National, Aug. 27 -- driven and skills-focused, as organisations invest more heavily in building future-ready talent pipelines. Deloitte India's Campus Workforce Trends 2026 report finds that employers are increasing campus hiring budgets, embedding AI deeper into recruitment and strengthening internship-to-hire programmes as they compete for talent with essential digital and analytical skills.
This shift reflects a broader move from a traditional campus hiring model to more structured and skills-focused targeted shortlisting and assessments. Organisations are investing earlier in the talent lifecycle, with 80 percent now maintaining dedicated campus hiring teams. Internships are increasingly being used as a predictor of long-term success,...