Equal opportunity for all
PLACEMENTS Sriranjitha Jeurkar finds out whether students stand to gain from an MoU between a college and a professional placement agency
Dayananda Sagar Institutions, Bangalore and TeamLease Solutions, a professional placement agency, have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding, through which TeamLease will facilitate placements at the college. Companies for the campus recruitment process at Dayananda Sagar will now be brought in by TeamLease.
The MoU is aimed at giving all students an equal chance at recruitment — irrespective of whether they have performed well in their exams.
The emphasis is also on placing students who have scored below 65 per cent, and would otherwise find it difficult to get a job during campus placements. “The idea is to help get jobs for students who have not scored so well in their exams,” says Mrudula P, Manager (Sourcing), TeamLease.
The process follows a method slightly different to the normal placement procedure. Grades are not revealed to prospective employers right at the beginning. Instead, the grades of the students are given to the recruiter only after candidates are shortlisted.
“Initially, the client meets the student and matches him or her with the job. This is done first, then the grades are shared, mostly as a record,” Mrudula explains.
The management of Dayananda Sagar feels that such a tie-up is beneficial to students, particularly those who have not scored very high in the examinations. “There are many students who are intelligent and smart but may not have scored the cut off percentage specified by certain employers. We want to help such students get jobs. Another advantage of a tie-up with professional placement agency is that many employers will simultaneously be present on campus and students get the opportunity to be tested and evaluated by many employers,” says Prof B Thyagaraja, Director of HR, QA & Placement.
As many as 850 students participated in a job fair organised by TeamLease on the DSI campus recently. Online and written tests were administered, and interviews conducted. The institution is confident of getting a good response from the recruiters. The management says that the tie-up will help them achieve 100 per cent placement, which can be a tough task otherwise.
TeamLease has conducted similar campus recruitment processes in MBA colleges in Varanasi and Orissa.
“The college is at an advantage because we have a good reach — we have many clients looking to recruit young people. We’ve already built a rapport with our clients, so co-ordinating is easier,” says Mrudula.
Companies like Volkswagen, Mphasis BPO, IBM Daksh, JVS Electronics and Permeative Technologies participated in recruitment process.
“The DSI management has set itself a target of 100 per cent placement of its students and hence sought the support of TeamLease Services. TeamLease has an all India presence and a large clientele, many of whom may not insist on 65 per cent marks scored, but focus more on ‘on-ground’ assessment and actual performance of the student,” adds Prof Thyagaraja.
