New Delhi, March 9 (IANS): IT services, consulting and business solutions organisation Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has been for the third consecutive year named the top employer in Europe by the Top Employers Institute, a company statement said here on Monday.

"TCS is the IT services market leader in customer satisfaction in Europe. We believe that the main driver of satisfaction is our extremely talented workforce of 318,000 global professionals, and our relentless focus on hiring and retaining the best talent across Europe will continue," Ajoy Mukherjee, executive vice president and global head, human resources, TCS, said.

TCS was ranked the overall number one in a process that assessed 688 organisations across Europe.

"TCS has been able to prove that they focus on the employee work experience and have a highly consistent application of HR policy practice and alignment across all countries. Apart from Europe, TCS is also a recognised as a top employer in Latin America and North America," said David Plink, chief executive officer, Top Employers Institute.

TCS's stocks were trading at Rs.2,665 per share, down Rs.31.35 or 1.16 percent in the Bombay Stock Exchange at 1.11 p.m.