Saturday, February 6, 2016
How to secure that Dream Job during Placement Season - EPIC Model
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Placement season is always marked with lot of uncertainties.
This article is an attempt to better prepare and emerge as winner. Various
students classify companies according to pay which is important, however how to
target them with systematic approach is lacking in 99.99% students. I have
tried to classify companies in 4 quadrants.
Companies
coming to campus
Easy to crack, just be better
than competition
ü
Extra certification
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Go with live projects in same field
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Get them early via internship
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Prepare well and talk to alumni for tips
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Off
campus
Tough to crack
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Have great online presence
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Look out for job portals
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Make friends with students of other campuses
for info
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Build brand through conferences
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Aspiring
companies
Tougher to crack
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Mail your resume with difference, video resume
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Look for internship opportunities
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Reach professionals via Linkedin
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Go with plan : How you can be bring fresh
ideas immediately
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Dream
Companies
Toughest to crack
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Go with project with clear deliverables
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Community Project and contribution
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Media presence
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Experience of running own startup
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Experience - When you want to go for dream companies, go for the kill.
Example: One of my friend studied in Tier 4 Engineering College however he got
selected in Best IT giant in US. How he could achieve this giant feat?
i) He joined their Campus Ambassador Program
to gain experience internally and was first to know about opportunities. Also
he demonstrated his expertise by helping them in various communities.
ii) He started
his own startup with technologies promoted by his dream
company (IT giant) and started selling his own softwares which
were innovative and got good experience.
Internship
- Whatever comes on air, sells! Luck is when you at right place at right time.
Find internship opportunities in the company you want to work for eventually. Increasingly,
companies are taking internship route to fill full time openings.
Competitions - Companies sponsor lot of inter college competitions especially big ones, make sure you participate and win. It is natural way to making a genuine candidature.
Competitions - Companies sponsor lot of inter college competitions especially big ones, make sure you participate and win. It is natural way to making a genuine candidature.
Example: One of my friend's friend came from average MBA college of Gujarat
however he participated in Corporate sponsored competition at FMS, Delhi and
went onto win it. He then approached the corporate for interview and won best
placement that anyone could think in his campus.
Ready Projects - Prepare a report on how your new, fresh idea can change a company's approach. Prepare well.
Ready Projects - Prepare a report on how your new, fresh idea can change a company's approach. Prepare well.
Example: I prepared for Bloomberg which is private organization however I was
able to create Global Revenue and P&L statement through various online
sources which was well recognized. I had given my views on Bloomberg India TV already and had been featured in newspaper for community work. I also leveraged previous experience to give
idea of future project which had potential to impact Bloomberg globally and
here I am still working for them for almost 5 years across Mumbai, Singapore.
This post was written by: Saumya Aggarwal
Saumya Aggarwal is a professional blogger, web designer and marketer. Follow him on Twitter
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