FDM Group hires nearly 200 during Covid-19 lockdown

‘Recruit, train, deploy’ specialist FDM Group has hired 182 new employees during the official Covid-19 lockdown.

The company has multiple offices globally and traditionally delivers its training courses in classroom environments inside its physical offices. However, the company moved its nearly 6,000-strong corps of employees to a remote working environment with full IT operations in place within just four days, an FDM statement said. Its new online programme of about 90 training classes involving 500 trainees take place every day. 

FDM specialises in in equipping candidates with digital skills in software development, data science and cybersecurity.

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