India, Sept. 7 -- Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. (CTSH), announced on Monday that it will expand its commitment to the U.S. workforce by hiring 1,500 college graduates, scaling new AI-era job categories, joining a national worker-transition coalition and doubling its global AI skilling target to two million people by 2030.
The company's research estimates AI could unlock $4.5 trillion in U.S. labor productivity and add $1 trillion in economic value over the next decade. Cognizant said it aims to ensure American workers capture that opportunity first.
Cognizant plans to scale a new professional job family of Frontier Certified Engineers and Frontier Business Operators to 15,000 people, backed by annual university hiring. The company ...