Chapter 4 - Pre-Corporate Exposure in PGDAV College
Introduction
By customising your resume according to the roles and responsibilities of the profile being offered, you may demonstrate to the employers that you are an experienced professional and you are the ideal candidate for the position.
Recruiters prefer hiring individuals with a particular skill set to carry out particular duties. When you customise your resume, you take into account the duties and skills listed in the job description and demonstrate your suitability for the position. Hence, you should pay special attention to the ‘skills required’ and ‘roles and responsibilities’ of the profile you wish to apply for.
Your objective is to reduce the gap between your professional expertise and the requirements of the position quite efficiently.
Get an Edge in the Corporate World
After graduation, a large number of students opt for placements through their college. Pre-corporate experience helps you get an upper hand in these recruitment procedures in the following ways:
An exposure to the corporate culture gets you acquainted with the way formal communication works. It helps you hone your communication skills both oral as well as written such as email writing, drafting formal documents etc.
Time management is a skill that every corporate aiming student should master. Pre-corporate exposure helps you learn about work-life balance and its importance. Managing your studies along with a corporate experience such as an internship or a college society enables you to unlock your true potential and helps you discover which path is meant for you well in time.
Being a part of a society or leading a team in any event enables you to develop leadership skills which proves to be very essential in the corporate world. If you know how to lead a team and delegate work to get it done in a given time frame, it gives you an edge when you sit for placements as it is a skill employers value and seek out for the most.
How Can One Gain Pre-Corporate Experience?
Following are some of the ways in which you can gain this extremely valuable and vital pre-corporate experience at the college level itself:
Open LinkedIn and connect with others with similar skills/interests. Make sure that they are genuine first. Once you have a strong network, keep participating in competitions or conferences with your teammates. You can even ask your professors to connect you with someone in your industry to have prior knowledge and know-how of your desired field.
Be a familiar face among the people who are working around you. Developing a strong and elaborate network is essential for your progress and also to get hired in the first place. Making yourself industry ready is not just about acquiring the skills that are required in there but also about getting to know people who can help you find a place in the industry and for your progress and hierarchy climb later on.
The Placement Cell of an institution plays a crucial role in locating job opportunities for undergraduates and postgraduates graduating from college by keeping in touch with reputed firms and industrial establishments. The Placement Cell operates round the year to facilitate contacts between companies and graduates. Not only does it help the students get ready for various interview rounds but also conducts timely pre-placement sessions to equip them with relevant skills in their respective field of study. Students, who are a part of the Placement Cell, get to learn a whole new perspective in terms of what to expect when they set out to begin their careers.
The benefits of doing an internship are, primarily, industry exposure and knowledge on how a company works. Other benefits include working in a team that helps you become a team player, helps in documentation, understanding reports and contracts, getting to know various aspects of the project and dealing with people, managing meetings, making presentations and working with top-notch officials, etc.
How Does The Placement Cell Make You Corporate Ready?
Corporate exposure at an early age leaves teens with first hand exposure to be able to see if they are interested in the field and if they enjoy doing the kinds of tasks it brings, hence giving surety. The Placement Cell in college is the best and the most effective way to gain this exposure. All graduating students have a very typical or rather bland CV, their percentage and a few extra-curriculars. But the most important thing that a CV needs to reflect is what a student is able to perform beyond exams.Therefore, early exposure helps build skills and a portfolio to help students showcase their abilities in the real world, beyond grades. All skills which are required to thrive in the corporate world, be it communication, project management, time management and leadership skills etc. are learnt and put in use at The Placement Cell. Therefore, it is also known as the mini-corporate world.
Being a part of The Placement Cell can boost your employment prospects.You’ll be able to build a flourishing network of contacts. It can help you manage your future career aspirations and decisions, enhance your soft skills and advance your theoretical knowledge.
What Do You Need To Be a Part of The Placement Cell?
Being a part of The Placement Cell of P.G.D.A.V College is a matter of great esteem and honour as it is the most professional and formal society. The Cell comprises the cream layer of the college as only serious and diligent students would be able to take up the huge responsibility of the placements and internships of the whole college. The Cell needs students who are dedicated, eager to learn and ready to deliver their best.
The Placement Cell comprises of 4 departments. Talking specifically about the 4 departments in the Cell, Corporate Outreach, Content Writing, Video Editing and Graphics Designing.
To be a part of the Corporate Outreach you need to have excellent communication and pitching skills. Conversing with the POC (Person of Contact) of various companies and convincing them to come onboard to recruit from our college is a skill which will be used the most if you are a part of this department.
For Content Writing, you need to have exceptional writing and time management skills. You should be mentally prepared to contribute in writing content for social media and monthly blogs and newsletters of the Cell.
These are the technical departments for which you have to have basic knowledge of these fields, some prior experience is a huge plus.
If you have all the above mentioned qualities then you can be a part of The Placement Cell under any of these departments, according to your skill set and inclination. Being a part of The Placement Cell gives you a sense of superiority as you are one step closer to the corporate world than others, which will turn out to be in your favour eventually.