The State of GCC Talent.
Our first primary-research read of the senior talent market that powers India's GCCs, built on a full year of Recruise placement data and a primary survey of GCC leaders rather than recycled third-party aggregates. The year in hiring, compensation and leadership, with a clear view of the year ahead. In production now; get on the early-access list.
Our first primary-research read of the senior talent market that powers India's GCCs, built on a full year of Recruise placement data and a primary survey of GCC leaders. The year in hiring, compensation and leadership, and a clear view of the years ahead: the one to read before you plan your next move in a GCC. In production now; get on the early-access list.
The year GCC talent stopped being a cost story and became a capability one.
The FY2026 edition is our first built on primary research: a full year of Recruise placement data and a primary survey of GCC leaders, not recycled surveys. It maps the market and geography, breaks hiring dynamics down sector by sector, and reads the conversion crisis that decides who actually builds their team. Landing FY2026; a first look is below.
The senior bench deepened. Leadership roles are on track from 6,500+ toward 30,000+ by 2030, and mega-GCCs, roughly 5% of centres, already employ close to half of India's GCC workforce.
Comp split by capability. GCCs led the national pay table at a 10.4% average hike versus 9.1% nationally, with AI, cloud and cyber skills carrying 30–40% premiums.
The conversion crisis is the real story. Net conversion sits at 12.18% across India GCC mandates, and the funnel loses most of its value after the offer stage, where most TA dashboards stop measuring.
Methodology to be published: denominator, measurement window, senior-only scope and Recruise-vs-market provenance are pending sign-off before this figure is cited as a verified benchmark.
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How the State of GCC Talent is built.
A full report, structured so a leadership team can read the argument and a planning team can use the depth behind it.