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Last year Virtusa had an issue with training but over the year the company launched new training programs that helped in imparting skills related to the project they are working on.

The companys HR head says that this approach has connected well with the employees. In addition to this it also imparted role based training. Despite high scores on amount of training, some of the employees still felt that the training provided is not that relevant to the work that they do.

The company also went for a People Practice system that will help to more closely mesh employee aspirations with whole lot of aspects like goals, training, and managing the career paths. Other parameters that helped Virtusa enter into the top 10 were ones like compensation and higher job satisfaction.

While Virtusas comprehensive 360 degree appraisal system has clearly helped in garnering higher scores on compensation, it was able to seamlessly match employee skills and organizations expectations. Also the companys HR model revolves around 3 key areasWork (project execution), Home (career guidance/mentoring/coaching), and University (competence development)and every employee is tagged to these 3 key areas. Holistically, the company calls this model as an integrated career management framework. Even with this well laid out people practice and employee engagement model, some of the employees did say that it can be improved further.

Virtusa also focused on developing leaders from within for senior-level position within its talent pool. In terms of attrition, the HR head says that it was a bit of a concern during Q2 of the fiscal, and after that in the last 6 months it was managed well and remained within industry average. Meanwhile as we look at the lateral hires, the company aggressively hired people with product background and focused on achieving higher diversity at the workplace.

From an HR perspective, for the year ahead Virtusa would be focusing on further improving its brand as employer of choice in the market. It also intends to mesh its integrated career management with resource management so that it would provide better insight into the skills available and employee expectations.

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