India becomes the darling of expat techies as West takes a break

With India showing more resilience than the US and Europe to the global tech slowdown, an increasing number of Indian expatriates employed in the sector are exploring job options back home. According to half a dozen executives at recruitment services, staffing and executive search firms ET spoke with, there has been a sharp increase in such queries in the last couple of months.

“But they are not in a tearing hurry,” she said. According to the cofounder of recruitment and staffing firm Careernet, Anshuman Das, many of the employees who want to return are in the junior to mid-level. Those markets are choppy and countries other than India are hit harder by the IT slowdown, which is pushing this talent pool back to India, he said.

Also, those who had gone to the US for higher studies are now looking at getting back to India with jobs draining out, Das added.

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