Overview
- Cognizant says it is hiring more school graduates in 2025 than ever, actively recruiting from liberal arts colleges and community colleges for technology roles.
- The company frames AI as an amplifier of human potential that lets newcomers “punch above their weight,” rather than a displacement strategy.
- Ravi Kumar S describes a “broader and shorter” corporate pyramid, with AI handling execution while humans focus on problem finding and final validation.
- Cognizant has invested in AI tooling, including prebuilt agents, accelerators, and digital-twin platforms, to scale AI for clients and guide internal workflows.
- Work‑earn‑learn apprenticeships are rolling out across 30 U.S. states with a Merit America partnership for mid‑career shifts, and the firm earlier outlined plans to deploy 1,000 context engineers to industrialise agentic AI.