Page 3: The President and the Gen
Sec come under the microscope
Page 2: Bouquets, colourful brickbats and
too many earrings at ORC ‘14
Page 8: We talk to the Chief, IPC Unit
on the acute lack of connectivity
THE FINE PRINT
ENGLISH
PRESS
CLUB
PRESENTS
SEMESTER I
ISSUE V
PILANI
NOVEMBER 2014
CTC (in lacs)
With about 90% of the undergraduate students on campus
placed, the Placement Unit has certainly surpassed
expectations and derailed certain stereotypes. With a balanced
mix of core, Finance and Consultancy job offers BITSians
have not only had more and bigger opportunities this time,
they also had more diversity in their attempts to strike gold at
the placement desk and PU had a successful shot at putting to
bed myths that only core companies visited campus in the first
semester and Consultancies in the second. As has been the
norm in the last half decade, ‘dream’ offers in a few
multinational giants have certainly inflated averages across
disciplines. Dissecting the statistics into more relevant figures
though, still vindicates the perception that the PU has
surpassed expectations.
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(The complete statistics for Higher Degree will be available on FB.com/TheFinePrintOnline due to space constraints.)
As usual the bars on A7 are the ones you would want to flash
in isolation in front of unsuspecting parents. Averages in all
other disciplines have beefed up though. Making allowances
for deceptively high contributors to the net, all disciplines
have fared better than they are perceived to. With more
consultancy options in the first semester there has been a
healthier distribution across disciplines.
Owing to the smooth running of the first trial of the winter window of placement also gives the recruiters a larger pool of students, allaying the worries of current
and companies going back pleased with their new recruits, it will be implemented third year students who may be on the fence about which semester they should
again. Inviting companies from Mechanical, Manufacturing, Chemical and Civil choose to be on campus.
disciplines, the PU is confident about a positive response to their new undertaking.
Allowing more core opportunities for students returning in the second semester, it
Thirdly, Abinandh talks about how the importance of soft skills cannot be stressed
enough. "Companies are looking for the person who is smart, capable and willing
to learn on the job and who will be a good fit in their organisation. They require
well rounded, earnest individuals and performing well in the group discussion or
HR round would certainly reflect that. Seriousness about this aspect and pre
placement talks will give the students a certain edge when it comes down to a GD
or interview. Things like doing your research on the company and asking relevant
questions will go a long way in this regard."
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Talking about how a student's CGPA and the likelihood of him making a good
job are related, he said that there is certainly a strong correlation between the two.
This does not imply undisputed supremacy of the 9 or 10 pointers, however many
companies impose certain CGPA cut-offs for their recruitment tests and having
one less than 6 is certainly likely to thin down that stack of applications. It is true
that a student's CG reflects on their capabilities and is, although not the only, but
a crucial deciding factor for recruiters.
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Creating a well-organized resume is not an easy feat. With an average HR
spending about 15 seconds on your CV, a simple formatting error may be taken as
a sign of general complacency and even be enough to stop you from progressing
to the next round. "Students need to be aware of how to build and represent a CV
early on. Scrambling to finish this in your Psenti semester isn't going to cut it and
that is precisely why preparation for placements should start at least in the last
semester of your third year," says Abinandh.