The Big "P" and more...

Hello readers!

It has been a long time since I posted anything. The Big "P" stands for PLACEMENT in all B-schools. Thanks to Nitish who coined this term (as if we needed one more P after the 8 Ps in services marketing! ). The term-5 of PGDM (MBA) has come to an end and I am cooling off my heels for a day before the final term sessions get underway.This term has been the most eventful and exciting for me and most of my friends would concur with this as well. I have got a job offer from Pantaloon Retail India Limited, the flagship company of Future Group, India's largest retailer in terms of number of stores and revenues (over $ 2.1 billion in FY 2010). Most of my friends here at SDMIMD have bagged jobs and that's one more reason to rejoice. Very soon, India Inc. will get a new set of high potential-high performing (STAR) managers!

The whole placement process taught me that one needs to be patient, well prepared and a little lucky to get the offer from a company. The process involves multiple trade-offs between conflicting parameters like salary, profile, location, company brand, CGPA and industry dynamics. A lot depends on the schedule of companies coming to campus (as we follow rolling placement system here at SDMIMD) and the risk appetite of the student.Also a few of my batchmates are determined to start their own ventures or expand their parent's businesses which is a welcome sign as India needs such wealth creators more than corporate managers.

The whole concept of putting students on HOLD by recruiters really sucks. It puts undue pressure on the young students and speaks poorly of a company's recruitment policies.

The annual management fest of SDMIMD is going to be conducted from January 6 to 8, 2011 here at SDMIMD campus in Mysore. Loads of events are on the anvil. Preparations are on and I will update you all on this soon.

Cheers!