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Campuses turn to core engineering, manufacturing amid IT hiring slump

Inviting more firms for placements, tap into stronger, better-performing sectors

Vinay Umarji Ahmedabad
In the April-June quarter of FY20, Wipro paid a retention bonus of ~1,00,000 to the freshers, who were hired via campus placement and completed one year
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With the layoffs and hiring slump in the information technology (IT) sector ringing alarm bells, engineering colleges are beginning to take a safer route this year: focusing on core engineering, followed by manufacturing, automobile and consulting.
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First Published: Apr 05 2023 | 5:18 PM IST

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