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Virtusa on lookout for staff
Riding on robust business growth, and celebrating its 10th year of operations, Virtusa continues its recruitment drive to boost its headcount for the upcoming fiscal year. The company plans to recruit those in project management, business analysis, software engineering and software quality assurance this year with a 50% growth over last year's hiring, which then ended with an additional 200 new staff.

The company said in a statement that the increase is due to the alignment of the company's business units last year to own all aspects of sales, solutions development and client services under one focused business structure.
Post re-alignment Virtusa has also seen a significant growth in existing accounts and new client wins in the US and the UK. The two business units, Global Enterprise Business Unit and the High Tech Business Unit each focuses on several industry verticals to capture and preserve domain competency, accelerate client acquisitions and build long-term trusted advisor relationships. The Global Enterprise Business Unit provides services in banking, financial services, insurance, telecommunications, healthcare and retail sectors, while the High Tech Business Unit focuses on independent software vendors who are product companies.

According to Madu Ratnayake, General Manager at the Colombo Advanced Technology Centre, “The two business units create a unique combination of a product company and an enterprise service company environment, giving the opportunity for Virtusans to experience both settings in one company. A product environment provides a technology and engineering focus, while a service environment provides a strong business and IT value focus.”
A survey done by Virtusa HR on new recruits further endorses Mr. Ratnayake's statement that the company offers unparalleled levels of opportunities for career growth.

“The opportunity to work with multinational Fortune 1000 clients, exposure to working in world-class organisations implementing cutting-edge technologies and strong business strategies, and the well-established career path that the company offers are among the top reasons new recruits consider Virtusa as their IT employer of choice,” the company statement said.

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