PREFACE

They say, At the end of education, people dont ask what you have learnt, but what you have become!!! And when that education is imparted through a professional course like MBA, then this question becomes even more relevant. With lakhs of student from diverse backgrounds getting admission in different MBA/PGDM courses in the country, just in a hope of getting the job of their dreams, the million dollar question is, What is the kind of profiles offered by companies to B -school graduates??

This book is an attempt to guide current students as well as the aspirants, about the variety of job profiles offered by the companies to the MBA graduates from different B-schools. We have tried to deliver the information and analysis of 18 most popular companies profile data that they offer during their campus placements at different B-schools. Heres a look

1. ACCENTURE
An erstwhile partner of Arthur Anderson group, the company focuses on consulting and technology services Fast Facts: Name: Accenture Founded: 1989 Industry: IT services, IT consulting Area served: Worldwide No. of Employees: 257,000 (2012) worldwide Turnover/ Revenue: US$ 29.77 billion (2012) CEO: Pierre Nanterme HR Head: Manoj Biswas (India) subsidiary: NA Website: www.accenture.com This management consulting behemoth serves clients in more than 120 countries. From high end strategic and technological consulting to handling outsourced business processes the company operates across the entire value chain. It recruits mostly from Top and Tier 1 schools, especially for the management consulting division. It usually gets it people from FMS, IIM, A, B, and C. For its technology division it also looks at places like SIBM, NIITE amongst others. There were few entrants into the company from institutions like KIIT, SIOM, especially on staff functions like Human Resources, Operations etc. Reviews on sites like Glassdoor informs that the place is fun to work with, has an open culture, and merit is rewarded. Career growth too gets thumbs up. People do warn that it is not possible for you to select a domain in the initial years, work could be too demanding at times and the pet peeve of north Indian software developers in the company is that most work sites are in the south.

Designation Indicator
Level of B-Schools TOP Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 2 Designation Type Senior Analyst - Management Consulting Business Analyst Management Intern System Analyst with DW BI Capability Analyst, Operations Practice

2. Aditya Birla Group

It was a commodity major, with old-school Birla values. But the company has now moved on to diverse fields and is truly an Indian conglomerate. Fast Facts: Name: Aditya Birla Group; Founded: 1857 (Birla group); Industry: Conglomerate; Area served: Worldwide; No. of Employees:136,000 (2012); Turnover/Revenue: US$ 40 billion (2012); Chairman/CEO: Kumar Mangalam Birla; HR Head: Dr. Santrup T Misra; Select Subsidiaries: Aditya Birla Minacs Worldwide Ltd, Birla Sun Life Asset Management Company, Aditya Birla Money Ltd, Idea Cellular Ltd, Ultratech Cements Ltd Website: www.adityabirla.com A conglomerate with interests in metals, fibre, fabric, telecom and cement, this group recruits heavily across the board. The most prestigious programmes within the group is the Leadership Associate Programme (LEAP) which are for freshers or those with 18 months of work experience and for this it primarily recruits from IIMs and select Top tier B-Schools. But since it operates over 19-odd verticals, campus placements for trade managers, operations executives, executives in functional domains like HR, Finance are done at both Tier 1 and Tier 2 colleges. Considering the fact that it is a large group, the levels of employee satisfaction varies according to the work culture of individual companies. So, while the LEAP programme gets full marks, working in Retail or Money or Minacs are found slightly wanting.

Designation Indicator
Level of B-Schools Top Tier 1 Tier 2 Designation Type Leadership Associate (LEAP/LEAD) Management trainee Executive Trainee

3. Amazon India
This online retailer was named so, since the founder wanted a name that comes first in any listings. It is a pioneer. Fast Facts: Name: Amazon.com; Founded: 1994; Industry: Internet, online retailing; Area served: Worldwide; No. of Employees: 69,100 (2012 Q2); Turnover/Revenue: US$ 48.07 billion (2011); CEO: Jeff Bezos; HR Head: Deepa Manojkumar; Subsidiary: NA; Website: http://india.amazon.com This online retail giant began operations in India in 2012 as Junglee.com. So, most of its initial recruitments were on the managerial side. The focus is on technology and operations, as its a fresh entrant in the Indian market. The companys most preferred profile appears to be in Programme Management. It recruits across functional areas, but no distinct trend could be gleaned out of the sample available with us. The company gets most of its management talent from IIMs and NITIE. For its frontline requirements, it targets Tier 2/3 schools. Being an MNC, Amazon appears to be a great place to work with most employees terming the work environment as fun. But motivational differences do seem to be visible across locations and functional teams. Slow decision making and heavy reliance on processes also appear to be pet peeves for the recruits. Freshers interested in ecommerce find it as a good training ground. The company operates on both own stock delivery model as well as procurement-based fulfillment.

