If someone does not have their heart set on a particular thing, the matter of selection becomes complicated.

An MBA and career specialization can only be chosen once in a lifetime except for a few extremely rare cases.

You must research and read articles about HR and try to answer the questions about if you would like to work at the place because XLRI offers one of the best HR management courses available in Asia. Top firms and Multinational companies recruit for their coveted HR roles from XLRI and if you get enrolled in a small batch, you would be lucky.If you want to have all the options of consulting, marketing, and finance open, IIM Lucknow is the better choice. But then this would imply that you have to maintain a really good profile to sustain the competition at IIM Lucknow. Keep in mind that not all of the 450 students enrolled at IIM Lucknow end up in a Reputed Company.