JOIN USNew benchmark set in ISB campus recruitment
Indian School of Business (ISB) has said the placement season this year has set new benchmarks with highest number of recruiters making more offers than bef
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In the placement results for the Class of 2013 of its Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) announced on Friday, the ISB said 421 companies (21 per cent more than last year) have contributed around 798 offers (increase of 27 per cent over last year) so far.
With the rolling placements still underway, and around 5 per cent of the Class participating in various stages of the placements process, these numbers will only increase further, till the process concludes in May. Women students at the ISB, who make up 29 per cent of the class, have done exceptionally well both in terms of offers received as well as roles.
Reflecting a trend of recruiting women for strategic roles, several leading companies chose our women students for key roles such as director, chief strategy officer, eneral manager, and Executive Assistant to managing director, vice presidents and regional Managers.
This year’s highlight was the ‘Axis Bank – ISB Leadership Programme’, where the bank selected 12 women students to build a women leadership pipeline for their organization.
The technology sector has made the largest number of offers on campus, with 53 of them including Apple, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Facebook, Google, HCL, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Microsoft and Wipro Ltd making 300 offers.
“The 2013 placement season at ISB has set new benchmarks by attracting the highest number of recruiters who have made the largest number of offers that we have ever received” said Deepak Chandra, Deputy Dean, ISB, while announcing the placement results.