siliconindia | | May 20188IN MY OPINIONBy Manek Daruvala, Founder & Director, T.I.M.ETIME Institute offers entrance coaching for CAT, GATE, IPM, CLAT, BANK PO, SSC CGL, GRE, GMAT, IIT Foundation through experienced academicians and proven pedagogy to crack the national exams with ease and understanding. MBA HIRING UPSURGE MBA hiring in 2017 had a unique back-drop. The country was going through the after-effects of demonetisation with GST about to hit it soon. Downturns in economy are not uncommon, but this kind of a situa-tion was uncharted territory. The not so positive GDP growth story added to the bleak outlook. Together, these put many question marks on the direction the economy & GDP would be taking. Students did not know what to expect and industry was obviously playing safe. Compa-nies tackled this in their own ways - some had a complete hiring freeze while others cut down on their hiring plans. This had led to a conclusion that the MBA job place-ments would not be that rosy this time around. Conduct-ed amidst such a scenario, MBA placements witnessed growth as usual ­ an extremely encouraging outcome. Average salaries at the top-30 MBA campuses saw a very positive growth of over seven percent. Many companies, against the expected trend, increased their MBA hiring. Cognizant Consulting, according to reports, hired close
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