XLRI students bag domestic and international job offers with salaries over ₹50 lakh

• Top management institute Xavier School of Management (XLRI) placed all of 359 students within the first two days of campus placements.
  
• Almost half of the offers bagged by the students were made via pre-placement offers.
  
• The average salary package increased from ₹22.3 lacs in 2019 to ₹24.3 lacs this year.
  
• The highest international offer stood at ₹58 lacs from the sales & marketing.

Top management institute Xavier School of Management (XLRI) placed all of 359 students within the first two days of campus placements. As many as 108 companies participated in the campus drive — rolling out domestic and international offers.

In fact, almost half of the offers bagged by the students were made via PPOs (pre-placement offers).

The average salary package increased from ₹2.2 million in 2019 to ₹2.4 million this year. Banking and financial services turned out to be the highest paymaster — offering domestic salaries as high as ₹5 million.

The highest international offer stood at ₹5.8 million from the sales & marketing domain.

“This year’s placement season has once again witnessed remarkable success in spite of the longish economic slowdown. Top companies coming for recruitment is an affirmation by the industry of the high-standard of management-centric education that we strive for,” said J Christie, Director at XLRI.

Top recruiters — Consulting, Sales & Marketing, BFSI

Wrapping up the recent campus placement season, the B-school attracted most promising job packages from the consulting (26%),, sales and marketing (21%) and BFSI (banking and financial services) at 17%.

Global multinationals KPMG and PwC topped the charts, rolling out the most number of offers. While Myntra, Power Finance Corporation, Delhivery, JCB and Diageo emerged as the first time recruiters at XLRI.

“The increase in BFSI hiring can be attributed to a higher number of candidates opting for the finance specialization and a vibrant appreciation for finance in the form of finance associations and an in-house XLRI Student Investment fund,” XLRI said.

Goldman Sachs, Citibank, JP Morgan were some of the top recruiters hiring for finance roles.

Last year, Boston Consulting Group emerged as the leading recruiter at XLRI, which also scored 27% of job offers in the from sales & marketing domain.

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