Employment profile of management graduates/postgraduates in india - an analysis

The paper highlights the employment profile of - management graduates through eight various categories. It has been noticed that the Waiting Period for obtaining first employment for management degree holders was six months. Whereas, the maximum emoluments earned by fresh employed management degree holders were Rs. 92400 per month and minimum were Rs. 2500 per month. On an average, the emoluments earned were Rs. 23000 per month. In case of experienced persons, average emoluments were Rs. 24600. While in the case of experienced persons, the maximum and minimum emoluments were same as for the fresher. The relevance of education shows that 92 percent and 83 percent for the current and past job were employed in their own field of education. Meanwhile, it emerged for the activity analysis that the highest percent were employed in other establishments i.e., 43.69 percent followed by manufacturing around 20.60 percent and processing establishments which was 12.09 percent. When a size-wise analysis was made, it has been noticed that the highest percentage of management degree holders i.e., 21.47 percent were found employed in the establishments having size of 500-2499 employees followed by 20-99 employees (20.96 percent) and 100-499 employees (18.55 percent). The analysis of the data on functions performed suggests that the highest percentage of management degree holders i.e., around 40.58 percent were employed in services/sales/purchase followed by other activities i.e., 13.90 percent and 11.10 percent administration. The sector-wise position, it has been noted that the highest percentage were working in private sector e.g., 70.24 percent, 75.42 percent and 77.87 percent respectively. The highest percentage of employed management degree holders i.e., 33.80 percent got employment through direct applications followed by training & placement i.e., around 29.26 percent and 19.42 percent by other sources.