Proving one’s wisdom in campus recruitment is important for both employers and students. Higher Education Plus explores the overall opportunities campus recruitment provides.
Like any other MBA student, Vigil Venugopal was apprehensive as the summer placement was approaching. It was his final year at OP Jindal Global Business School and his specialization at the MBA programmer was Marketing and Analytics. With immense speculations about placements among his fellow students and professors, the pressure was mounting on him. The least he required from placements was a package of 6-7 lakhs per annum to give his career a decent start.
“Campus hiring should be diverse, distributive, volatile, and according to the need of students. Numerous top organizations in almost every sector are prioritising young blood in their campus recruitment drives. Hence, good institutions will always have an edge in such hiring,”
Dr Sandeep Sancheti,
Vice-Chancellor, SRM Institute of Science and Technology
His happiness knew no bounds when he got an offer of 15.2 lakhs per annum by online retail giant Amazon. “From the pool of 500 students, I was fortunate to make it to the final 9 who were selected after all the tension and confusion. From expecting an average of 6-7 lakhs to getting highest ever in the campus had been a dream journey for me”, states Vigil happily. On-campus recruitment drives and is an important forum for recruiters while selecting their leaders. “Campus hiring should be diverse, distributive, volatile, and according to the need of students. Numerous top organizations in almost every sector are prioritising young blood in their campus recruitment drives. Hence, good institutions will always have an edge in such hiring,” professes Dr Sandeep Sancheti, Vice-Chancellor, SRM Institute of Science and Technology.
