PARADIGM SHIFT
A Rise in Off-campus Opportunities
Few days left for college to get over, Parents tense about their child’s future, candidates busy with interview
preparations and getting worried about which companies will shortlist them. Air heavy with loads of
students’ tensions and nervousness!
S
ome years ago, companies used to search for fresh talent through on- campus
opportunities in reputed technical & management colleges, where students
underwent rigorous sessions of interviews before getting hired and had
limited options to choose from the given set of companies (industry specifi c) that
came to their colleges to offer jobs.
R. P. Yadav
Chairman & Managing Director
Genius Consultants Limited
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Eyeing the mammoth growth of SMEs and start-ups in India, off – campus
placements rose to fame as job growth rate is much more than the renowned
companies – in short, encapsulating the biblical words ‘ less people, more learning’.
On the fl ip side with mushrooming of technical & management colleges in the
country, companies are unable to reach out to all colleges and students with jobs
offers. Hence there is a rise of ‘Off-Campus Hiring’. Off campus hiring allows
students to choose their industries of interest, dream companies and roles that
they want to apply for. Along with that, ‘Off-Campus Hiring’ brings benefi t to
students as they can practically feel the physical infrastructure & environment
of the particular companies. However, students are not much aware how to access
| Vol. 10 Issue 3 • MARCH 2019, Delhi NCR