Hi,

I have been a member of this group for quite sometime.I do believe this group which has HR Professionals across globe, associated with it, would definitely help me in finding a answer to this question...

Does B-school rank influence recruitment decision ?

I often come across alot of job postings, where it is typically mentioned that the employer is looking for an MBA from premier institute....

I also do belive that this could be a easy way to filter the applications, but i myself have heard of incidents wherein the applications have been rejected on the basis of the college they have passed even for a Management Trainee postions....

A simple question to the HR fraternity...... Does talent gets nurtured only at the top B-schools ??

Regards

lieu

In continaution and agreement with what Kingston says...you must realise that the institutions such as IIM,s XLRI etc. have made a name for themselves over a period of time (thru good professors, educational standards set and maintained, infrastructure, and ofcourse the earlier students passed out, etc). So the students who have studied in these instituitons cannot take merit for all the above factors. This does not necessarily mean that other institutions are not good nor students passing out from other reputed institutions do not meet the selection criteria...As HR professionals I feel we must take the first step to give everyone else a fair chance...What say you??

Hello,

I was just going through this query…"Does B-School rank influence recruitment decision". I found it interesting…but yes…it does affect the recruitment decision.

Just have a look at this. Talent market, like any other market, if I have a money in pocket, I will go and purchase the best thing available in the market….same goes for talent. If I have enough budget…I will go to the best institutes to hire the best.

Saying so, I don’t mean that talent is not available at other places…but in this competitive market…who is having time.

The way, the talent is being groomed or brought up in top b-schools is very much equivalent to a person with 2-3 years of experience. It is not the knowledge of a person which matters…but the over all personality of a person.

I can also support my views…with a statement…given in one of the leading newspaper….that there are only 5% engineers…in Andhra Pradesh…who are capable enough to get into good companies. 5% of 150,000 from 210 Engineering Institues…isn’t this figure is mind boggling. Yes, it is.

At, the end, I also like to say, that I am not for India’s Top Business School…but yes, probably I am late in my career…by two years.

You can differ from my opinion.

Cheers

Alex Boud

I agree with Dr.Jha 's explanation

i will go by his words

Attitude ,creativity, conceptual knowledge ,vibrant are the best candidates who can work in any kind of atmosphere

sowjanya

Hi all,

The basic question asked by Lieu that whether the top ranking school affects the process, I think Brand matters too, its another truth in the market, majority would try to catch hold of brands like IIM, IIT, ISB......etc.

Yes, I strongly agree with Dr. Jha albeit other member's views are logical too, really liked Kashmeera's quotes, that’s true and thanks for sharing.

Also, good students/candidates with real spark whether from small village, metro, city anywhere sparks and clicks anywhere (apart from major reason finance), there are lots of talent examples, i do not remember all, still am trying, one is Dr. Salim, the renowned ornithologist, he was not even university qualifed, recently few kids were selected for NASA trip - not able to recall names, they were not from very hi-fi schools, even one of them was not knowing english) , Lieu its not true that real talent gets nurtured only in big branded B-schools, they only give the environment with huge infrastructure, real talent gets molded with their hardwork anywhere.