For any organization, the process of recruitment is considered as the most significant function that helps in seeking the knowledge of the professionals and the expertise so that the right position could be filled up. In present time, most of the companies are relying on campus recruitment process so that the maximum of seats and the vacancies get occupied. Different universities have different talents that every company or the organizations wish to have.
As compared to traditional and usual methods, this is the most unique and interesting to consider. Students can start their careers with the best companies exists in the corporate world. With the increase in career and placement demand, every university or college has started a special placement cell to provide help to the students so that they can find the right job which can sharpen their skills and make them prepare for their bright future.
Students that are excited about getting the admission in good university are required to gather the information about the placement cell so that they could land up to a good job after the completion of their course. In more than one way, campus placement proved beneficial to students from different discipline. Students can get exposed to the corporate environment at the right time so that they can learn the methods of preparing themselves for the competition. In a university, the placement cell implies that the university management is very much serious about the career of the students. Therefore, students should keep in mind that the university they are choosing for the maintenance of their career offers placement to its students.
A research has been conducted based on the experience of the professional skills and concluded certain tips that are based on the input from various placement officers. Under mentioned tips were also useful for the colleges that have great reputation and regularly performs campus placement day in and out.
1. Placement Officer or Placement Cell – The most important aspect in the college is the placement cell and the officer that handles all the work and the actions of the students that are running on the final year of their graduation. This process is similar to the recruitment agency that does not have any recruiter with them. Therefore, placement cell is must and the process of campus recruitment helps in making it successful. It is also important to keep the dedicated and well recognized resources in this cell.
2. Improve Your College Profile – There is a great need for the improvement of your college profile but its method has become the mystery. When someone talks about the improvement of their college profile, it is important to look and consider each and every aspect that is completely related with the college. There are certain things in the college profile that need to be considered.
a. For maintaining the look of the college profile, it is important to develop a website that is designed by professionals.
b. It is important to make the design of your brochure look professional with concise content that could market your previous placement records. If there are no records, then you can project some of the alumni that have the prominent position along with the staff that has the industrial background.
c. Most of the companies look for academic records of staff and students .Market the profile of the lecture and the professors that have the excellent industrial experience and academic backgrounds. Also, try to include and involve all the awards received by your college. Also, include the infrastructure of your college to your website or brochure you are preparing for your placements.
3. Training – For the improvement of placement records, training is considered as the essential aspect. There are some colleges that start their trainings at the end of the final year, but colleges should start train their students from the first year of their graduation. Training of a student should highly be focused on the industrial experience.
There is no need for the companies to look for the aptitude, academic excellence and group discussion. These aspects are considered as the corner stone of the interview, as the companies also look for the methods of preparation to work in an industry. Training should consider real world problems and the requirements of the industry. For instance, In the training of a computer science student, it is important to focus on programing languages, mobile technologies, as they are in great demand.
4. Networking is everything – Networking is considered as the most powerful strategy that helps in the acceleration and sustainability of an individual and the organization. Networking will helps you in building trust even if you are a small college with no or less budget, then you can completely dependent upon referrals and networking instead of classified ads and costly employment agencies. This strategy even works when you have lots of budget to spend.
You are required to start it by creating, “my contact worksheet” that should contain all of your contacts whether it is your classmates, faculties, friends, alumni or any other. Maintain and review the list on regular basis. Also, you can use different types of portals for your networking. In today’s age and time, it is very close to the social media. To keep professional touch, LinkedIn is considered as the best platform. Try to write a blog that will be useful for the company. These activities will help in raising your profile and helps you in creating better networking.
5. Professionalism – It is important for every student to show professionalism in every step they perform. It can also be a first mail sent to the company. When the HR of the company visits your college campus, it will help in creating great impression on them as well as the entire company. In the list of the company, you can come at the top of the list. It is also significant to define a special code of conduct for your college so that everybody could get aware of what to follow.
6. Hospitality – When a HR or somebody else from the company visits your colleges, it is important for the students to show some good behavior towards them. It will be good for you if the hospitality is exceled in front of the company’s HR and he/she remembers you for a longer run. You need to do all the hard work so that they will directly approach you for any recruitment process. Create that impression so that the company will visit you again and again. All these activities can be performed with hospitality. With this, you can build a professional relationship by building a network.
7. Placing Right Candidates – When a company visits your college for the placement purpose, there is a trend to place large number of students at a time, but it is also important to keep in mind that the selected candidates are eligible for that particular role or not. There are cases when the student has the qualification but he/she is not ready to get placed, and then there is no meaning to send them for the interview. Every company see various aspects before offering the college for placement and if the governance board of the company and the senior executive management observes number of students attended the drive and make comparison with the one that are actually recruited. With this process, the company can analyze the quality of students that are recruited and they can make the strategy of selecting the students from the other nearby colleges so that their company could not get any harm.
8. Company-College Collaboration Platforms – There are different portals that help both the company and the college to collaborate and get the benefits. Some of the benefits are:
a. Training performed through online tests that include the question papers of the company.
b. For monitoring students’ progress, excellent reporting module is required.
c. The assessment of communication skills through video profile.
d. A special career portal on which campus interview tips are written by industrial experts.
e. Online tests and questions uploading along with conduction of mock tests.
f. Write maximum number of words in a day for the improvement of vocabulary.
9. Employability – A research has been conducted which shows that only 25% of the students are willing to get the employment. Out of every 4 students, only 1 student is readily available for the employment. This is considered as the great position but most of the students have no idea that who will they get there. It is required for then to understand the importance of persistence. Most of the colleges prefer to train their students with group discussion, aptitude, and presentation, logical and face-to-face.
Also, there are several companies that requires employability skills and traditional skills like communication and logical among students. These types of skills take years to build. Therefore, it is necessary for the colleges to conduct their placement activities at the initial year of the college so that continuous and periodic measurement could be done.
10. Picking The Right Campus Job – In the market, a company can maintain their reputation by picking right kind of job. In the growing demand, it has become difficult to reject or avoid the campus recruitment drive if your student is perfectly suitable for that job. If you will visit the company that requires the skills and knowledge of your student, everyone will respect you.
Conclusion
Campus jobs or recruitment drive plays a significant role in the life of students as it ensures the job quality and security. Therefore, try to agree on every campus drive that is visiting your college.
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