SAP Labs India recruitment strategy is in line with the hiring trend recently released by Naukri JobSpeak, a monthly report on hiring activity in India. The report reveals that hiring activity is moving on the path of recovery with 12{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22} growth in August ’20 versus last month.
Naukri JobSpeak’s August 2020 report, IT-Software (14{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22}) industry, along with other industries such as Recruitment/Employment (19{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22}), Auto (17{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22}), and BPO/ITES (16{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22}), has shown an upward hiring trend. From a city perspective, there was a sequential growth in hiring across all metro cities led by Kolkata (27{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22}) and Bengaluru (22{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22}). The 2020 recruitment game plan of SAP India, which is headquartered in Bengaluru, is very much in sync with the said data, especially, since the company has never halted hiring amid COVID-19.
Despite many IT firms putting on hold their recrutiment plans in this economic environment, SAP India remains committed to completing its mission of hiring 1,600 by end of 2020 in addition to its existing 101,150 employees. SAP Labs India, the largest Research and Development center outside SAP’s headquarter in Germany, will be taking onboard the majority of the hirees to add to its existing 13,000 employees.
Sindhu Gangadharan, Senior Vice President and Managing Director at SAP Labs India, shared the status of their recruitment plan and how the company is taking advantage of technology in the recruitment process through SAP SuccessFactors. She said:
“Of the total hiring target, we have already onboarded about 1,100 of them and the remaining 500 open positions will be filled by end of this year.”
“During the pandemic, we did not want any of our normal recruitment process to stop, so we switched to e-hiring mode,” Gangadharan said. “We leveraged technology to our advantage and used our SAP SuccessFactors recruitment platform to support our hiring process.”
As part of SAP’s $1 billion investment commitment in R&D and expansion plans in India, SAP Labs India will have its second campus in Devanahalli in Bengaluru within 4-5 years. SAP has also recently announced the chosen 16 startups– 14 based in India and two headquartered in the US– for the fourth cohort (2020-2021) of the SAP Startup Studio programme. The programme represents SAP’s advocacy on R&D and innovation by offering expert guidance, opportunities to co-innovate, and access to its partner ecosystem.
India’s Promising Hiring Trend
Despite the country’s year-on-year level of hiring being down by 35{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22} in August ’20, the month-on-month hiring uptrend is a reflection of India’s effort to revive the economic activity. The Naukri JobSpeak Index shifted from 1413 from August to 1263 in July– a remarkable jump in these uncertain times.
In terms of hiring across experience levels, a 10{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22} growth in August ‘20 was seen versus July ’20, which was led by a 14{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22} increase in hiring for entry-level executives (0-3 yrs. experience) and 13{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22} growth in mid-management roles. There was also an 11{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22} growth in leadership hiring (>16 yrs. experience).
Pawan Goyal, Chief Business Officer, Naukri.com said:
“It is encouraging to see the month on month progressive growth in hiring from the past three months as a result of the nation-wide unlocking. While the Pharma/Medical, IT, and BPO/ITES sectors continue to spearhead hiring, it is encouraging to see other key sectors like Telecom, Retail, and Real Estate signaling strong recovery in August’20.
We are hopeful that the recoveries will become more robust in the coming months.”
