Friday 15 February 2013

XLRI Jamshedpur has placed 98% of its batch in four days


MUMBAI: XLRI Jamshedpur has placed 98% of its batch in four days with 75 recruiters making 255 offers to the batch of 240 students. The median salary of the batch was over Rs 16.2 lakh per annum and around 64 students bagged pre-placement offers from their summer internships.

In the finance sector, Standard Chartered Bank emerged the largest recruiter while Citibank, Nomura, Goldman Sachs and Development Bank of Singapore also made offers. Treasury roles were offered by Axis BankBSE 0.89 % and ICICI BankBSE -0.04 % and L'Oreal, Airtel, Dr Reddys and L&T Finance offered roles in corporate finance.

In marketing /operations and HR, HULBSE -0.61 %, Procter & Gamble, ITC, Kraft Cadbury, Asian PaintsBSE 0.58 %, CastrolBSE 0.98 %, GSK Consumer Healthcare, Coca Cola, Pepsi, Loreal, Colgate PalmoliveBSE 0.46 % and PidiliteBSE 0.92 % among others offered roles in sales and marketing and HR functions. ITCBSE 0.07 % was the largest recruiter in the FMCG space. AirtelBSE 1.23 % and Vodafone also offered roles in sales and marketing.

On the pharma front, majors like Dr. Reddy'sBSE -3.20 %, AbbottBSE 0.89 % and RanbaxyBSE -0.90 % made their presence felt. Lodha Group recruited for its procurement function while ITC also offered roles within its supply chain function. Tata MotorsBSE 2.48 % and Tata SteelBSE -1.21 % also recruited for marketing and operations functions.

TAS, Aditya Birla Group, Cairn Energy, Reliance IndustriesBSE -1.20 %, Larsen and ToubroBSE 0.12 %, RPG and Mahindra offered a large number of offers in general management while the consulting domain saw participation from The Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey, Gallup, Vector Consulting, Ernst & Young, Cognizant Business Consulting, Deloitte, Capgemini Consulting, WiproBSE 0.73 % Consulting, PwC, Peoplestrong and TSMG. Philips offered a role in Strategy.

Technology and ecommerce was another highlight with some of the key recruiters including Microsoft, InfosysBSE -0.99 %, Times Internet and MindtreeBSE -0.41 % which offered roles in program management.

Around 4 students are yet to be placed for reasons including dissatisfaction with offers received and a desire to explore other options.

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