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    How Tech Inc. is managing Talent War 2.1

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    Startups, IT companies and MNC captives are grappling with talent shortage and rising attrition rates as the need for people with digital skills goes through the roof a year into the Covid-19 pandemic. The situation is expected to only get worse.

    Pune | Bengaluru | Chennai: In March last year, most technology firms stopped hiring, while some retrenched staff anticipating tough times as the Covid-19 pandemic started impacting businesses worldwide. One year on, the situation has completely reversed. Startups, IT companies and MNC captives are facing off in an outright talent war as candidates juggle four-five job offers, compared to two years ago when they were grabbing anything that came
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