Want to get into trending MBA sectors? Target the right B-Schools

About five years ago, FMCG and BFSI ruled the placement processes in top Business Schools. However, with changing times, recruiting patterns are also changing.

How much has the recruiting scene changed in the last few years?

Well, for starters, Indian e-commerce market is changing everything. It has emerged as the hottest sector, beating yesterday’s favourite Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) sector. According to Nielsen Campus Track Business School survey 2015, E-commerce has emerged at the top with 28% students opting for this sector. This was followed by FMCG with 24% MBA students expressing interest in the sector. View source

Shiksha.com decided to take a look at the current placement trends in top few MBA colleges of country- IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, IIM Lucknow, ISB, SP Jain, FMS and XLRI.

We found out that management consulting and e-commerce sectors have extended the maximum number of offers in these top business schools.

These two sectors are a hot a favourite not just at the top Indian Institutes of Management, but also in other leading B-Schools. At Indian School of Business (ISB), 38 percent of the class is heading for e-commerce firms, followed by management consulting at 21 percent. At SP Jain Mumbai too, 23 percent of the batch was placed in e-commerce, while 17 percent of the batch went for consulting.

However, at XLRI, 40% batch opted for Banking and Financial Services (BFSI). About 57% of the batch opted for consulting sector at FMS Delhi, followed by BFSI at 42% and FMCG at 38%.

In the following table, we segregated the top business schools according to top recruiters in each sector. In other words, we have tried to present from which college do top recruiters in various sectors such as Management Consulting, e-commerce, FMCG and so on have recruited.

Note: The table is based on placement reports released by the business schools for the year 2015.