Designation Indicator
Level of B-Schools Top Top Top Top Top Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 2 Designation Type Operations Manager Pathways Operations Manager Manager HR Business Partner Business Product Manager Program Manager Manager Technical Program Manager Process Associate Analyst

4. Asian Paints
It began as an audacious experiment by four friends who were willing to take over the largest MNC paint operations in the country in 1942 Fast Facts: Name: Asian Paints; Founded: 1942; Industry: Chemicals; Area served: 17 countries; No. of Employees: 4,640 (2011); Turnover/ Revenue: Rs. 7,964 crore (US$1.45 billion in 2012); CEO: KBS Anand; HR Head: Ernest Louis; Subsidiary: Apco Coatings; Website: www.asianpaints.com The paints player behaves almost like an FMCG and is known for its marketing prowess. Since it is very sales-driven, it recruits on all the three levels, namely managers, executives as well as deputies. It is also geographically very spread out and hence recruits heavily from regional schools. The distinction amongst Top and Tier 1 schools vis--vis Tier 2/3 schools is quite clear in this company. While recruits from Top B-Schools are placed as Managers or Management Trainees, those from the lower pecking order are placed either as an executive trainee or commercial trainee. Sales officer too appears to be a common designation in the company. It is the on the job training, especially in moffusal towns offered by the company that is prized by fresh recruits.

Designation Indicator
Level of B-Schools Top Top Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 2 Tier 2 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 3 Tier 4 Designation Type Manager-Systems Management Trainee (Marketing) Management Trainee (systems) Management Trainee(Finance) Executive Trainee Summer Intern Executive Trainee (sales) Commercial Executive (Trainee) Executive Trainee Relationship Associate (c. desk) Relationship Associate Sales Officer/ Project Sales Officer

5. Axis Bank
Its parent body brought the culture of mutual fund investments in the country. The bank now aspires to be a financial services one-stop shop. Fast Facts: Name: Axis Bank; Founded: 1994 (As UTI Bank); Industry: Banking, Financial services; Area served: Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, Shanghai, Abu Dhabi, Colombo (International Branches); No. of Employees: 21,640 (2010); Turnover/ Revenue: Rs. 198.26 billion (US$3.61 billion in 2011); CEO: Shikha Sharma; HR Head: Snehomoy Bhattacharya; Subsidiary: NA; Website: www.axisbank.com. A young bank, which was initially set as a joint venture (JV) by Unit Trust of India and three other public companies, later became a private entity after the split of UTI and was renamed Axis Bank in 2007. It grew exponentially post the split, and has been on a recruitment spree in the last few years. The company recruits widely and most of the profiles we could access were in the Assistant Manager/Personal Banker category with primarily frontline responsibilities. Relationship associate is another front office profile that the bank offers to Tier two/three institutions. Most reviews about the work culture say that it is less competitive, and more humane, while lack of transparent performance appraisal systems appear to be a pet peeve. Work-life balance is another issue of concern. Designation Indicator Level of BSchools Top Top Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Tier 4 Designation Type

Manager-Systems Management Trainee Management Trainee Management Trainee Executive Trainee Executive Trainee Commercial Executive (Trainee) Relationship Associate Sales Officer Project sales officer

