An Indian Outsourcing / BPO company has announced that it intends to hire 25,000 workers. The number is obviously staggering on a lot of levels and reading the newspaper article one has to wonder if the company will ever manage to do so.
Never the less..the number is certainly eye catching..and that might very well be part of the reason why it is publicized. Makes for some good PR.
Horizon Outsourcing Solutions is an Indian based provider of BPO solutions and currently has a headcount of "only" 3000. As such it is looking to grow its employee count by a heft 900 % in the next two years.
The hires are apparently semi skilled/non skilled..as per the company. As such the focus will be on providing telephone and back office related BPO services.
It speaks to the depth of the Indian job market that a number likes this can be thrown out without being ridiculed. It will be interesting to watch if Horizon can pull it off. If so..it would certainly be a testament to some serious management skills.
Full article with the release can be found here: Indian Company Wants To Increase Headcount By 900 %