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Highest offers rolled in Sales & Marketing | IIM Shillong Summer Placement Report 2018-20

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Highest offers rolled in Sales & Marketing | IIM Shillong Summer Placement Report 2018-20

Affirming faith in the students of IIM Shillong again this year, the Summer Placement season witnessed recruiters from multiple domains. With offers in lucrative roles in the specializations of Finance, Sales & Marketing, Human Resources, Operations, IT & Analytics and Consulting, the campus strengthened its hold amongst the top companies.

Overview:

A general overview of the summer placements of IIM Shillong, batch of 2018-20, is as follows:

S.No.	Parameter	Number
1	Total no. of offers	196
2	No. of participating students	180
3	No. of Recruiters	54
4	Average Stipend	1..12 Lacs
5	Highest Stipend	3 Lacs

Highlights of specific domains:

The companies on board offered roles in various different domains. A detailed insight into the number of offers rolled out in every specialization is mentioned below.

Domain Wise Offers -

S.No.	Domains	Percentage of students
1	Consulting & General Management	22
2	Finance	19
3	General Management	13
4	IT/ Analytics	5
5	Operations	13
6	Human Resources	3
7	Sales & Marketing	38

Sector Wise Offers -

S.No.	Sectors	Percentage of students
1	BFSI	30
2	Manufacturing & Retail	22
3	IT/ Analytics	10
4	Consulting	9
5	FMCG	9
6	E-Commerce	8
7	Automobile	5
8	Others	7

Sales & Marketing:

With about 38% of the total offers received, Sales & Marketing remained the most sought after domain. Top recruiters such as BPCL, Amazon, Google, Droom, ITC, GroupM, TATA Motors, TAFE, Titan, TATA Steel and UltraTech Cement continued to confide in the talent of IIM Shillong and recruited students in large numbers. Companies like Cipla, Bajaj Finserv, Emami, Cyber Infrastructure, Freudenberg, Henkel, UB Group, GMM Pfaudler, Pidilite, Maruti Suzuki and Xiaomi recruited the students of IIM Shillong for the first time. Maximum offers were rolled out by Pidilite, Tata Steel and Amazon.

General Management & Consulting:

A considerable increase in the number of students opting for this domain was seen. With 22% of the batch inclined towards this specific field, General Management and Consulting saw an overall increase in the number of roles offered. The roles offered were that of Strategy & Operations, Corporate Strategy, Business Development and Advisory. Continuing their association with the institute, companies like JSW Group, Muthoot Fincorp, Aditya Birla Group, Deloitte USI, Cognizant Business Consulting, Metlife, TATA Steel, Zaggle and VMWare offered coveted profiles. On the other hand, Apollo Hospitals, Fynd, AB InBev, Xiaomi and GMM Pfaudler were the first time recruiters.

Finance:

The campus of IIM Shillong has always been preferred by recruiters in the domain of Finance. This was witnessed as around 19% participants received offers in the roles of Equity Research, Corporate & Institutional Banking, Investment Banking, Retail Banking and Private Equity amongst others. Companies like Angel Broking, Adqvest Capital, Bajaj Finserv, Goldman Sachs, TIW Private Equity and HDFC Bank built fresh associations with the institute. Other regular recruiters such as ICICI Bank, HSBC Bank, Nomura Investment Bank, Yes Bank and RBL Bank recruited students in large numbers. The highest number of offers were given out by HDFC Bank.

Operations:

In the field of Operations, participation was seen from distinguished companies like ShopClues, Amazon, VMWare and Tata Steel. These were companies which offered prominent roles to the students and maintained their partnership with the institution. Recruiting in the sectors of BFSI, Automobile, E-Commerce, Manufacturing, IT & Analytics and Retail, Bajaj Finserv, Metlife, GoMechanic, Shahi Exports, UltraTech Cement and Shree Cement allied with the campus for the first time. This season saw an increase of 60% in the number of offers made in this particular domain.

IT & Analytics:

A number of recruiters including ShopClues, Fidelity Investments, TATA Capital, Xiaomi and ValueLabs offered roles in the IT & Analytics domain. Along with 65% increase in the highest stipend offered, this specific domain rolled out offers in diverse roles like New Product Development and Business Analytics & Research.

Human Resources:

An increase in participation of recruiters was observed in the field of Human Resources. Offers were made in the sectors of BFSI, Retail and Manufacturing from companies like Muthoot Fincorp, DE Shaw, TATA Motors, UltraTech Cement and Titan. Also, the highest stipend witnessed an increase of 125% this year.

According to the Summer Placement report of the batch of 2018-20, IIM Shillong has successfully reinforced its position amongst recruiters from the industry.

To get a detailed report of IIM Shillong, click here.

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