The slowdown has come as a boon to the construction sector, at least on the talent front.With recruitment offers for engineers from the IT sector drying up this year, construction and infrastructure companies are having a field day recruiting at top engineering colleges, including the vaunted Indian Institute of Technology (IITs).
Till last year, engineers from highly-ranked institutes were hired by IT companies, leaving other firms including those in the infrastructure space, with no option, but to go to second-rung colleges.
C K Singh, senior vice-president, human resources, Patel Engineering, said infra firms are in a more favourable position this year. "We are definitely able to attract more skilled engineers, especially civil engineers," he said.
Patel Engineering hired around 23 engineering graduates last year, while this year it has recruited 21, mostly from National Institutes of Technology (NITs) at Silchar in Assam and at Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh. The firm plans to recruit 35-40 in the next few months.
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Till last year, engineers from highly-ranked institutes were hired by IT companies, leaving other firms including those in the infrastructure space, with no option, but to go to second-rung colleges.
C K Singh, senior vice-president, human resources, Patel Engineering, said infra firms are in a more favourable position this year. "We are definitely able to attract more skilled engineers, especially civil engineers," he said.
Patel Engineering hired around 23 engineering graduates last year, while this year it has recruited 21, mostly from National Institutes of Technology (NITs) at Silchar in Assam and at Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh. The firm plans to recruit 35-40 in the next few months.
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