Consulting, systems, marketing sectors lead recruitment at XIM Bhubaneswar

Average and median compensation rose 11 per cent this year, with the B-school successfully placing the entire batch

Consulting, systems and marketing sectors accounted for about 78 per cent of the recruitment at the annual placements of Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB).

While consulting lead with 29 per cent share of the recruitments, systems finished a close second with 28 per cent. Marketing and BFSI (banking, financial services and insurance) were the other notable recruiters, with a share of 21 per cent and 14 per cent, respectively. Operations grabbed the residual eight per cent of the recruitment pie.

Over 100 companies visited, 54 of which were first-time recruiters. New recruiters included Anand Rathi, Hewlett Packard, KPMG, Lenskart, Nissan, OYO,