The schedule of final placements at XLRI Jamshedpur ended with 298 offers being made to 180 students. A total of 12 international offers were made at an average offer of $90,000, with the highest offer coming in at $100,000. Domestic offers scaled a high of Rs.28 lakh while the average domestic offer stood at Rs.14.75 lakh.

Financial giants made the most of it, making around 31% of the offers. Consulting roles were also offered by McKinsey, Accenture, Ernst & Young, KPMG, Mercer, PwC, Hewitt Associates and Deloitte, making up around 21% of the batch size.

FMCG had a 23% share, with companies like Procter and Gamble, Hindustan Unilever, Johnson and Johnson, Colgate Palmolive, Nestle, Cadbury, Asian Paints, Reckitt Benckiser, Marico, Glaxo Smithkline and ITC.

Notably, global sales and strategy were offered as lateral entry positions by such IT majors as Infosys and HCL Technologies. General management roles also proved popular with names like TAS, Al Ghanim, The Aditya Birla Group, The Hinduja Group, Essar and The Murugappa Group, offering both national and international roles. Approximately 14% of the batch snapped up offers in this arena.

Another 11% were made lucrative offers by technology sector companies like Microsoft, HCL, Infosys, Cognizant and Wipro, who offered lateral roles for students with previous experience in handling information services.