Students passing out of colleges and universities this year should not be haunted by

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the spectre of wage cuts and job losses, instead focus more on developing skills as a value addition to their degrees to get placements, top executives of leading companies said.

"We are looking for fresh candidates who have good talents on soft skills, quick learning abilities, communication skills apart from their good track record," Infosys CEO and Managing Director Kris Gopalakrishnan to PTI.

"Though we have not changed the pattern due to the economic downturn, once a candidate has been recruited by us, we are also giving them adequate training," he said.

Infosys has already announced that it is not going back on its new recruitment and would absorb all 18,000 new graduates who have been enrolled last year. But the company plans to increase the duration of training programme for its candidates from the present 3.5 months to 4.5 months.

"We would be adding 18,000 employees and have also increased duration of training programme for the candidates from the existing 3.5 months to 4.5 months," Gopalakrishnan, who was in the city recently, said.