6.1% jump in job offers at IIM Bangalore placements
BENGALURU: The lateral and final placements for the Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) class of 2018-20 of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) has seen a rise of over 6.1% in job offers compared to the previous year, U Dinesh Kumar, chair, career development services, IIMB, said on Friday.
A total of 518 job offers were made to 428 students, who appeared for placements over three interview-days.
Anushree Jibhakate, placement representative, said strategy consulting and product management continue to be the most sought-after roles, followed by finance and general management. “Despite market conditions, IIMB has seen an increase in domestic and international offers across sectors such as consulting, finance, general management, product management, E-commerce, operations, analytics and marketing.”
Consulting companies made the most number of offers (147), with 26 offers from Accenture, the highest among consulting companies. Next was the Boston Consulting Group with 23 offers. Other top recruiters were Bain & Company (20), Kearney (15) and McKinsey & Co (14). The other recruiters were GEP consulting, KPMG, Alvarez & Marsal, EY-Parthenon, Nomura Research Institute, IBM Consulting, Gartner, Oliver Wyman, Auctus Advisors, Ernst & Young, Vector Consulting, Infosys Management Consulting and L.E.K. Consulting.
Firms from the technology consulting domain made 27 offers, and leading the lot was PricewaterhouseCoopers (12).
The information technology and IT product management industry made 38 offers, led by Microsoft IDC (10), TCS (6) and Razorpay (3), apart from 10 other industry giants.
In addition, E-commerce space giants made 32 offers, with 20 from Amazon and 4 each from Flipkart, Paytm and Prione.
There were 42 offers in the Finance domain. Among banks, Goldman Sachs made the maximum of 8 offers, followed by Avendus Capital an JP Morgan with five offers each and Allianz Benelux with 3. Other recruiters included IDFC First Bank, Bharti Financial Services, ICICI, Kotak Mahindra, Wells Fargo, HCL, Landmark, Motilal Oswal Group and Prime Ventures.
Sixty offers were made by industry giants for their general management positions — Aditya Birla Group (8), Adani Group (7), Vedanta (6), Capgemini (5) and EPIC Group (5). Among the other companies were Tata Administrative Services, Zee Entertainment, Genpact and ONGC.
Students opting for sales and marketing roles got 55 offers and were recruited by major consumer goods firms led by Anheuser-Busch InBev with 10 offers.
For operations roles, 17 offers were made by various companies. Leading the list were Accenture Operations at 5 and Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages at 3.
A total of 518 job offers were made to 428 students, who appeared for placements over three interview-days.
Anushree Jibhakate, placement representative, said strategy consulting and product management continue to be the most sought-after roles, followed by finance and general management. “Despite market conditions, IIMB has seen an increase in domestic and international offers across sectors such as consulting, finance, general management, product management, E-commerce, operations, analytics and marketing.”
Consulting companies made the most number of offers (147), with 26 offers from Accenture, the highest among consulting companies. Next was the Boston Consulting Group with 23 offers. Other top recruiters were Bain & Company (20), Kearney (15) and McKinsey & Co (14). The other recruiters were GEP consulting, KPMG, Alvarez & Marsal, EY-Parthenon, Nomura Research Institute, IBM Consulting, Gartner, Oliver Wyman, Auctus Advisors, Ernst & Young, Vector Consulting, Infosys Management Consulting and L.E.K. Consulting.
Firms from the technology consulting domain made 27 offers, and leading the lot was PricewaterhouseCoopers (12).
The information technology and IT product management industry made 38 offers, led by Microsoft IDC (10), TCS (6) and Razorpay (3), apart from 10 other industry giants.
In addition, E-commerce space giants made 32 offers, with 20 from Amazon and 4 each from Flipkart, Paytm and Prione.
There were 42 offers in the Finance domain. Among banks, Goldman Sachs made the maximum of 8 offers, followed by Avendus Capital an JP Morgan with five offers each and Allianz Benelux with 3. Other recruiters included IDFC First Bank, Bharti Financial Services, ICICI, Kotak Mahindra, Wells Fargo, HCL, Landmark, Motilal Oswal Group and Prime Ventures.
Sixty offers were made by industry giants for their general management positions — Aditya Birla Group (8), Adani Group (7), Vedanta (6), Capgemini (5) and EPIC Group (5). Among the other companies were Tata Administrative Services, Zee Entertainment, Genpact and ONGC.
Students opting for sales and marketing roles got 55 offers and were recruited by major consumer goods firms led by Anheuser-Busch InBev with 10 offers.
For operations roles, 17 offers were made by various companies. Leading the list were Accenture Operations at 5 and Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages at 3.
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