India’s IT industry
India is a proud contributor in the global IT industry. We aretalking about companies whose valuations run into upwards of Rs 10 lakh crore,companies which individually employ lakhs of individuals.
The Indian IT companies provide livelihood to more than 40lakh people directly involved in information technology at all levels of skill.
Perks of being employed in a big IT company
A large company in the field of IT, ITES, or SW often hasoffices in metro cities on India.
Also, these companies recruit talent from colleges anduniversities all over the nation.
Thus, this means a vibrant lifestyle in big cities with allthe perks that come in a tier 1 city like independence, night life, potentialof an active and engaging social life, along with friends from all parts of thenation.
There is one more perk also, and for that we need to set oureyes beyond our national borders.
Off-shore?
Off-shore posting in the context of Indians working in bigcompanies means a life-changing opportunity to work for the company in a nationother than India.
Most often, these countries are US,Canada, UK, and Australia.
Thus, these jobs, besides providing a lucrative employment,open up a possibility of legally serving in a developed nation.
What’s more is the possibility of Permanent Residency or GreenCard. And taking family along may be an option too.
The company of the individual provides help in managing thepaperwork, and the same is not complicated and ready resources are availableonline if any guidance is required.
But what about Covid?
Yes, it is true that the pandemic has upended the lives of millionsof people, families, and businesses.
However, did you notice the steep rise in online servicesonce most of the world was forced into their homes.
We all have experienced the importance of apps, software,and internet access.
Now, these apps, websites, and software need to be developedand maintained, right?
And who does this? Intelligent men and women – knowledge workers- like you who have chosen IT and related industries as their life’s calling.
IT workers are valuable
To honour the time, skill, and dedication of IT workers,most of the big companies in India gave all their staff pay raises in additionto other financial perks.
These industries are evergreen given the non-stopadvancements in technology.
Simply put, IT workers will not have to worry about puttingfood on their table.
Foreign lands are calling
Let us take a look at the career options, vacancies, jobopportunities that are open in the foreign lands.
Wipro
This company has maximum requirement in the field ofsoftware development, and then customer service, and sales. Fewer individualsare required in the domain of architecture, management. The least number of openingsfor this company are in insurance, operations and helpdesk, and banking andfinance.
The jobs in this company can be explored at https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Wipro
LTI
This company requires people in the role of Specialist,Senior Specialist, SAP, Admin, Business Analyst, CRM, Java, Project Lead, andothers.
The jobs in this company can be explored at https://careers.lntinfotech.com/search/
Mphasis
The company has categorised its vacancies into fourcategories – Infrastructure Services, IT Application Services, Business ProcessServices, and Support Functions.
The vacancies include Subject Matter Expert (Oracle AccessManager), PAM Engineer, Infrastructure Services Manager, Cloud Architect –Terraform Scripting Engineer – GCP,
The jobs in this company can be explored at https://careers.mphasis.com/home/hot-jobs/location-search/usa.html
Mindtree
This company is looking for talent in Scrum Master, Android,Java, Angular, SAP, React, .NET, Salesforce, Azure, and others.
The jobs of this company can be explored at https://opportunities.mindtree.com/#!/joblist
Hexaware
This company is looking for individuals with skills in BPM,ERP, Integration, Business Analyst, Capital Market Project Manager, Big Data,Java, and others.
The jobs of this company can be explored at https://jobs.hexaware.com/
Coforge (formerly NIIT)
The company is looking for individuals skilled in SystemsAnalyst, Computer Systems Analyst, Business Analyst in various levels ofexpertise.
The jobs for this company can be explored at https://iengage.coforgetech.com/ess2/misc/commonhandler/LCArecord
Oracle
For any reason, the company is not looking for talent at thetime of writing.
The jobs for this company can be explored at https://oracle.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobsearch.ftl?lang=en
Accenture
The company is looking for talent in ETL, System Monitoring,Oracle Developer, SAP, SNOW Developer, Tester, Oracle HCM Cloud Time, OraclePPM Cloud, Cybersecurity, Salesforce, Mulesoft, Motion Graphics, and others.
The jobs for this company can be explored at https://www.accenture.com/us-en/careers/jobsearch?jk=&sb=1&pg=1&is_rj=0
Cognizant
The company has jobs available in the categories of BusinessProcesses, Consulting, Corporate, Delivery Management, Digital, Sales andMarketing, and Technology and Engineering.
It is the last category that has the most number ofvacancies. In this category, the company is looking for Infrastructure Engineer,Salesforce, Business Analyst, Java, GCP, Bigdata, Test Analyst, TOSCAAutomation, Mainframe, and others.
The jobs for this company can be explored at https://careers.cognizant.com/au/en
Summary
As we can see, for a knowledge worker, the possibilities ofsurvival and growth are endless.
The world is becoming more and more technically advanced andwho will develop and maintain the technology on which we people are becomingdependent? Knowledge workers like you.
So, increase the flame of your fire, and explore whatoptions the foreign lands provide to you.