6. Bharti Group
What began as a spare parts manufacturer who moved into telephone instruments, Bharti is now the predominant mobile services company in the country. Fast Facts: Name: Bharti Airtel; Founded: July, 1995; Industry: Telecommunications; Area served: South Asia, Africa and the Channel Islands; No. of Employees: 21,299 (2012; Turnover/ Revenue: US$ 14.49 billion (2012); Chairman: Sunil Bharti Mittal; HR Head: Krish Shankar; Subsidiary: Airtel Africa, Airtel Digital TV, Airtel Sri Lanka, Airtel Bangla; Website: www.airtel.com Bharti Airtel Limited is a leading telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. The company ranks amongst the top 5 mobile service providers globally, in terms of subscribers While Airtel continues to be the biggest and the flagship company of the group and accounts for most of its campus recruitments, the company also recruits for Bharti Axa, Infratel and Learning Systems. Young Leader Programme is the most prestigious entry level recruitment scheme of the group. An interesting aspect of this programme is the Reverse Mentoring concept, wherein the young recruit takes on the role of guides helping senior leaders. Majority of the positions offered by the company is in the Sales domains. Designations vary from Sales officer to Territory sales manager and are uniform across schools. The company seems to have a very employee-friendly culture, wherein fun, loving, caring, innovative, growth are the terms that get reiterated in most of the reviews of the company.

Designation Indicator Level of B-Schools Top Top Top Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 1 Designation Type

Young Leader Programme - Management Trainee Territory Manager (Rural) Senior Manager Associate Manager Channel Marketing Consultant Human Resources Manager-Office Leasing

Tier 2 Tier 2 Tier 3

Assistant Manager, Retail Leasing Territory Sales Manager (North) Territory Sales Manager (West)

An active market player, Airtel sponsors many events like the Delhi Marathon, Formula One races, as well as public service campaigns

7. CapGemini
What began as an IT services company set up by Serge Kampf, the firm is now high up on the technology consulting totem pole.

Fast Facts: Name: Capgemini; Founded: 1967; Industry: IT services, IT consulting; Area served: Worldwide; No. of Employees: 123,229 (2011); Turnover/Revenue: $9.693 billion (2011); CEO: Aruna Jayanthi (India); HR Head: Rajesh Padmanabhan; Subsidiary: NA; Website: www.in.capgemini.com/

A consulting and outsourcing bigwig, the French multinational has over 40,000 or 1/3 of its worldwide employee strength in India. The company recruits both from Top and middle-level BSchools. While most consulting assignments go to the Top schools, the frontline functions are open to Tier 2/3 schools. On the outsourcing side, Trainee Associates and SW Associates appear to be the preferred profiles offered to freshers. The company has predominantly neutral rating on employee response websites.

A small section of Indian recruitments are for the consulting divisions, and nearly 76% of the sample size is back-end functions endorsing the fact that it has large back office operations in the country, which services its other global arms. Though the opinion on pay and perks appears to be even between those satisfied and those who are not, most uniformly complain about lack of work-life balance. While many appreciate the open culture and learning possibilities, issues of performance appraisal, retention strategies and growth plague the work environment of the company.

Designation Indicator Level of B-Schools Top Top Top Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 2 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Designation Type

Sales Solution Architect Senior Consultant, BIM Associate Director Senior Consultant Consultant Senior Consultant(SCM) Sr. Consultant (Services) Senior Consultant (System) Senior Consultant (Finance) Consultant (SCM) Software Associate Trainee Associate Trainee Associate (SCM)

French roots still dominate the companys culture though the India operations is the largest

8. Citibank
It began as the city bank of the New York City about 200 years ago and is now one of the largest fullfunction financial services players. Fast Facts: Name: Citigroup; Founded: June 16, 1812; Industry: Banking, Financial services; Area served: Worldwide; No. of Employees: 261,000 (Dec 2011); Turnover/Revenue: US$ 102.59 billion (2011); CEO: Michael Corbat; HR Head: Anuranjita Kumar (India); Key Subsidiaries: Banamex, CitiMortgage, Citibank, Citi Branded Cards, Citi Private Bank, Citi Securities & Banking, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (49%), Nikko Citigroup, Website: www.citigroup.com Financial services giant Citigroup has a substantial presence in India, but in the banking sector, the companys recruitment is primarily restricted to the Top and the Tier 1 institutions. A known MNC, Citi has the pick of the students from Tier 1 institutions. However, in our sample, very few IIM graduates especially from A, B, C have opted for Citi. Just about 2% of the sample profiles came from Tier 2 or below institutions, and most of the profiles in that case were restricted to back office or logistics. Research function appears to be a popular domain in Citis offering to freshers. From the posted user reviews, compensation, cumbersome business processes, work pressure, undue pressure to take higher levels of risk are some of the issues that make Citi a not so attractive employer. On the other hand, diversity and depth of expertise and opportunity that a group like Citi could provide, as well as the prospects of working for an MNC makes Citi an interesting place to work. Designation Indicator Level of B-Schools Top Top Top Top Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 2 Designation Type Credit Analyst Management Associate Officer, Cards AFU Analyst, Investment Banking Assistant Vice President Management Associate Management Trainee Relationship Manager

