Great Lakes had its best ever placement season for both the 2015 graduating classes of PGPM and PGDM with recruiters lapping up most of the students by January. The PGPM Class of 2015, is an eclectic mix of students from diverse educational backgrounds and industry experience ranging between 2 to 5 years.
Roles & Recruiters
The 2015 season saw several new roles being offered in emerging areas like Analytics and E-Commerce. Business Analytics emerged as a major area with 17% of the students taking up profiles in the area offered by Analytics, Consulting and IT firms. E-Commerce recruiters included majors like Amazon, Caratlane, India Property.com, Matrimony and Snapdeal. IT/ITES continued to dominate with almost all leading IT firms in the country participating and picking up students in large numbers, making Great Lakes their most preferred destination of choice for recruiting management talent.
Industry Wise Major Recruiters
Key Highlights
- Participation by diverse set of companies across IT/ITES, Consulting, E-Commerce, Analytics, Telecom, Financial Services, Manufacturing, and many more
- Maximum profiles offered in Technology Consulting (33%) followed by Sales & Marketing (22%) and Business Consulting (16%).
- Average Salary offered for the Class of 2015 is INR 12.02 lakhs
- Highest offer made by Amazon India
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