 "Marketing, finance top roles as IIM Lucknow wraps up final placements in 3 days")
Roles in marketing, finance and consulting were offered the most at Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L) which wrapped up the final placements for flagship post graduate programme batch of 2014- 2016.
IIM-L achieved 100 per cent final placements for its 30th batch of 446 students, in just over three days, the institute stated in an official communique.
Among segments based on roles offered during placements, sales & marketing saw the highest share of 25 per cent, followed by finance (22 per cent), consulting (21 per cent), e-Commerce (15 per cent), systems/IT (10 per cent) and general management (7 per cent).
Some of the top recruiters across different sectors were Accenture, Aditya Birla Group, Amazon, Avendus, Flipkart, Hindustan Unilever, P&G, TAS and The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
According to the institute, participation of firms like Alvarez & Marsal, BlackRock, MasterCard, Advisors and o3 Capital “marked the ascent of IIM Lucknow as a preferred recruitment destination for marketing, finance & consulting roles”. In all, over 160 domestic and international recruiters participated in the final placements.
Apart from the top 4 segments based on roles in sales & marketing, finance, consulting and business development, offers from domains such as operations/supply chain, general management, systems/IT, market research, analytics, business development, social media marketing and HR were also made.
First time recruiters included the likes of Avalon Consulting, BMW Group, Kotak Investments and Tata Sky among others. International profiles were offered by Equirus Capital and Olam International.
As per the institute, in the FMCG/consumer goods/telecom/digital media sector a total number of 110 offers were made with some of the top firms being Airtel, Colgate Palmolive, Dr Reddy’s, GSK, Hindustan Unilever, ITC, Nivea, P&G, Pepsi, Puma, Samsung and Star TV. In addition to the traditional sales & marketing roles, these firms offered roles in supply chain management, IT, corporate finance, HR and analytics.
On the other hand, BFSI sector saw participation of a number of international firms hiring such as Arga, Avendus Capital,Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Blackrock, Citibank, DBS, Edelweiss, Equirus Capital,Goldman Sachs, ICICI Bank and o3 Capital among others, offering roles in front end investment banking, global markets, investment research, corporate/wholesale/retail banking, market research, trading and operations.
In the consulting domain, Accenture, Alvarez & Marsal, Avalon Consulting and Feedback Infra among others made offers, with Accenture and BCG being the top 2 recruiters. The General Management domain saw participation from companies such as Aditya Birla Group (ABG), Airtel, Lodha Group and TAS among others. ABG and TAS are the highest recruiters in this domain.
Meanwhile, the IT/e-Commerce/Technology sectors were represented by firms like Amazon, Flipkart, Google, Magicbricks, Microsoft, Uber and Wipro. These firms opened not only made offers for IT/Systems profiles, but also for roles such as category management, sales enablement, business development, supply chain management, product marketing, strategic alliances, program manager and analytics.
IIM-L achieved 100 per cent final placements for its 30th batch of 446 students, in just over three days, the institute stated in an official communique.
Among segments based on roles offered during placements, sales & marketing saw the highest share of 25 per cent, followed by finance (22 per cent), consulting (21 per cent), e-Commerce (15 per cent), systems/IT (10 per cent) and general management (7 per cent).
Some of the top recruiters across different sectors were Accenture, Aditya Birla Group, Amazon, Avendus, Flipkart, Hindustan Unilever, P&G, TAS and The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
According to the institute, participation of firms like Alvarez & Marsal, BlackRock, MasterCard, Advisors and o3 Capital “marked the ascent of IIM Lucknow as a preferred recruitment destination for marketing, finance & consulting roles”. In all, over 160 domestic and international recruiters participated in the final placements.
Apart from the top 4 segments based on roles in sales & marketing, finance, consulting and business development, offers from domains such as operations/supply chain, general management, systems/IT, market research, analytics, business development, social media marketing and HR were also made.
First time recruiters included the likes of Avalon Consulting, BMW Group, Kotak Investments and Tata Sky among others. International profiles were offered by Equirus Capital and Olam International.
As per the institute, in the FMCG/consumer goods/telecom/digital media sector a total number of 110 offers were made with some of the top firms being Airtel, Colgate Palmolive, Dr Reddy’s, GSK, Hindustan Unilever, ITC, Nivea, P&G, Pepsi, Puma, Samsung and Star TV. In addition to the traditional sales & marketing roles, these firms offered roles in supply chain management, IT, corporate finance, HR and analytics.
On the other hand, BFSI sector saw participation of a number of international firms hiring such as Arga, Avendus Capital,Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Blackrock, Citibank, DBS, Edelweiss, Equirus Capital,Goldman Sachs, ICICI Bank and o3 Capital among others, offering roles in front end investment banking, global markets, investment research, corporate/wholesale/retail banking, market research, trading and operations.
In the consulting domain, Accenture, Alvarez & Marsal, Avalon Consulting and Feedback Infra among others made offers, with Accenture and BCG being the top 2 recruiters. The General Management domain saw participation from companies such as Aditya Birla Group (ABG), Airtel, Lodha Group and TAS among others. ABG and TAS are the highest recruiters in this domain.
Meanwhile, the IT/e-Commerce/Technology sectors were represented by firms like Amazon, Flipkart, Google, Magicbricks, Microsoft, Uber and Wipro. These firms opened not only made offers for IT/Systems profiles, but also for roles such as category management, sales enablement, business development, supply chain management, product marketing, strategic alliances, program manager and analytics.