Tier 2 Tier 2

Assistant Manager Relationship Manager (invst)

9. CRISIL
25 years ago, ICICI, a public finance institution, set it up. With such illustrious roots, the firm is now a wide spectrum rating agency

Fast Facts: Name: Crisil; Founded:1987; Industry: Research, Risk and Policy Advisory; Area served: Globally diversified client base; No. of Employees: NA; Turnover/Revenue: Rs. 538.994 crore (US$98.1 million) (March 2010); CEO: Roopa Kudva; HR Head:G Ravishankar; Subsidiaries: NA; Website: http://crisil.com/ Rating both financial firms and others has been its speciality. A research-intensive organisation, CRISIL has been predominantly recruiting from Tier 2/3 institutions in bulk. About 63% of our sample came from such institutions and the designations have been predominantly Management Trainee. Research Analyst is another profile that the company has been offering. IFMR, Chennai, BIM Trichy, and Sydenham, Mumbai are institutions from where CRISIL appears to recruit in good numbers. The company, if reviews are to be believed, is very knowledge-intensive and challenges professionals quite often, and people would be happier if the management pays slightly more, and makes constant efforts to improve work-life balance.

Designation Indicator Level of BSchools Top Top Tier 1 Tier 1 Designation Type

Management Trainee Assistant Manager- Talent Attraction Management Trainee (rating) Management Trainee (edu)

Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 3 Tier 4

Research Analyst Research Analyst Research Trainee Executive Trainee Business Development Officer

10.

Deloitte

What began as a one-man initiative, set up by William Welch Deloitte, the firm went through a series of mergers to its current pre-eminent position. Fast Facts:

Name: Deloitte; Founded: 1845; Industry:Professional services; Area served: Worldwide; No. of Employees: 193,000 (2012); Turnover/Revenue: US$ 31.3 billion (2012); CEO: Barry Salzberg; HR Head: Ashutosh Sinha; Subsidiary: NA; Website: http://www.deloitte.com Deloitte is the brand under which tens of thousands of dedicated professionals in independent firms throughout the world collaborate to provide audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, and tax services to selected clients. In India, it offers a range of Audit & Enterprise risk, Tax, Consulting and Financial advisory services across thirteen cities. It too has a share of the process outsourcing business. One of the Big 4 accounting firms, Deloitte focuses both on auditing and consulting with equal vigor, which partly explains its appetite for huge manpower across the country and large requirements along the entire spectrum of B-Schools. In terms of diversity of colleges, from top to Tier 4, Deloitte is represented everywhere. Consulting positions obviously go to top players, but positions like Tax consultant, ExecutiveTax, ERP Analyst, Associate - technology designations would greet a fresher from Tier 2/3 colleges. The company is considered a great place to work, and opportunities to grow appear aplenty. Long work hours, which are characteristic of consulting firms applies here and lack of work-life balance does come as a complaint quite often. From the reviews, it is also clear that due to integration with European/US markets late night sittings that synchronizes with their timings is also a problem people suggest. Friendly and motivating leadership appears to be a plus for the company. Focus on clients is the USP of the company, which takes pride in providing quality services.

Designation Indicator Level of B-Schools Top Top Top Top Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 2 Tier 2 Tier 2 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 3 Tier 3 Tier 3 Tier 4 Tier 4 Designation Type Consultant ERS Consultant Consultant (Strategy &Operations) Senior Consultant Consultant HCM Consultant-Workday Consultant Strategy & Operations Consultant (taxation) HR- Analyst Tax Consultant Business Analyst Associate- Real Estate Consulting Analyst Tax Consultant Client and Market Analyst Consultant 1- Tax Talent Analyst- HR Operations Resource Manager Analyst-Talent

11.

