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It's time to say goodbye to recessionary blues. Companies are back with their hiring plans as the economy shows signs of recovery with a boost in domestic demand.

Hiring has rebounded to 51 per cent currently after a dramatic fall of 29 per cent at the beginning of 2009, according to a quarterly survey by global recruitment firm Antal International.

Globally, the current hiring levels have improved to 50 per cent from 46 per cent in April.

While telecom, infrastructure, life sciences and energy have seen a 25-30 per cent rise in recruitment, IT, retail,  banking, consulting, FMCG have seen 8-10 per cent hiring in the second quarter compared to the first quarter of this fiscal.

Hiring outlook for the next three months is promising, with as many as 66 per cent Indian companies likely to recruit. Moreover, the job cuts are expected to drop to 21 per cent over the next quarter.

Here is a look at the companies hiring in India. ...

Accenture; 8,000 

Global technology and consultancy giant Accenture is planning to hire 8,000 people in India by the end of next year taking its total employee base to 50,000.

Accenture's focus in India will be the analytics space. Accenture, which has annual revenues of $21.58 billion for fiscal 2009, will strengthen its focus on clients in pharmaceutical, telecommunications and energy in the country.

Infosys BPO; 2,000 

Infosys BPO, the back-office unit of IT firm Infosys Technologies said it would hire 1,500-2,000 people by the end of the current fiscal.

The Infosys subsidiary recently signed an agreement with the Andhra Pradesh government to set up rural BPO centres in 22 districts of the state.

Infosys BPO gets significant part of its business from North America and Europe. Infosys BPO is also reportedly planning to set up a new delivery centre in the United States before the end of this financial year. Infosys BPO registered revenues of $71.3 million with a net profit of $16.3 million for the September quarter.

Wipro; 2,000 

Wipro hired 1,000 people in the first six months of the fiscal and plans to add 2,000 more in the second half. Wipro also plans to call back sacked employees, according to a report in The Economic Times.  The company offers to hire them if they come back with the required skills.

iGate; 1,500 

iGate also plans to add about 1,500 new jobs in 2010. CEO Phaneesh Murthy expects IT budgets to be up by 2-4 per cent next year.

Mahindra Satyam; 1,400

Mahindra Satyam is set to hire again. It has also has recalled 1,400 employees who were on the bench.

Cisco; 15,000 

Cisco is bullish on hring in India as it plans to shift more work to India. The company plans raise its headcount to 15,000 in the next two years.

Yahoo Inc

Yahoo Inc is bullish on hiring in India. Chief executive Carol Bartz plans to focus more on developing countries like India.

Cognizant; 8,135

Cognizant has hired 8,135 people since December 2008. The company will continue to hire more in India.

Deloitte; 4,000 

Global consulting firm Deloitte on Tuesday said it is bullish about the growth of its businesses in India and plans to hire over 4,000 people in the next three years.

"At present we have over 11,000 employees in India we plan to take this beyond 15,000 over the next three years. Our India business has given the strongest performance last year despite the downturn and we remain optimistic about this market and will continue to invest in it," Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu CEO Jim Quigley said.

Last year, Deloitte had about 8,500 employees in India.

Standard Chartered; 3,000 

Global banking behemoth Standard Chartered plans to hire 3,000 employees in India by the end of 2010. The company is likely to list on the bourses next year.

StanChart, which currently employs close to 18,000 people in the country, has already hired 2,000 employees so far this year.

Oriental Bank of Commerce; 1,550 

The Oriental Bank of Commerce plans to recruit about 1,550 personnel, including 100 marketing managers, over the next six months in order to meet its man-power requirement and proposed branch expansion.

It had had recruited 1,427 employees in various cadres in the last fiscal. The bank is planning to open about 103 branches by the end of December.

Hyundai

Hyundai Motor India will hire non-resident Indians (NRIs) and expatriates in executive positions as part of a new recruitment policy that aims to tap global talent in the automotive industry.

The executives will bring in their experience from developed car markets as well as fresh perspectives for the company, HMIL said, adding that this was a good opportunity for both the company as well as NRIs and expatriates looking to relocate to India.

HMIL currently has staff of both Korean and Indian origin.

Nissan; 800

Nissan is planning to more than double its manpower in India as it hopes that rising economic activity and disposable incomes will boost demand.

The company, which is setting up a new plant near Chennai, has plans to boost its manpower from 700 to 1,500 by May.

Maruti; 400 

Maruti plans to boost annual production to one million units and plans to add around 400 new people.

DLF

The realty sector is seeing more activity after a slump. Realty giant DLF plans to hire people to sustain growth of the company.

The country's largest realty company had trimmed staff count last fiscal due to the slowdown. In the 2008-09 fiscal, DLF's headcount was down by 818 people to 2,882 as on March 31, 2009, from 3,700 exactly a year ago, a drop of 22.1 per cent.

Barclays

Barclays plans to increase its staff in Asia by 10 per cent next year. In India, the company plans to double its investment banking team over the next 18 months. It currently has 35 employees.

Brokerages

India's brokerages are also buzzing with hiring activity.  Brokerages are hiring more people for sales. SBI Capital, Motilal Oswal Financial Services, Edelweiss Capital, Sharekhan are planning to hire more as business picks up.