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| 18th
January 2010 / Times of India / Pune Edition |
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Recruiters line up at city colleges
Pune: Campus recruitment is not the privilege of Bschools
alone, if you thought so. Students in science, commerce
and arts streams in senior colleges of Pune too get job
offers at decent salaries by companies. And the process
has just begun.
Those lining up at colleges include banks, pharmaceutical
companies, BPOs and IT firms. The packages being offered
to students, who will be appearing for their final-year
examinations this academic year, range between Rs 3 lakh
and Rs 6 lakh per annum.
While arts students are seen as favourites among BPOs,
commerce students are being recruited by banking and finance
companies. These companies invest in training them further.
At the Symbiosis Arts and Commerce College, in 2009, 500
commerce graduates and over 50 arts graduates landed jobs
in leading companies, even before they had their degrees
in hand. Speaking to TOI, Rishikesh Soman, principal of
the college, said, “Our placement season starts
in December every year and hundreds of students are selected
during campus interviews.”
Around 15 companies visit this college every year, said
Soman. “Due to recession, last year, the recruitment
rate was low and the number of companies visiting us had
dipped. However, that was only last year. Usually, the
number of companies visiting us is pretty good.”
Students from Symbiosis have been handed a package of
anywhere between Rs 2 lakh and Rs 3 lakh per annum.
About 100 students at the Nowrosjee Wadia College of Arts
and Science were placed in 2009 during campus interviews.
Charudatta Nimkar, co-ordinator of the placement cell
of the college, said, “We have a separate placement
cell established only for graduate students. The arts
students are absorbed mainly by BPOs and receive a salary
of approximately Rs 10,000 per month. ‘It’s
talent at less cost’
Pune: Banks, pharmaceutical companies, BPOs and IT firms
are offering salaries ranging between Rs 3 lakh and Rs
6 lakh per annum during campus recruitments to students
in science, commerce and arts streams in the city.
Many companies have tie-ups with institutes. They absorb
our students as management trainees and further enrol
them with these institutes for distant education.
The students have classes on weekends and by the end of
four years, they have a post-graduate degree and a great
job in hand.”
Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce (BMCC), one of
the frontline colleges for commerce faculty, conducts
placements for four bachelors degrees — business
administration, foreign trade, computer application and
commerce.
“Last year, 28 companies conducted interviews at
our college and 90 students from all the four streams
were recruited. Many top companies visited our college
for the process and the highest package offered was Rs
7 lakh,” BMCC principal Aniruddha Deshpande said.
The college also trains students in soft skills, group
discussions and personal interviews for campus recruitment.
Placements at BMCC usually take place during January and
February.
Fergusson College has experienced a high rate of recruitment
of their BSc (computer science) graduates, who are picked
up by IT companies. Ravindrasingh Pardeshi, principal
of the college, said, “Despite recession, last year,
about 20 companies visited our college for recruitment
and 276 students from science and arts faculties were
placed. In 2008, 365 students were absorbed by companies.”
The packages offered to students at the Fergusson college
were anywhere between Rs 1.25 lakh and Rs 5 lakh, depending
upon the stream.
Ankita Sheth, a human resource consultant to a research
and analytic firm that absorbed students from BMCC last
year, said, “We are into research and fresh graduates
are our best resource to work on analysis of data collection
as they have a different viewpoint than experienced ones
when it comes to analysis. Cost is another factor. They
are comparatively hired at lesser salaries than post-
graduates. So, it’s talent at less cost.”
Priya Barua of a leading accounting firm said, “It
is a two-way deal. while graduates get the experience
and at the same time they can use the income in pursuing
further studies, companies need fresh talent as it saves
cost instead of hiring management post- graduates for
the same job at a higher price.”
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