Cognizant

With a two-in-a-box client engagement model, this company offers the best of both worlds to the client

Fast Facts: Name: Cognizant; Founded: 1994; Industry: IT services, IT consulting; Area served: Worldwide; No. of Employees: 50,400 (2012); Turnover/Revenue: US$ 6.12 billion (2011); CEO: Francisco DSouza; HR Head: NA; Subsidiaries: NA; Website: http://www.cognizant.com/

A big recruiter, Cognizant has been on the prowl in the top and Tier 1 schools during the last year. Nearly 41% of the sample profiles came from the IIMs, ISBs and select IITs and almost all of them were for the consulting division of the company. The firm also has recruited from Tier 2 institutions selectively, but only 4% of the sample size came from such schools. The designations of recruits also change as one moves down the pecking order. While IITs/IIMS gets consultant/or even Senior Consultant, the lower level schools are offered Process Associate, Executive-Recruitments or HR Executive. Just about 10% of the people polled in the review sites were unhappy about the company. Lack of effective mentoring, especially on site, is also a factor that has brought adverse comments.

The company has been growing at a scorching pace. Since client engagement has always been a function predominantly handled by the overseas division, a general complaint is that consulting opportunities are relatively hard to come by for many new recruits. A healthy 30% were very satisfied. The only complaint one comes across on the sites were less pay for freshers, and the confusion that a fast but slightly unstructured work process that the company follows.

We see continued demand in business consulting and domain-intensive roles, apart from niche and new technologies. Recruitments too would focus on these domains

Shankar Srinivasan Chief People Officer, Cognizant Employee-Friendly infrastructure is one of the advantages of working for the firm

Designation Indicator Level of B-Schools Top Top Top Top Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 1 tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 2 tier 3 Tier 4 Designation Type

Consultant Senior Consultant Consultant (BFSI) Manager - Cognizant Social Analyst Consultant (risk) Senior Associate Sr. Business Analyst Consultant (BFSI) Consultant (Quality) Business Analyst Business Analyst (Finance) Process Executive HR Executive

12.

Genpact

What began as a leveraging operation of cheap human resources has now evolved as a full-fledged back office to the world

Fast Facts: Name: Genpact; Founded: 1997; Industry: Business Process Management & Technology Services; Area served: Worldwide; No. of Employees: 58,500+ (2012); Turnover/Revenue: $1.60 billion (2011); CEO: NV Tiger Tyagarajan; HR Head: Piyush Mehta; Subsidiaries: NA; Website: http://www.genpact.com/ The BPO major is a heavy recruiter. It mostly recruits from Tier 2 and Tier 3 colleges while for some Business Analyst and managerial level positions in quality it looks at Tier 1 colleges. From the sample it appears that it has a slight bias towards south and west-bound colleges when recruiting analysts. Process Associate, Process Developer and Business Analyst are the three major entry level positions in the firm. The firm rarely recruits from the Top schools and the nature of business too dictates such choices. In the sample we examined the few top level positions are primarily at VP level and are offered to individuals with over 7-10 years work experience. They are more lateral rather than fresh placements. The company usually has two types of requirements from skills perspective - people with domain knowledge and people with commercial knowledge. It also looks for certain level of integrity in candidates, people who have the right attitude and are team players. Company reviews on websites appreciate the firm for giving relatively more opportunities for growth and ease of movement amongst different divisions. Long work hours and less than transparent appraisal systems and bias in promotions are the pet peeves of many employees. One can also glean from the sites that the general lack of fast growth opportunities also troubles the aspirants.

We look for a certain level of integrity in candidates, people who have right attitude from learning perspective and who are able to work well in a team.

PIYUSH MEHTA Senior Vice President - HR, Genpact

Genpact pioneered the BPO industry in the country and spawned a million clones.

Designation Indicator Level of B-Schools Top Tier-1 Tier-1 Tier-1 Tier-1 Designation Type

Asst VP Process Associate Business Analyst Business Analyst Market Risk Process Developer (Finance & Accounts) Business Analyst (Credit) Business Analyst (Risk) Assistant Manager Corporate Quality Business Analyst (Quality) Process Associate

Tier-2 Tier-2 Tier-2

Tier-2 Tier-3

13.

