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the opportunities, as many companies lack the
bandwidth to hire across colleges.
Well, Off Campus hiring brings benefi t to
companies, as, it is one of the cost effective
ways through which colleges send their students
to companies for job interviews, rather than
companies going to colleges for interviews, which
incur cost to the later. This new recruitment
strategy has helped companies, colleges and
students to re – look their future workforce,
institution branding and careers.
Just fi nding an opportunity doesn’t quench
the thirst, cracking the interview matters.
Students must prepare themselves thoroughly
before accepting trainee or internships or
jobs in their initial careers. Perhaps more
than anything, the students who establish
determination, tractability and the aptitude to
upgrade themselves will always fi nd abundant
opportunities.
As per the latest industry trend, before
offering a job, recruiters prefer candidature with
experience because they know that companies
are looking out for people with learning abilities,
whereas, interns or trainees are just looking
for a fresh environment to practice what they
have lear nt theoretically. Eg: Candidates
who demonstrate this potential, for example,
by mastering digital marketing, even while
preparing for traditional marketing roles, tend
to do particularly well.
Genius Consultants Limited has also
started familiarizing Off- Campus recruitment
techniques among its 1100 clients across the
country for the past 2 years. With an experience
of 25 years, the staffi ng company shares some
quick tips to excel in off-campus interviews:
Invest in a few well researched ideas
and quality output rather than volume
and posting voice online helps attracts
attention from big brands.
• Strategic resume writing: It is very
necessary for every candidate to draft his/her
resume with a defi ned strategy. This piece of
word document must have all the necessary
details about the person in one page.
• Monitor your dream work place – Before
appearing for the walk – in interview, students
must check out their websites, social media
for potential opportunities. Update and upload
resume in their careers section as well as on
job portals.
• Updating networking platforms – Candidates
must update their LinkedIn status while looking
for a job.
• Brands Matter – Candidates who are starting
a fresh career must always opt for big brands as
it gives them a leverage in going forward, unless
the candidate has entrepreneurial ambitions.
• Self-publicity – Invest in a few well
researched ideas and quality output rather than
volume and posting voice online helps attracts
attention from big brands.
• Recommendations - Take recommendations
from every person for each project you have
worked earlier. Through this way candidates will
also learn the skill of networking which will help
them in professional work.
But the reality here is a bit different, majority
of people believe that candidates who are unable
to crack opportunities during on-campus, opt for
off – campus jobs. While it is good for candidates
to secure jobs before their graduation, but
there is no harm in checking out what other
job openings are there for freshers, currently
in the market. Off-campus placements pose as
great opportunities to brush job interview skills,
before appearing for on-campus placements.
In addition, they offer a host of benefi ts to the
fresher looking for jobs off-campus. P & M
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