Fresher Jobs: Are you still not placed

Fresher Jobs: Are you still not placedMost of the engineering colleges in India are going through a campus season during this time of year. Positive news are being reported in news paper about big pay packages being offered to students. This story is common among-st all the grade A colleges.



But today I not writing this article to celebrate the success story of placed students. Today the question is  "What if I am still not placed"

The question is common, but to answer it let me categorize people over here, there is one bunch (A grade colleges) who had a few chances and there are possibilities of few more  and the other lot who are still waiting for their first chance to prove themselves.

One who had a few and would get few more.... 

You are the are best judge of yourself, with your previous experience of campuses attended you are well aware of your shortfalls. I have a few word of advice here which can improve your chances,


  • Take a paper and pen and summarize your last campus attended.
  • Figure out the area where you lacked and create a plan to address them.
  • Improvise your understanding on yourself and try to address them in shortest possible of time
  • Knowledge is the key but presentation and right attitude work as catalyst. 
Before you attend your next opportunity, gather as much information about next visiting company, understand their needs and expectations and prepare yourself to position/present yourself in front of recruiters. I had written an article on simple ways of improving communication skills, refer this article while preparing yourself, it may be helpful.

In short don't take your coming opportunity casually, it may be your last easy chance! 

source: http://blog.freshersdirect.com

Feast for Electronics engineers in India

Fresher Jobs: Feast for Electronics engineers in India: Its been a old trend in India for Electronics engineers to join the software industry for getting into the job market. The primary reason behind the story is absence of any semi-coductor industry in India.

China has been the world factory for semi-conductor and chip industry and India has been a consumer and market for this trillion $$ industry worldwide.

"Jaiprakash Associates has tied up with IBM and Israel's Tower Jazz, while Hindustan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (HSMC) has tied up with ST Microelectronics and Malaysia's Siltera to set up two chip-making facilities, the government said on Friday".


Also Home-grown electronics brand Videocon and Reliance Industries are ready to set up chip manufacturing plants.
In proposals sent to the Government for setting up semiconductor fabrication plants, the two companies have offered to invest some Rs 25,000 crore on the condition that the Government provides incentives. 
A total of 76000 crore rupees would be invested to setup the plant which would generate a minimum of 20000 jobs in semi-conductor and chip making business.
Semiconductor fabrication is essential to promote local manufacture of electronic items. From smartphones to television to cars, every thing electronic has an in-built chipset that controls its operation. Globally, chipset market is dominated by Intel, Qualcomm, AMD and Texas Instruments. According to the Department of Electronics and Information Technology, the demand for electronics hardware in the country is projected to increase from $45 billion in 2009 to $400 billion by 2020. 
Read the full press coverage for more details of the bussiness 
The news is ought to be celebrated across the country, and the band waggon is surely going to welcome freshers.

Source: http://blog.freshersdirect.com

Fresher Jobs: Challenges of a Mechanical engineer

Fresher Jobs: Challenges of a Mechanical engineer"Mechanical Engineers mein eek fire hoti hai"  You all might remember this famous dialogue from the movie Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein (RHTDM), but is this statement true?

Many of the students from Mechanical Engineering choose this career stream because they think its an ever-green branch of engineering. Their parents thought that even at the time of IT bubble burst the core engineering jobs would be secure.

Are the above statements true about the Mechanical Engineering course? Well, it was never a doubt that Mechanical Engineering would take a back seat in the industry but its a big myth that a bubble burst in any sector be it IT or real-estate or banking would spare Mechanical Engineers. Its because today every-thing in the market is virtually connected with simple economics of Demand and Supply.

When the choice of a course is made, above considerations and micro facts tend to give sheer bad results in the long run. One should be very carefully while making a career choice for higher studies, especially engineering.

It should be based on the students like and willingness to study a specialization. It should be done after proper evaluation of students capabilities.............

Fresher Jobs: What differentiates IIT's from rest of the enginee...

Fresher Jobs: What differentiates IIT's from rest of the enginee...:Every young student in India dreams of getting into IIT, but ever thought what's so special about IIT's?
I asked this question to many students and parents and these are some of the popular answers I got

1. They have very high standards of teaching.
2. They teach very well in the campus.
3. All the students in IIT get placed.
4. Students are offered high pay packages in the campus.
5. They have very big campuses and excellent laboratories.
6. Students get their education almost free at IIT's.
7. IIT's have the finest professors in India.
8. The environment at IIT is very competitive and healthy.
9. Students get international exposure.
10. Students need not worry about the future once they get into IIT.

Fortunately I have many friends who got their education from IIT, I thought to get an insight from them about the IIT factor......

Fresher Jobs: Campus visit to JIT Borawan

Fresher Jobs: Campus visit to JIT Borawan: FreshersDirect.com visited JIT campus on 14th January 2013 for orientation and screening.  Jawaharlal Institute of Technology is a prestig...

Interview with FreshersDirect.com

FreshersDirect.com recently received an undisclosed angel funds from its new partners. The company which was launched in 2006 by techies in Pune has recently invested in face lifting the user experience and new job-skill matching engine.

During a brief talk with Dr. Yogendra Jha, the Managing Director of the company he shared about the roadmap of the company. The company which was initially working in aggregation of jobs has decided to invest in creating enhanced Job to Skill matching engine which would be helpful to both recruiters and candidates. FreshersDirect.com plans to create a association channel with premier institutes in India and plans to build a pool of skilled and industry ready technocrats who can be sourced to software companies quickly.

