Placement

At Presidency University, we understand and value the importance of placement assistance in shaping the career of our students. We would like to be the preferred source of hiring for top recruiters and believe in making dedicated efforts to build long term relationships with our recruiting partners. Along with academic excellence, parallel focus and importance is placed on preparing our students to face the challenges rising from the growing demands from the industry. Emphasis is on investing more time in training, soft skills development, relevant certification programs and calling for inputs from the industry in building and revising our curriculum and course structure at Presidency University. Students also regularly get to interact with professionals from the industry to understand the career opportunities and practical aspects of various functions.

EMPLOYABILITY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMME

It is not unemployment but employability which is of concern today. Companies need trained and qualified students who are job ready. Since there are rapid and continuous changes in the economy and industry, it takes time for the academic curriculum to incorporate the latest developments in economy, technology and industry requirements. While ample of job opportunities are available, recruiters find that the students are not up to the mark or do not have latest or requisite skills. Due to this companies are forced to incur huge induction and training expenses or recruit experienced candidates, leading to loss of opportunities for freshers.

Keeping this in mind, Presidency College has instituted an extensive Employability Enhancement Programme (EEP) to upgrade skills of students and help them get good jobs. EEP has three main components –

• Soft Skills Training
• Certification Programmes
• Placement Preparation

All students undergo extensive Soft Skills Training to improve their personality, communication skills, grooming and etiquette etc. This improves their confidence and helps them in effective interaction with others.

In collaboration with leading entities, many Certification Programmes are conducted in relevant domain areas to enhance professional skills of students. These programmes are highly subsidised by the University.

Finally, students undergo an intensive placement preparation where they get trained in resume preparation, participation in group discussions and personal interviews. Mock GD & personal interviews are conducted and video recorded for evaluation.

HR professionals from top companies are invited to the campus to conduct Guest Lectures about their expectation from the candidates and to guide the students in how to prepare themselves for landing their dream jobs.

PLACEMENT PROCESS AT PRESIDENCY

• The Placement Team sends invitation to the Recruiters with relevant details regarding the Final Placements.
• Recruiters convey their intention to participate by submitting a Job Notification Form (JNF) for each profile they wish to hire for.
• The companies have to inform us of the recruitment process followed by them including the types and number of rounds for selection.
• The Placement Team communicates the dates for campus visit for each recruiter by considering factors like student preference, job profile etc.
• Companies are encouraged to give pre-placement talks before the commencement of recruitment process. This gives students a chance to know more about the company, work culture, growth opportunities and learning and advancement opportunity at the organisation. They will also get a clear idea of the kind of profile that they would be working on. This would enable the students to make an informed choice and help enhance the effectiveness of the company’s selection process.
• HR can conduct different rounds of selection process and inform the names of selected students to the Placement Department, which in turn shall inform the concerned students of the same.
• Final Job Offers would be provided by the companies, which shall be accepted and acknowledged by the students. All the job offers will be channeled through the Placement Department. A Job Offer is considered to be valid only if the Placement Department is in receipt of the written communication of the same. Any form of verbal or telephonic communication will not be considered as job offers.
• List of selected students should be announced on the pre agreed date. Delay or failing to do so may result in the candidate getting another offer.
• The offers letters for the selected candidate should either be mailed or sent to the Placement Department within 15 days of the final selection.
• Presidency follows ‘One Offer per Student’ policy and a student’s name will be automatically deleted from the placement process as soon as she/he receives a firm Job Offer from any organisation and will not be eligible to participate in further placement process.
• In case any company wants the selected student to join them prior to the completion of the academic year/ University exams (early joining), the same shall be informed by the company to the Placement Department. The permission for the same is granted on case to case basis and the College reserves the right to approve or disapprove the same.