Xavier School of Management (XlRI) has achieved 100 per cent placement for its current outgoing batch of 2013-15, the largest batch to ever sit for final placements in the history of XlRI. The final recruitment process saw participation from 108 recruiters, inclusive of 45 new recruiters, and 321 offers were made for a batch of 300 students over a period of 3.5 days. XlRI has successfully placed its high-calibre students from its Business Management and Human Resource Management programmes.
Officials of XlRI informed that BFSI and Consulting firms recruited in large numbers with around 40 per cent of the business management students being offered roles in the finance and consulting domains.
XlRI’s unrivalled reputation for its Human Resources Programme was clearly visible as the HR students secured excellent job offers across sectors viz consulting, FMCG, general management and other sectors in large numbers.
A total of 99 students were offered PPOs (Pre-Placement Offers) from their summer internships, a near 25 per cent increase over the past year with the students from XlRI, proving their mettle in the industry yet again. The median salary offered to the batch is Rs17 lakh per annum, while the minimum is Rs12 lakh per annum.
In continuation with the trend from the recently concluded Summer Internship Placements, the CRP was marked by an overwhelming presence of recruiters from the financial sector domain. Recruiters from the BFSI space included Axis Bank, Citibank, CRISIl, Development Bank of Singapore, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, ICICI Bank, Standard Chartered and Yes Bank. ICICI Bank was the largest finance recruiter. Corporate Banking roles were offered by Citibank and HSBC among others. Other companies also visited campus offering PE, VC and IB roles.
The FMCGs have been the forte of XlRI over the years. This year was no different and XlRI has again re-established its strength as an FMCG destination. Asian Paints, Colgate, Palmolive, GSK CH, Heinz, HCCB, ITC, Kellogg’s, l'Oreal, Mars, Mondelez, Nestle, Pepsi Co, Reckitt Benckiser, Unilever among others offered roles in sales and marketing and HR functions. ITC was the largest recruiter in the FMCG space.
The pharmaceutical and medical sector was strongly represented by participation from majors like Alembic Pharma, Bioxcel, Medtronic, Novartis, Novo Nordisk and Roche. The media sector too made its presence felt with Set India, Star TV and HT Media offering roles in their sales and marketing function. Airtel, Ericsson and Vodafone represented the communications and the networking space while Philips and Samsung were the recruiters from the consumer durables sector at XlRI.
Bosch, Crompton Greaves, Siemens, lodha Group recruited students from the HR function. Ericsson, GSK CH, Kellogg’s, Ola Cabs, Uber, Tata Steel offered operations related roles including supply chain and procurement.