When asked about the value proposition and revenue model of the company, Dr. Jha emphasized that the company is currently in its gestation phase and their focus is currently to build a strong audience for the portal. They plan to invest in the creating an extensive pool of digital training and skill-testing content which could be used by corporates during employee training and hiring phase.

Dr. Jha is very excited about the opportunity and possibility of success of FreshersDirect.com  He says its a market of $100 million revenue every year and they are focused and confident of establishing themselves in next  2 to 3 years with 10% market share.

When asked about the technology stack for FreshersDirect.com he added that they explored all the possibilities and considered various options like the cheap LAMP solution or the use of opensource CMS solutions  FreshersDirect.com uses Google App Engine to host its application and uses JSP/ Big Table/ Open Auth 2.0 for its application.They have built a proprietary job-skill matching engine for better and effective serving to its users.

FreshersDirect.com is currently focusing in pooling talented candidates from various colleges through in-campus campaigns  Recently they paid visit to Indore and held discussions with colleges under RGPV university. They are hopeful of creating strong pool of 1 Lakh candidates in the year 2013.

IOCL Academic Scholarships


Eligibility: BE/B.Tech
MBBS
MBA/PGDM
Location: Delhi
Job Category: Govt Sector, Scholarships
Last Date: 15 September 12

Job Type: Full Time
Hiring Process: Written-test.
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IOCL Hiring Scholarships
IndianOil Academic Scholarships

IndianOil offers 2600 Scholarships for Students of 10+/ITI, Engineering, MBBS & MBA Courses on merit cum means basis 
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Eligibility:  Students pursuing full time/regular courses in these streams & studying in Schools/Colleges/Institutions/Universities recognized by MCI/AICTE/State Education Boards/ State Govt. / ICSC/CBSE/Central Govt./Association of Indian universities, shall be eligible to apply.   The student should have bonafide admission in the 1st year of School/College/Institute/University in the academic year 2011-12. Students of two year full time post graduate courses in Business Administration/Management recognized by Central/State Govt./Association of Indian universities and which are equivalent to MBA, are eligible for management stream scholarship. Students having confirmed admission in the first year of full time engineering degree course, MBBS, MBA and also 11th standard as well as those in the 1st year of 2 year ITI course are eligible to apply. In case of graduates, the average percentage of marks of all the academic years shall be treated as marks obtained by the candidate.   Similarly in case of 10th/12th, if percentage of marks obtained is not mentioned by Board/University, percentage of marks obtained shall be calculated on total aggregate marks.  Minimum eligibility percentage of marks for various categories will be as indicated above.

SRStream Duration for which Scholarship will be awarded and minimum duration of courseNo. of Scholarships Qualifying ExaminationScholarship amount per month
110+/ITI2 years 200010th
Rs. 1000
2Engineering4 years 30012thRs. 3000
3MBBS4 years 20012thRs. 3000
4MBA2 years 100GraduationRs. 3000
Note

1. 
IndianOil Merit Scholarships Scheme" for 10+/ITI studies : 2000 Scholarships are being offered for 10+/ITI studies.  The distribution of scholarships may be State-wise based on "Number of students appeared for 10th Standard during 2010-11".

2. 
"IndianOil Scholarships Scheme" for Graduate and Post-Graduate students : 600 scholarships are being offered for professional courses (Engineering-300 nos., MBBS-200 Nos. & MBA-100 Nos.).  The distribution of scholarships may be Zone-wise (as shown in the table below) based on "Number of students appeared for 12th Standard during 2010-11 and will be equitably distributed in the four zones given below. For MBA course marks obtained in graduate course will be considered.


Age Limit:  Minimum 15 years and maximum 30 years as on 25.7.2011.   Persons born between 25.7.81 and 25.7.96 (both days inclusive) are eligible to apply.



How to apply
Candidates studying in 11th standard, 1st year of a 2 year ITI course, 1st year of Engineering degree, MBBS and MBA in the academic year 2011-12 are to apply through Online.Once the online application is submitted by an applicant, the system will generate a unique Registration Number which the applicants should note down for future reference/correspondence. The applicants should take out a print-out of the submitted online application and send hard copy of his application form duly signed along with their Caste/Date of Birth/Mark Sheet/family's Income Certificate etc., duly authenticated/attested by appropriate competent    authority/civil    authority urgently for verification of documents.  .Last date of applying online is 15.09.11 and hard copy of the online application (print out) duly signed along with required documents, as stated above, must reach to the Administrator of the scheme: ACE Consultants, Post Box No. 9248, Krishna Nagar Head Post Office, Delhi-110051 by 15.10.2011.

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Off-Campus Recruitment @ HCL

Eligibility: BCA
BE/B.Tech
BSc
MCA
ME/M.Tech
Diploma
Location: Any where in India
Job Category: BSc/BCA/BCM, Diploma, IT/Software
Last Date: 29 August 11

Job Type: Full Time
Hiring Process: Written-test.
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Eligibility Criteria :

  • Students from 2011 BE/ B.Tech/ ME/ M.Tech/ MCA (Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical, IT, IS)/ B.Sc (Computer Science, Mathematics, Electronics, Statistics, IT)/ BCA/ Diploma batches.
  • Candidates should have maintained 65% in 10th, 12th, Degree and Post graduation (if applicable) with no standing arrears or backlogs.


How to apply

Registration is open only for candidates who have graduated in 2011.

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HCL is a leading global Technology and IT Enterprise with annual revenues of US$ 5.9 billion. The HCL Enterprise comprises two companies listed in India, HCL Technologies and HCL Infosystems.