New Delhi: Amid layoff season, tech major TCS on Thursday announced plans to create 1,200 new jobs in the US by the end of 2024.
Indian company will create these jobs In the state of Illinois, with intensifying its STEM outreach efforts at local schools to cover 25 percent more students and teachers.
“I’m thrilled that TCS will expand its footprint in Lincoln’s land – adding more than a thousand jobs over the next two years,” said Illinois Governor JB Pritzker.
“With their STEM education initiatives, Illinois’ next generation will be ready for the innovative jobs of the future – jobs that will transform our state into the premier tech hub in the country,” he said.
More than 3,000 Illinoisans currently work for TCS – including 1,100 who were hired within the past five years.
Naperville is home to one of 30 TCS facilities in the US where TCS employees help digitally transform and grow businesses that are a cornerstone of the Illinois economy, such as United Airlines and Walgreens Boots Alliance.
TCS’ North America president Suresh Muthuswamy said expansion in Illinois is driven by companies that “use these barriers as opportunities to transform themselves and capture growth. are investing to become more resilient.”
“TCS is attracting brightest talent in cloud computing, AI, cyber security and other technologies to help them become future-ready enterprises,” he added.
TCS has been present in the US for over 50 years.
Nearly half of Fortune 500 companies partner with TCS to digitally transform and grow their businesses.
The company has hired 512 graduates from Illinois colleges and universities over the past five years, and is the second largest recruiter of IT services talent in the nation.