One of my friends is studying at XLRI. To her, there is no difference or classification of the amount of international exposure or on-site opportunities, based on specializations. The points below provide a clear picture of the modes of international exposure that students of XLRI receive during their course and afterward.

• There is a student exchange program in XLRI, which provides foreign learning opportunities to students.
• The institute has tie-ups with several international business schools like ESADE, Audencia, Darden, and EM Lyon.
• Almost 20% of students from the batch get the opportunity to spend a semester in one of the foreign institutes. Among them, most of the seats are available to HR and BM students.
• Students get the benefit of interacting with international students and get used to the global perspective of MBA.
• In terms of internships and placements, the working experience of candidates totally depends upon the job role offered by the company.
• In certain cases, companies send their summer interns abroad to their offices.
• There are HR interns from HUL, who worked in the United Kingdom during their internship period.

Therefore, specialization is not the mode of distinguishing chances for on-site opportunities, and the factor is entirely based on the company’s business requirements.

It is not a question about whether or not BM is bad, and HR is good. XLRI is more known for HR because it has stuck with the brand. The brand XLRI primarily had an established legacy in Industrial Relations (IR). Which later converted into HR. XLRI established its reputation as an IR concentrated institution following the Independence of the country.

BM, on the other hand, was inaugurated only afterward alongside older IIMs. This has somehow resulted in leading to the XLRI brand getting generally and mostly associated with HR, and not BM. It’s rare to find any industry or top-tier companies in the country where the top HR personnel is not from XLRI.

Now when talking about BM at XLRI, there is definitely a strong and successful alumni base from BM in the industrial sector. In fact, for further recruitments, alumni of XLRI get placed in McK, BCG, and several more from the BM sector.

One of my students passed out of XLRI recently. Let me share his experiences after graduating from this institute. He claims it is one of the finest B-schools in India. It is popular for its Human Resource Management program.

There are few points you should keep in mind while choosing a career path after doing an MBA from XLRI.

• An HR manager from any institute will do what their role is, perhaps you should try to find much more efficient ways to solve all those problems in their organization.
• You should discover the problems from their abstract environment and try to solve them.
• You must be active and observant, and find out the underlying problem that may create an issue and become an obstacle in the future.
• You must try to look for organizations that are going through a change in terms of transformation or expansion.
• You must choose an industry that they like and always look for opportunities to do any cross-functional roles.
• In the HR profession, you may experience a career that offers good working conditions, good career growth opportunities, and rewarding work, these will boost your career.
• An HR professional must have good communication skills and interpersonal skills to boost their interaction.

These are huge responsibilities after becoming an HR professional. You must be calm and try to understand everything and boost the morale of the people of your firm.