Infosys

This single-room operation set up by six friends is today one of the largest wealth creators Fast Facts: Name: Infosys; Founded: 1981; Industry: IT services, IT consulting; Area served: Worldwide; No. of Employees: 153,761 (2012); Turnover/Revenue: US$ 7.00 billion (2012); CEO: SD Shibulal; HR Head: Nandita Gurjar; Subsidiary: Infosys Lodestone, Infosys Technologies (Australia) Pty. Limited, Infosys BPO Limited , Infosys Tecnologia do Brasil Ltda, Infosys Technologies (China) Co. Limited, Infosys Technologies (Shanghai) Co. Limited, Infosys Public Services Inc; Website: www.infosys.com Infosys recruitment is massive and the designations vary. Most MBAs are placed as functional Consultants and the preferred verticals appear to be Finance and HR. Staffing specialists are the most often offered profiles. Though freshers complain about the tough job conditions, many do agree that the company remains the best place to learn the trade. They praise its training systems and the all-round exposure provided. Supportive peer group also finds positive mention here. Lack of empowerment, mentoring and expectations to complete the work within unreasonable deadlines are some of the other pet peeves. The overall ratings for the company on review sites like Glassdoor is predominantly one of indifference. For a firm that used to be ranked among the top 10, this is slightly disappointing.

It is important to know whether these students know their stuff. We also look for generic knowledge. Communications skills are important as our customers are global

Nandita Gurjar Senior Vice President and Group Head, HR, Infosys Technologies

Designation Indicator Level of B-Schools Top Top Designation Type Associate Consultant (Process and Domain Consulting) Associate Finance, Corporate Risk Management

Top Top Top Tier-1 Tier-1 Tier-1 Tier-1 Tier-1 Tier-1 Tier-1 Tier-1 Tier-1 Tier-1 Tier-1 Tier-1 Tier-1 Tier-1 Tier-2 Tier-2 Tier-2 Tier-2 Tier-2

Business Consultant Client Engagement and Business Development Product Manager Associate Consultant Associate Consultant (Financial Services & Insurance) Associate Consultant, Oracle Financials Associate Lead - Global Immigration Associate Lead - HR Associate Lead - Talent Acquisition Business Analyst - Product Development Business Partner-HR Functional Consultant Infrastructure Consultant Process & Domain Consultant SAP Functional Consultant Senior Associate Consultant Systems Engineer Associate Consultant Associate Consultant (Management Consulting Services) Bid Manager Process Executive Sr. Process Executive

14.

ICICI bank

Fast Facts: Name: ICICI Bank; Founded: 1955; Industry: Banking, Financial services; Area served: Worldwide; No. of Employees: 81,254 (2012); Turnover/Revenue: US$ 13.52 billion (2012); CEO: Chanda Kochhar; HR Head: K. Ramkumar; Subsidiary: ICICI Lombard, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited, ICICI Securities Limited, ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Ltd, ICICI Venture, ICICI Home Finance, ICICI direct.com, ICICI fund (Domestic) and ICICI Bank UK PLC, ICICI Bank Canada, ICICI Bank Eurasia LLC (International); Website: http://www.icicibank.com/

While aptitude may remain one of the key determinants, it is the positive attitude that enables young graduates to build a career in the long run.

A training ground for finance professionals, ICICI Bank is famed for being the grooming centre for future CEOs. It offers both managerial and executive positions to freshers. The company seeks out students who show the hunger for performance and are team players. While recruiting freshers the company looks for passion, dynamism and customer-orientation.

N. S Kannan ED & CFO, ICICI Bank

ICICI Bank is liberal in offering managerial positions even to freshers from Tier 2/3 schools, but insiders do say the pay and perks vary. The most common position on offer is Relationship Manager.

Website reviews do give thumbs up to the opportunities available to freshers in ICICI bank. But long work hours, almost nonexistent leaves as well as a slightly haphazard assessment system and reward schemes have come for complaints from the current and former employees.

Front office remains the most important component of a customers relationship with the bank.

