ACCENTURE

CONSULTING AND CHALLENGES IN TALENT MANAGEMENT

Consulting
• Focus of management was back on Consulting business
• Local talent would serve global clients through their offices in Delhi
and Mumbai
• Globalized scenario
• Global Talent and Innovation Network (GTIN), Across 7 functions.
• Tasks which can be done without visiting the client’s site
Challenges in Recruitment
• Consultancy requires highly specialized skill set unlike IT and BPO
recruitments.
• Hiring 2000 consultants in a year is an extremely difficult task
• Industry specialists like Chartered Accountants, PhDs in Statistics,
Economics, etc. are needed for consultancy
• Duration of projects is only weeks instead of 1-2 years in IT
• Ability to attract and retain talent