E-commerce giant Meesho has made a comeback to college campuses after a hiatus of one year from the recruitment scene. After opting out of campus placements in 2022 to concentrate on fortifying profitability, the company is geared up to recruit over 150 talented students from the class of 2024 across several premier institutions, reported ET.
Chief Human Resources Officer, Ashish Kumar Singh, revealed, "Meesho had temporarily suspended campus hiring in 2022, prioritizing sustainable growth. Our primary objective was to attain profitability without expanding the workforce extensively" to ET.
The company aims to fill diverse roles encompassing technology, product development, analytics, business, fulfillment, consumer experience, finance, growth, and human resources. Notably, Meesho highlighted that non-technical positions such as strategy and operations are commanding more competitive salary packages compared to the previous year.
Meesho's roster of targeted campuses this year includes top-tier institutes such as the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in Bombay, Kharagpur, Kanpur, Madras, Roorkee, and BHU. Additionally, they are engaging with the Indian Institute of Science (IISC), Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Allahabad, BITS Pilani, Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) Lucknow and Kozhikode, and National Institutes of Technology in Delhi, Bhopal, Surat, and Calicut. The company has also expanded its outreach to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and Management Development Institute (MDI), reported ET.
IIIT Allahabad and IIT BHU have historically been fruitful grounds for Meesho's recruitment drives, securing the highest number of hires.
During the previous campus hiring spree in 2021 for the class of 2022, Meesho recruited a similar count of 150 students across both technical and non-technical domains. The company has now included new institutions for recruitment this year, like IIIT Bangalore, IIIT Lucknow, IIIT Jabalpur, IIIT Kota, and IIIT Gwalior, further expanding its talent pool, Singh confirmed.
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