Designation Indicator Level of B-Schools Tier-1 Tier-1 Tier-1 Tier-1 Tier-1 Tier-1 Tier-2 Tier-2 Tier-2 Tier-2 Tier-2 Tier-2 Tier-2 Tier-3 Tier-3 Tier-3 Designation Type

Relationship Manager, Emerging Corporate Group Area Manager (Sales) Management Trainee Product Manager - Debit Cards Product Manager MT - Human Resources Personal Banker Trade Sales Manager- Retail Trade & Forex Product Manager- Campaigns, PTM Product Manager Relationship Manager Deputy Manager Executive Trainee Acquisition Manager Personal Banker Relationship Manager - Commodity Finance

15.

IBM

The father of the computing hardware industry is now a software giant in both consulting and services Fast Facts: Name: IBM; Founded: Endicott, New York, US (June 16, 1911); Industry: Computer hardware, Computer software, IT services, IT consulting; Area served: Worldwide; No. of Employees: 433,362 (2012); Turnover/Revenue: US$ 106.91 billion (2011); CEO: Shanker Annaswamy; HR Head: Chandrasekhar Sripada; Subsidiaries: IBM India, IBM-Daksh and many others; Website: http://www.ibm.com/in/en/ Working in a firm as diverse as IBM could be quite an experience. While an employee in the premier IBM Research Lab could work on wearable technology, a process associate at IBM Daksh might be stuck with delinquent credit card cases. So its important to understand which arm of the company one gets a job with. Website reviews too vouch for this dichotomy. While some says one would work in a new technology every few years, some others complain about stagnant work culture. Well laid out policy frame comes for praise from many employees. But the rigidity of regulations comes for criticism. The BPO operations too come under flak for being monotonous and repetitive. Most jobs in our sample are primarily offered by IBM India and hence only Top and Tier 1 institutions are predominantly represented.

Few places offer as many opportunities as IBM to gain knowledge, work in a stimulating environment, and be rewarded for outstanding performance.

VA Rangarajan IBM India/South Asia Depth and diversity of domains are the biggest attractions while working for IBM.

Designation Indicator Level of B-Schools Top Top Top Top Top Top Top Top Top Top Top Top Top Top Top Top Top Top Tier-1 Tier-1 Tier-1 Tier-1 Designation Type

Advisory Technical Professional Associate Consultant Associate Consultant, Strategy & Transformation Business Development Manager, Communications Business Manager (Rajasthan) - IBM Software Consultant Financial Consultant Functional Consultant SAP - HCM HR Advisor Management Consultant Manager, Project Management Office Marketing Manager SAP Consultant Senior Consultant Senior Consultant- Strategy and Transformation Senior Strategy Consultant Senior DPE Marketing Manager - Cloud Computing Analyst - Market Insights Business Devp Manager Manager Marketing Trainee

Tier-1 Tier-1

Project Manager Senior Operations Professional

16.

HCL

Home-grown hardware major HCL is the only player which still has a sizeable presence in both hardware and software.

Fast Facts: If you want to stand out as a company or individual, you must launch a series of experiments. Only the original thinkers succeed. Name: HCL Technologies Limited; Founded: November 12, 1991; Industry: IT services, IT consulting; Area served: Worldwide; No. of Employees: 85,335 (Sep 2012); Turnover/Revenue: US$ 4.3 billion (Sep 2012); CEO: Vineet Nayar; HR Head: Prithvi Shergill; Subsidiary: NA; Website: http://www.hcltech.com/

The two divisions of HCL cater to distinctly different markets. While HCL Tech caters to the global market HCL Infosystems focuses on domestic markets and hardware sales in APSC markets. CEO, HCL Technologies The recruitments at the strategic level in both are almost similar. But HCL Tech recruits heavily from Greatlakes, XIMB, and IIT Roorkee. HCL Infosystem on the other hand focuses on Nirma, Kalinga, BIIM, SIMM, and IBS, Mumbai. The dominant position offered by Infosystems is one of sales and its verticals. Tech offers a few management Trainee positions. A combination of technology and business skills is what the firm looks for. But more often presented profiles appear to be Analyst. Vineet Nayar The company invariably gets very high marks for being street smart and most reviews comment upon the tremendous learning opportunities for a fresher. Sales orientation and the skill to close a deal keeps appearing in most of the comments as essential learning from working with HCL.

Software Services provide maximum revenue to the group though hardware still plays a role.

