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Wednesday, February 28, 2007

IIM-B

A staggering 40 percent of IIM-B graduates, who accepted offers from global firms at the campus selection, have quit their jobs within months, in the last two years. The IIM-B is now devising ways to bring the number of drop-outs down so that its pre-placement exercises are meaningful.While global firms have shown immense interest in IIM-B graduates, many new recruits appear to get disillusioned with the overseas jobs and return home to work in India. IIM-B officials believe that often the communication-gap leads to the drop out.Most employers are investment banks, consultant firms, and financial services. There seems to be a lack of proper understanding about the nature of the job among sections of graduates before they accept the offer.The IIM-B sources said that students leave the job within two to three months after recruitment. To counter this, the placement cell intends to introduce steps to improve the counselling sessions before placements and final recruitment.In 2006, out of the 45 pre-placement job offers, 17 were accepted, where in 10 students dropped out after six months of job at the global firm.

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