IFIM Business School, Bangalore has concluded its Final Placements for the batch of 2012-14. According to Dr S Baskaran, Director, IFIM The placements have heralded the sanguine phase of the Job Market for MBAs and going forward we expect more and better opportunities for our students. Placement season 2014 at IFIM started on an upbeat and continued on the high note beating the general economic slowdown that caused low MBA placement in the country..

More students opt for Entrepreneurship at IFIM

The struggle for existence and survival of the fittest is the universal truth which applies to MBA education also. While number of B-schools are struggling for their survival some of the reputed ones like MDI, LBSIM, CIM are investing crores of rupees in establishing new campuses at different locations in India.

27557 candidates have so far registered for CAP with DTE against 45297 seats of MBA/MMS programmes in 411 B schools across Maharashtra. Alarmed with this deficit, Directorate of Technical Education Maharashtra has further extended the date of CAP registration to May 29, 2014 while the date for verification of documents at ARC has also been extended to May 30, 2014.

With the declaration of admission results by all the IIMs and admission process in SPJIMR, MDI, IMT, IMI, BIMTECH getting closed, MBA aspirants with fairly high scores in entrance tests find themselves standing at cross road whether they can get admission in a highly ranked B school in 2014 or should target admission 2015. A feeling of depression is gradually increasing by not finding a way out of this dilemma.

More companies plan to hire MBAs and other business school graduates in 2014, according to a global survey of employers out today. Some 80 percent of business school recruiters plan to hire MBAs in 2014, up seven percentage points from last year and 30 percentage points higher than 2009, in the heart of the economic crisis, when just half of employers hired MBAs.

An MBA degree needs a good amount of financial investment unless you get substantial scholarship to compensate your fee structure which may run anywhere in the range of Rs 8 lacs to Rs 15 lacs. Even with the admission offer in hand, its difficult to decide whether to pursue MBA degree or better to think about it later. This situation further worsens when you are already working and drawing handsome salary. You suffer on both counts- loss of job as well as incurring the expenses till you get the job again after MBA.

General election 2014 results might prove blessing in disguise for economic growth and job prospects in next 2-3 years. Going by various predictions and prospects, getting an MBA in 2016 may shower great career opportunities as the iceberg of economic slowdown would have melted by then.

The facts of May 16, 2014

120 days left to CAT 2014 should inspire your preparation strategy and infuse a burning desire to get into the top rated B schools like IIMs, FMS, SPJIMR, NITIE, MDI, IMT, IMI in 2015. What you need is the properly directed and meticulously planned preparation schedule which can get you though the Verbal Ability section of this most sought after and difficult management entrance test.

The announcement of results by all the 6 new IIMs during this week has further put the prospective candidates in a dilemma where they have to be decisively sure whether they wish to choose one among these six or one among the top 10 other MBA/PGDMs where admission process is almost complete and last date to deposit the fee is approaching fast. Barely a few days are left to finalise the decision else you may lose the opportunity of admission in IIMs as well as in other top rated B schools.

Admission results: IIMs Vs other top B schools