Infosys: The World’s Largest Corporate Training Facility

CBS News has an interesting article and video on the world’s largest corporate training facility.  The facility is owned by Infosys and is located in Mysore, India.

• Infosys CEO: “In India, companies are not just producing products – we are producing people.”
• The trainees, or “freshers,” study at Mysore for 6 months before Infosys assigns them a position.
• Securing a position at Infosys is more competitive than getting into Harvard. Last year the company had more than 1.3 million applicants. Just 1 percent were hired. Harvard College, by comparison, accepted 9 percent of applicants.
• The facility is about 380 acres
• On any given day it can train about 14,000 employees
• Last year they recruited about 20,000 employees
• 400 full time faculty
• They invest $5,000 to 8,000 per employee to make sure they are “industry ready”
• For every employee they have charted out a complete career plan (Software Engineer to CEO)