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In a first-of-its-kind meeting by the Hinjewadi Industries Association, IT firms came together to discuss various challenges faced by them, especially the problem of job-hopping - a trend that has once again caught up with the economy emerging out of the downturn.According to the representatives of most firms, while some employees have reasons like higher pay packages and incentives, higher studies, some also have frivolous ones like another company offering better food in their canteen or having better transportation facilities."During the last two-three months of the fiscal year, employees are more internally focussed, and often neglect customers, because that period of the year is the time for salary hikes and appraisals," said Nitin Kulkarni,Chief Operating Officer (COO), Persistent Systems.While talking about 'Controling Job Hopping', Kulkarni suggested that all members of HIA should arrive at a consensus on controlling the high rates of attrition in the IT industry and decide on certain best practices to be followed uniformly across all IT firms. Talking about his own firm, he said that he has observed that Pune is a high-attrition location as compared to places like Nagpur or Goa.Among other things, Kulkarni said that all companies should enforce the minimum service period concept as most mid-level and entry-level recruits keep thinking of moving to a new company every six months. This results in most of them paying less attention to skill development.Most members agreed that some kind of no-objection certificate from the previous employee or a relieving letter should be made mandatory for a new hiring. Red flagging of those who have a history of job- hopping was also a suggestion that came up. Companies also felt the need to manage employee expectations, especially of freshers, and improving business environment through joint leadership.Mritunjay Singh, president of HIA said, "We have successfully collaborated on issues like infrastructure, traffic, transportation improvement and joint security The need of the hour is the development of a complete eco system to sustain the growth in the IT sector. We already have a pool of experts, good academic collaboration and cities that are growing at a rapid rate."According to Singh, last year, Maharashtra had IT exports worth rupees fifty three thousand crore , which is a growth of 21 per cent from the previous year. Of this Pune contributed 65 per cent, i.e. rupees thirty four thousand crore.Ganesh Natarajan, vice president and CEO of Zensar Technologies said, "If cities like Bangalore, Hyderabad or Pune continue their unplanned growth, India is bound to lose out to countries like Philippines and China despite having a rich talent pool. He said that rather than hiring freshers and then training them, it is better to collaborate with colleges and train them while they are still studying." Natarajan said that Zensar has Centres of Excellence that help train students and very soon it will have partnerships with the University of Shanghai and University of Sussex.
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