With 289,500 employees across 98 major companies worldwide, the Tata Group is India's largest private-sector employer. But you need more than just numbers to gauge the Group's attractiveness as an employer. One reason: the Tatas firmly believe that talented young professionals are among their most vital resources.

The Tata Group has for some time now been broadening its horizons and looking beyond India. Its companies are concentrating on global competitiveness, leveraging global opportunities and acquiring global capabilities. With attractive compensation packages, positive and productive work environments and challenging assignments across the world, the Tata Group is committed to being the employer of choice wherever it operates, attracting and retaining the very best of professionals.

By developing a structure, systems and a workplace culture that provides challenging jobs, rewards performance and delivers opportunities continuously, the Group is striving to get the best out of its most valuable asset — its people. Powering that quest is an entire range of human resource initiatives aimed at realising the potential of and, consequently, maximising the returns from Tata employees.

The Tata Group continues to build on its strengths in old-economy sectors such as steel, automobiles and chemicals, but its focus now is on service industries such as IT, communications, financial services and hospitality. The strategic objective is to move from generic to brand-driven businesses, while making quality and value the determinants of business success.

The Group offers critical and challenging roles in a wide range of industry segments. Its talent management goals are geared to creating a pipeline of potential leaders. The Group does this through robust leadership-development systems that accelerate the development of current and potential leaders, a performance culture that's calibrated through rigorous processes, and reward mechanisms that are among the best in the corporate world.