A competitive Market Needs A Co-ordinating Service Between Campus Officers, Freshers And Employers

Competition starts to heat up for many young people when they are looking around for places in further or higher education at college or university although some would argue that it starts even earlier when trying to get the highest marks in school.

It intensifies when they become freshers, newly qualified and looking for their first jobs at the start of a career and in India nowhere is the competition more intense for IT jobs.

With the rise of IT as a field of excellence in India understandably more young people have chosen to pursue qualifications for such an attractive and well-paid career offering IT opportunities in cities like Chennai and Bangalore, which have become well-known hubs for the industry.

The Bangalore lifestyle also has a particular appeal and this will only intensify the competition to find a decent position there.

When companies are increasingly holding recruitment drives via the campus it makes sense to start preparing and looking around before finally qualifying. There are plenty of online recruitment companies that focus on vacancies in IT and of course there are the job pages of the newspapers.

But when the first position a fresher gets can determine the future direction of their career and when they embark on the job search they need to be well prepared. Their CV, or resume, needs to be in order, the appropriate way to dress for an interview and how to prepare for the questions they will be asked.

At this point a fresher is still relatively untested and does not have much of a career history to offer, even though they may have done some work experience. Advice and guidance on campus would be welcome if available.

Perhaps the most useful facility would be an organisation that puts together potential employers, freshers and campus officers to provide a seamless link that can help freshers to refine their preparation and particularly their “soft skills” such as communication and team skills, which are being increasingly valued by employers.

A facility that is in contact with employers also would also be in a good position to provide freshers with feedback on what employers particularly value, to then match job seeker with employer and help officers identify the opportunities available for their students.

Even more efficient would be for that facility to be available online, with personal and telephone back-up to facilitate communication between the three parties, fresher, campus officer and recruiter and to provide assessment, support and guidance to freshers to be able to identify suitable candidates for employers’ needs.

The result would be a co-ordinated service that is cost effective for all parties and can take some of the time, mistakes and costs out of the recruitment process.