May 15, 2026

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Cognizant CEO says, ‘this year, we are hiring more graduates than ever before’ and his message to students is: Start to focus on…

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Cognizant is ramping up entry-level hiring as artificial intelligence reshapes the workforce, with CEO Ravi Kumar S telling Fortune the company is bringing on more school graduates this year than ever before—and he’s looking beyond traditional tech majors to liberal arts colleges and community colleges.Kumar’s unconventional hiring strategy stems from his belief that AI will…

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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff: AI won’t replace … jobs and he is hiring them in thousands

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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff insists artificial intelligence won’t eliminate sales positions, announcing plans to hire between 3,000 and 5,000 new salespeople as the company pushes toward 20,000 account executives by year’s end. Speaking in October 2025, Benioff emphasised that “face-to-face communication” remains essential in sales, stating that AI “doesn’t have a soul” and lacks authentic…

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University of Virginia reaches settlement over admissions and hiring policies: Is federal oversight redefining campus diversity?

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Credit: University’s official website The University of Virginia (UVA) has reached an agreement with the Trump administration to resolve allegations of racial discrimination in its admissions and hiring processes. The Justice Department announced the settlement on Wednesday, bringing to a close a high-profile investigation into the university’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies. The resolution…

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After hiring AI researchers at $100 million-plus pay packages, Mark Zuckerberg’s Superintelligence Labs unit is laying off 600 employees; read full memo

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Just weeks ago Mark Zuckerberg‘s Superintelligence Labs unit was in news for hiring AI researchers at $100 million pay packages. So much so that, Meta’s AI division started talent war in Silicon Valley, poaching AI engineers from rivals including Google, Apple and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI at multi-million-dollar salary packages. Nobody in the talent race for AI…

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Infosys headcount grows by 14,000-plus in Q2: Company sends ‘mass emails’ to senior employees on hiring; says, ‘Visit campus and …’

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India’s second-largest IT services company, Infosys, added 8,203 employees during the second quarter of the fiscal year 2025-26. This is the fifth consecutive quarter of headcount addition for the company. Infosys’ employee count has jumped by 14,203 from a year ago. The Bengaluru-headquartered company reported these numbers while announcing its second quarter financial numbers. In…

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Salesforce CEO asks Anthropic CEO: Why are you still hiring engineers; Amodei replies: I made this prediction that…

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei revealed that artificial intelligence now writes 90% of the code for most teams at his company, yet he maintains the firm needs just as many—if not more—human engineers to maximise productivity.Speaking with Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff at the Dreamforce conference Wednesday, Amodei addressed the apparent paradox when Benioff asked why Anthropic…

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Infosys ramps up lateral hiring: Tech giant offers cash referral bonuses; signals strong demand for tech talent

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Infosys has stepped up lateral hiring across its development centres in India, offering cash rewards to employees who recommend candidates for open positions, signaling growing momentum in mid-career recruitment at the Bengaluru-headquartered software giant, according to an ET report.In an internal communication, Infosys outlined referral bonuses of Rs 10,000 for job level 3 hires, Rs…

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Listed: All 9 questions US senator Charles Grassley asked TCS on H-1B visa hiring practices in America

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US Senators Charles Grassley and Richard J. Durbin recently sent a formal letter to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) CEO Krithi Krithivasan, questioning the company’s decision to hire thousands of H-1B visa workers while simultaneously conducting “massive layoffs” globally. The letter, dated September 24, 2025, raises concerns about “troubling employment trends” in the tech industry.The Senators…

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Desi CEO Aravind Srinivas to companies: Perplexity’s Comet browser can replace your next hire; ‘Instead of hiring one more person…’

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Aravind Srinivas, desi CEO and founder of Perplexity AI, has stated that the startup’s new AI browser, Comet, can boost productivity so significantly that companies can skip hiring new employees. He characterised the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered web browser as a ‘true personal assistant,’ allowing users to complete more tasks in the same amount of time….

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