Xiaomi India hires 305 freshers from 100 business schools

Smart gadgets maker Xiaomi India has employed 305 freshers from 100 business schools for varied verticals, together with gross sales, advertising and marketing, and provide chain, a senior firm official stated on Wednesday.

Xiaomi India Senior Director HR Varun Madan stated that bringing freshers into the corporate infuses new concepts, a excessive degree of power and enthusiasm and the typical age of staff on the firm goes down a bit.

“At Xiaomi, now we have at all times taken large bets on younger abilities. Around 7-8 years in the past, we employed a whole lot of interns who’ve been transformed to full-time staff and are main a really profitable a part of business for us. Out of 305, round 50-55 per cent are ladies that now we have employed,” Madan stated.

Spike in headcount

He stated the headcount on the firm has now elevated to round 1,550 whereas with oblique employment, the entire depend is above 60,000 folks.

The firm has employed freshers below its programme ‘Mission 300’ from 100 business schools throughout India. They are being skilled in business verticals like after gross sales, advertising and marketing, provide chain, class, HR and finance.

Madan stated hiring was primarily based mostly on the training aptitude of the candidates.