Time is money. After taking 11 days to complete the process last year, IIMB placed all its students in just five days this year.
Slot Zero — the first day — saw 90 students being placed compared to 64 in 2009. Though this is a definite improvement, it didn’t better the pre-recession Slot Zero figure of 133 in 2008.
More companies visited the campus this year — 120 compared to 97 in 2009 — and most students preferred the finance sector, which made 65 offers, followed by consulting (54 offers) and PSUs (9).
Ten companies, including Nomura and Bank of America (BoA), absentees last year, returned to the campus. While Nomura made six offers, BoA made two.
Most of the 72 pre-placement offers (PPOs) — summer internships which students convert into jobs — were from the finance sector (46%), again followed by consulting (36%). Only four students opted out of placements to pursue studies and start own ventures. The number was seven last year.
In lateral placements, 66 offers were made by 30 companies to students who had work experience of 22 months or more.
The batch of 270 had five differently-abled students who were successfully placed.
“IIMB recently announced plans for a part refund of fees for graduates joining NGOs, but no NGO was invited,” a student said.
Companies which made most offers included Boston Consulting Group (9), McKinsey (9) and Deloitte (10).
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