With startup & ecomm rush, B-schools see a busy hiring season
Job offers from startups and ecommerce companies at the country's prestigious business schools surged this hiring season, with graduates of the Class of 2025 being wooed with attractive pay packages to help drive growth and expansion plans.
The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), XLRI-Xavier School of Management, Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon, Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) Delhi, and Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Ghaziabad were among the B-schools that saw offers pour in from companies such as Zomato, Flipkart, Amazon, Navi, Myntra, PhonePe, Ola, Nykaa and Swiggy, among others.
Business expansion plans and the push towards digital transformation drove hiring across domains, including product management, growth and marketing, operations, business analytics, sales, tech, finance and human resources (HR), covering entry- to mid-level leadership roles.
Quicksell, Pluckk, Ather Energy, Oyo, Purplle, Juspay, Blinkit, Meesho, Zepto, InsuranceDekho, NoBroker and BlueStone were the other firms that showed eagerness to tap B-school talent. «The sector has been quite bullish in terms of hiring, largely driven by advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and technology development, along with the increasing number of users in the ecommerce sector,» said Kirti Sharma, chairperson of GP Placements & PGDM (IB) at MDI Gurgaon.
The institute said the number of offers made by startups and ecommerce firms, including Amazon and Oyo, was 39% higher compared with 2024, with pay packages