Accenture Strategy emerged as the top recruiter at the final placement for the PGP Class of 2018 at IIM Ahmedabad coming up with 18 offers at the end of the cluster-based placement process on March 12. Consulting and e-Commerce sectors were the major draws at the placements.
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Amazon made the second highest offers of 14 each. Last year, Amazon was the top recruiter with 18 offers. As many as 125 firms had participated in the placements offering 150 roles. The recruiters included 40 firms, participating in the placements for the first time.
Under the cluster-based approach, companies were invited to the campus in cohorts on different days. Well-known firms from multiple domains participated across three clusters.
The ‘Dream job’ applications provide the flexibility to students to approach companies of their choice in a later cluster, even with an offer in hand. The number of applications increased from 110 last year to 176. Meanwhile, in the more than 400 strong batch, 6 students opted out of the placements to start their own ventures.
Among other recruiters were AT Kearney, Bain & Co, McKinsey & Co, Monitor Deloitte and Oliver Wyman. Prominent recruiters in investment banking and markets included Barclays, Citi Bank, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Standard Chartered.
IIM Ahmedabad has released only the preliminary unaudited placement report without providing details regarding compensation and other break-ups. It follows the Indian Placement Reporting Standards, under which placement data is audited by a third-party agency. Thus, the final report will be made available later in the year.
Among the global banks, the top three recruiters included HSBC and JP Morgan who offered roles to five students each. In sales & marketing, Airtel and Hindustan Unilever came up with eight and five offers, respectively. Tata Administrative Services was the largest recruiter in general management with seven offers. Microsoft made eight offers, the highest in the enterprise tech one.
American Express offered eight positions in the banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) sector. American Express made eight offers, followed by YES Bank and FinIQ with six each. In IT/Consulting, EXL made eight offers.
Among other recruiters were AT Kearney, Bain & Co, McKinsey & Co, Monitor Deloitte and Oliver Wyman. Prominent recruiters in investment banking and markets included Barclays, Citi Bank, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Standard Chartered.
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Recruiters in the private equity & venture capital cohort included Kedaara Capital and Matrix Partners. BFSI also saw Bajaj Finserv, FinIQ, Fullerton and HSBC.
Sales and marketing roles were offered by regular recruiters HUL, Nestle, P&G, Reckitt Benckiser and Wipro Consumer Care, among others. The general management cohort also saw participation from Aditya Birla Group, CK Birla and RPG Group. Consumer Services saw participation from Airtel, IndiGo and Star TV. Enterprise tech and consumer tech saw Magicpin, Microsoft, Nykaa, OYO Rooms and UpGrad, among others.
Firms participating in ‘laterals’ where recruiters make offers to those with prior experience included Adidas Germany, Flipkart, L E K Consulting, Lodha Group, Microsoft, Parthenon and Wipro Global.
