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Pre-Placement Initiatives:

Placement season is a nerve-racking period for final and pre-final year students alike. Every student will be inclined towards landing into a good job in a reputed company or being offered summer internship/industrial training. Prof. T. Thyagarajan, Director, Centre for University Industry Collaboration (CUIC), Anna University said that the CUIC kick starts the placement process by sending a circular to all the departments during March to collect details of Placement Representatives (PR) for the forthcoming year. A meeting will be held with all the PRs to discuss and finalize the placement policy. He also said that, in the month of July, CUIC distributes a ‘Ready Reckoner’ Booklet (http://placement.annauniv.edu/booklet.php) to the students which has details that a student needs to know about the placements. It includes: Instructions for Online Registration, Tips for facing the interviews, Frequently asked questions, Expectations of HR, List of useful websites to help build up the employability skills.  It also contains the contact details of PRs of all UG and PG courses. Subsequently, a Placement Readiness Programme will be held for all the final year UG and PG students followed by a Mock Online Test before the end of July.

Placement Process:

Anxiety becomes intensified as August approaches as all the on-campus Internship and Placements start from the first week of August. The requisites that appease the recruiters are put in a short and crisp manner by CUIC as FACTS. FACTS is an abbreviation for clearing all papers in the First attempt, having the right Attitude, a good CGPA, positive Thinking and Skill set (niche skills and soft skills). The placement process follows a chronological order that starts with short listing students based on the eligibility criteria stipulate by the companies followed by a pre-placement talk, written or online test, group discussion and technical interview. Based on the performance students will get shortlisted for an interview with the HR of the company which is the final lap before getting selected.

Placement: Changing Landscape

In recent times, there is a remarkable change in the on-campus hiring scenario.  Dr T. Kalaiselvan, Additional Director, CUIC said that the Companies prefer students based on the skills evident from their participation in the competitions (Hackathon by Titan, Mobile App Garage by Daimler, Codevita and EngiNX by TCS, CIO Challenge by Cognizant, Innovation Jockey by Accenture and Great mind challenge by IBM etc.  The companies also focus on niche skills than the generic skills. Students have to adopt themselves to this changing scenario to be successful in the on-campus internship/placement drives.

List of prominent companies visiting for Placement / Interns:

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