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Selective need

“India’s consulting hiring market is undergoing a structural reset rather than a downturn,” said Monica Agrawal, India chairperson at executive search firm Sheffield Haworth. “Across the global consulting firms as well as the Big Four, the need for talent has become more selective, increasingly concentrated in AI, data, risk and implementation roles as automation reduces the need for traditional business analyst roles.”