48 Percent of Employers Would Rather Pay for AI Than Train a New Grad. Cognizant Just Hired 1,500 of Them Instead

Inc.•Fri, Jul 24, 2026, 10:00 AM•2 min read

Why this 350,000-person company is going in the opposite direction of most.

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