New Delhi: IT company Cognizant expects to "significantly" ramp up headcount in the US in a bid to woo the Trump administration that has been critical of outsourcing firms for unfairly taking jobs away from American workers.
The US-based firm has over 2.61 lakh employees, with a large number of them based in India.
While the company is hiring more locals, it is also consciously reducing its dependence on H-1B visas. Cognizant expects its visa requirements to go down further going
Cognizant President Rajeev Mehta said the company expects to significantly ramp up its US-based workforce by hiring experienced professionals in the open market as well as make more use of university, veteran, and related programmes.
He attributed the shift to be "largely in response to clients' increasing need for co-innovation and co-location". The company had hired 4,000 US citizens and residents in 2016.ALRO READ: US Accuses TCS, Infosys And Cognizant of Violating H-1B Visa Norms
"We are shifting our workforce rapidly in the US with more US jobs and US delivery centres," Mehta said on a conference call, adding that the company would expand its footprint of delivery centres as well from the current over 20.
"While we will still seek visas for highly specialised and skilled talent, we're reducing our dependence on these visas," Mehta added.
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