Spectacular Summer Placements at TISS-Mumbai Spoil HRM & LR Students for Choice

Spectacular Summer Placements at TISS-Mumbai Spoil HRM & LR Students for Choice

The Summer Placement Process for the junior batch of the Human Resources Management & Labour Relations Programme, Batch 2007-09, was spectacular! For the biggest batch in the history of the course so far - 63 students, of which 61 were part of the process - the coming

summer months promise a great educational experience with the market leaders of all sectors of the economy. Companies had begun their pre-placement talks for the students back in August and with the sheer varieties of sectors and companies that promised diverse learning, the students were spoiled for choice. They could choose between the mature sectors of FMCG and Manufacturing, or the dynamic Banking, Insurance and IT, or even sunrise sectors such as Pharma and KPO.

Companies like PricewaterhouseCooper, Hindustan Unilever, Marico, Wipro, Coca Cola, Fidelity, Johnson & Johnson, Tata Sons, HSBC, Citibank, Cadbury, Lehman Brothers and BPCL, have always been warmly appreciated by TISS and in turn the companies have shown their preference for TISSians year after year, this year being no exception. The campus also welcomed new recruiters this year such as Hewitt Consultancy, Nestle, Citibank, Nokia, Colgate Palmolive, Dr. Reddy's, Pfizer, ICICI Prudential, FedEx, Astra Zeneca, JP Morgan, Grow Talent and Country Wide Finance. Highly respected companies like Great Place to Work also were part of the pre-placement talks.

The process began on 25th October and the students were continuously pumping adrenaline through Day 1 which ended with placements for most of the batch. ITC, Wipro and Tata Sons made a substantial number of offers and Microsoft, Deutsche Bank and Ernst & Young picked up students in significant numbers, each taking four. TISS' very own Centre for Social and Organizational Leadership too was a contender for the process, managing to steal two students.

Stipends were more competitive than those last year, increasing by approximately 25%. These averaged Rs. 25,000 for each month, for the two-month internship. Microsoft and Coca Cola offered the highest stipend of Rs. 50,000 per month.

Of all the companies invited to campus, only 33 recruiters could be accommodated. These 33 made 80 offers of which 61 offers were accepted.

All's Well That Ends Well

61 students can't wait for the summer to come around. The two students who had opted out of the process have their own learning curve mapped out with authoring and advertising on their minds. The next month will be even more exciting at TISS as the placement process of the senior batch begins. With 15 Pre-Placement Offers and a few additional Pre-Placement Interviews in hand, the 42 seniors are already on a euphoric high. Till then, the HRM & LR students will be busy with classes, assignments and fieldwork, a concept that is a distinctive feature of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences.

Concluded.

Contributed by -
Syed Ahamed Saqi,
MA (HRM & LR),
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.

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