How Colleges can increase their Placement Count?

Colleges are often seen as the foundation of a candidate's skills and abilities before they start their job in any company. Apart from bearing the ownership of providing quality knowledge to their students, Colleges also carry an added (and important) responsibility of placing the talented students from the Campus itself. Moreover, making a student job-ready by the college also enhances the college's reputation, drawing more admissions. Therefore colleges are looking for ways to prepare students for the jobs to increase the placement count.

And while there is a tough competition amongst the students to get admissions into the top Institutions, there is an equal stiff competition amongst the Colleges to become the first choice for students. Needless to say, Placement numbers these days have become one of the most influencing criteria for any student to choose a college. 

Owing to a high need to increase the placement count, most of the colleges have set up placement cells to tackle the situation, yet the rejection rate of the students is on the higher side for a number of reasons. 

Here are some of the challenges that institutions face when aiming for high placement rates-

The gap between Knowledge and Skill

Companies that are into Entry level Recruitment take the concept of Practical application very seriously. They care less as to how theoretically equipped a candidate is and focus more on his/her practical and problem-solving abilities. 

Less Preparation time

This is one approach where most of the colleges need to improve. Most colleges begin the placement preparations in the final year which is too late. This not only leads to the students being unprepared for the hiring process, but it also affects their morale going forward.

Such a practice results in a high rejection rate.

Therefore, it becomes imperative for institutions to integrate placement preparations from the third year into the students' schedule. This way, they will be physically, mentally and skillfully prepared for the incoming companies.

So what's a viable solution for such problems? Let us dive into them:

Start soon

Come up with a strategy that works well for students of all kinds. You can use the initial 1-2 years to assess the students' and then come up with a comprehensive preparation course to strengthen their weak areas become job-ready by the final year. 

Analyze the growth 

Repeat assessments and in-depth analysis can help track the student’s progress. Such data will serve as a feedback system that tells you what you are doing right and where you need to improve. Continued assessments will vastly improve a student's performance over time. 

Getting to Know the Industry

Another advantage of beginning the placement preparation early is that students achieve an in-depth understanding of the industry and what is expected out of them. Once they know what they are dealing with and where they have to end up, their task becomes easier. Assessments also help them to measure their skill-set in line with the industry requirement. 

Companies these days are very particular about talent assessment and getting your students placed in one isn't an easy task. The cut throat competition doesn't make things easy either. But with right a strategy, anything can be achieved!

The HireMee advantage

HireMee is an online assessment platform that offers complete Recruitment solutions pre-employment test

to validate the students who are skilled and deserve to get a job. HireMee has helped thousands of students to get a job by:

• ·         Providing inputs on various jobs available
• ·         Educating them about the skill-set Companies require
• ·         Training them to become job-ready
• ·         Placing them by connecting with 2100+ top companies

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