Designation Indicator Level of B-Schools Top Top Top Top Top Top Top Tier-1 Tier-1 Tier-1 Tier-1 Tier-1 Tier-2 Tier-2 Tier-2 Tier-2 Tier-2 Tier-2 Tier-2 Tier-2 Designation Type

Senior Management Trainee Head Strategic Engagements SMT - Strategy & Business Operations Category Manager, Corporate Strategy Senior Management Trainee Senior Executive - Business Finance Senior Management Trainee Area Sales Manager Account Manager Management Trainee Senior Management Trainee Senior Technical Lead Project Management Trainee Management Trainee Sales executive Manager Member Technical Staff Senior Analyst Software Engineer Management Trainee, Campus Recruitment & Relations

Tier-3 Tier-3 Tier-3

Senior Sales Executive Sales - Consumer Computing Sales Executive

17.

Mahindra & Mahindra

It began as a commercial vehicle manufacturer and is currently a market leader in passenger vehicles too Fast Facts: Name: Mahindra & Mahindra; Founded: 1945 (Ludhiana); Industry: Automotive; Area served: Worldwide; No. of Employees: 15,147 (2012); Turnover/Revenue: Rs. 598.53 billion (US$10.89 billion) (2012); CEO: Anand G. Mahindra; HR Head: Rajeev Dubey; Subsidiary: Mahindra Two Wheelers limited ; Website: http://www.mahindra.com/ We have looked at M&M, Mahindra Satyam and Mahindra Navistar here. M&M primarily recruits from Top institutions for strategic management functions, while it offers Management Trainee positions to both Tier 1 and Tier 2 institutions. In terms of designation, there is very little differentiation between these two Tiers. Most MT positions are focused on sales. Mahindra Satyam is spread out in its catchment area. While it recruits heavily from Great lakes for strategy and business functions, it moves to Tier 2 and 3 schools for frontline sales and back office domains. While Mahindra Satyam gets comments for its pay offerings, M&M is praised for its innovation, research-led work environment and motivation levels. The offers are either at Tier 1 School or more towards Tier 3 concentrating on frontline positions. Designation Indicator Level of B-Schools Top Top Top Designation Type Management Trainee - Sales & Marketing Manager Sales (HCV) Strategic Planning & New Business Dev. (Agribusiness) Strategy, SMG (Channel Development) Asst. Manager - Sales

Top Tier-1

Tier-1 Tier-1 Tier-1 Tier-1 Tier-1 Tier-1 Tier-1 Tier-3 Tier-3 Tier-3 Tier-3

Business Consultant Consultant Deputy Manager - HR (SAP) Management Trainee Management Trainee - Sales Manager- Market & Business Planning Manager, Supply Chain Management Corporate Recruitment Team HR Immigration Inside Sales Executive Management Trainee-HR/TAG

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Proctor & Gamble

The consumer durable corporation has been an old India hand and operates on both personal care and hygiene verticals. Fast Facts: Name: Procter & Gamble; Founded: 1837; Industry: Consumer goods; Area served: Worldwide; No. of Employees: 129,000 (2012); Turnover/Revenue: $83 billion CEO: Shantanu Khosla; HR Head: Sonali Roy chowdhury; Subsidiary: NA; Website: http://www.pg.com/en_IN/ Considered the FMCG nursery, many a marketing wizard has gone through its training programme and fabulous work environment and come out smelling roses. A prestigious Day-190scruiter in the early 90s, P&G lost a little sheen during the IT boom years and its rigor and opportunities only came up again for consideration in recent years. The companys brand management function is much coveted and only Top level school products are considered for the position. The firm also looks at Tier 2 and 3 schools for Sales Officers positions. Training opportunities and potential to work in a global environment with opportunities to work in P&G Global are some of the attractive elements for freshers. On the review sites, P&G normally gets very high marks for flexibility in work culture, self-motivated teams and open and transparent work environment.

Designation Indicator Level of BSchools Top Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 2 Tier 2 Tier 2 Tier 2 Tier 2 Designation Type

Sr. Consultant (SCM) Management Associate Management Trainee (SCM) Territory Manager Assistant Manager (Per. Prod.) Area Sales Manager (Hygiene) Officer (Sales) Officer (Retail) Officer, Depot Operations