This is a discussion on AfterGraduation new article "IIMs And Other B-Schools Report Strong Summer Placements Midst Job Debate".
In the midst concerns over falling employment in the Country, some IIMs and Several other top Indian B-Schools observed strong summer placements with 15 to 25% higher stipend and sales and marketing, finance and consulting being the top recruiter segments for the students.
They come amid concerns that job creation has been negatively impacted, employment opportunities fallen in the country by policies like the Goods and Services Tax (GST), Demonetization and other. But the summer placements reported by some Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and several top B-schools reflects some other story.
The rising salary (stipend) data and increasing number of participating recruiters in Summer Placement in IIMs, XLRI, IIFT, FMS, MDI and other top B-schools for the summer internships 2018 reveal that the MBA job market is soaring. Job shortage remains a bane of the economy. While a million people enter the workforce every month, the number of jobs created has lagged.

