If the job placement trends of Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, are any indication, it seems that the global economic uncertainties have not affected the prospects of premier B-school students.

With just two weeks into this year's placement season, more than 60% of the batch of 2012 has landed plum jobs from leading companies, both national and international.

The institution is likely to repeat its track record of 100% placements this year too. The trends in the job placements this year however reflect a discernable shift away from finance sector jobs, pointing to a lingering confidence deficit in the sector following the 2008 Wall Street bloodbath.

"While the number of intakes from the financial sector has fallen, the consultancy, IT and e- commerce sectors are doing really well, said Surbhi Bhatia, Member of the Placement Committee at IIM- K.

The biggest boost this year came in the form of a 100% jump in the pre-placement offers (PPO) for students over last year. Companies offer PPOs to final year post graduate programme (PGP) students after they complete their two-month long internship in the firms.

As many as 50 students have received PPOs from companies following their summer internships with the firms, a 100% jump over the previous year. City Bank, HSBC, Hindustan Unilever, Deloitte and Reliance were the major firms who have offered PPOs to IIM-K students this year.

"The rise in PPOs is a reflection that companies are very much impressed with the performance of our students during their internship period. We have also noticed that many companies where our students had gone for internships are coming to the campus for final placements as well," said Raghupathi Hari, Placement Coordinator at IIM- K. He added that going by the current pace the final placements could be wrapped up by the first week of March.