Employability is much more crucial than ever before in this post-pandemic world. India has an advantage in nearly every facet of the Global Skills market, with a population of 1.3 billion people and a median age of roughly just 28 years. Even though engineers are the significant contributors to employability, Management is still one of the highly prized credentials across a wide range of industries.How do lower-tier colleges fare in the face of these disparities? What are the challenges they face in employability?Despite the robust demand for MBA graduates, only a small percentage of them (various studies estimate this figure between 13% and 20%) are actually employable. According to AICTE, India Skill Report, there has been a 3% decline in the employability of b-school graduates over the years. This fact signifies that the programs are losing value due to discrepancies in curriculum and skills.The fundamental explanation for the disparity in seat growth and outgoing student quality is that the rapid expansion of tier-2 & tier-3 management education schools has not been matched by a proportionate improvement in management education quality.Lower-tier b-schools generally revise their curriculum every three years, and the majority of the programs are theoretical, with no room for skill-based programs or industry exposure. Students entering these universities have no notion of the need for skills and believe that acquiring a degree is the only way to get a good job.With the lack of skill-based knowledge and uptake of management curriculum, the students’ careers are more likely to be hampered. According to Economic Times, salary packages in lower-tier colleges haven't altered significantly in recent years, and while top b-school students have experienced a 6.4% boost in annual compensation, lower-tiered b-school students have only seen a meagre 2-3% growth.So, what are your best chances at acquiring top offers as a student of lower-tiered b-schools?
Quality management education is primarily reliant on industrial exposure, and the fact that 47% of students face unemployment due to a lack of industry exposure proves it. As an MBA student, you can acquire it through Summer Placements. Deloitte's chief talent officer stated that when selecting talent from lower-tier b-schools, they prefer the summer placements route. This assertion has been supported by several other recruiters as well.According to the Dean of NMIMS Mumbai, 30% of the 2022 graduating class was placed through the PPO method, whereas SPJIMR verifies that half of their 2022 batch received PPOs (123 PPOs). FMS received 65 PPOs for their 2022 batch of students, and 46 XIMB students received PPOs this year. Every year, the number of PPOs provided to b-school students increases significantly. The recent placement incidents indicate that summer placements are crucial for your final placements as well as your career’s success.
Now the question is “how to obtain top internship offers?”Knowing soft skills and hard skills is just the tip of the iceberg! One must have in-depth domain-wise knowledge, be able to crack case interviews & guesstimates and prepare for GDs & PIs.
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