Starting the journey at a Master of Business Administration (MBA)
College buds plenty of hopes and wants. The time moves on with a life which sounds
hectic. But if observed minutely, it’s
full of exposure, inculcating lots of experience and moreover elucidating an
enigma within us. Looking beyond knowledge through lectures, an MBA college
comprises of many committees and clubs. The one which happens to be the dream
of many is being a member of ‘The Placement Committee’.
Generally, at MBA Colleges placement
process is a student driven process. This is undertaken by ‘The Placement
Committee’, under the able guidance of the faculty advisers and the Placement
Office of the Institute. Being a part and parcel of this Committee is neither
impossible (as one’s belief and working towards that goal can make anything
possible) nor a cake walk. Elaborative views on the normally followed steps for
getting selected for the same are mentioned as under:
(1)
Filling
the Application form:
It might come
into the mind that, ‘why this obvious point has been included?’ The fact is
that it’s the first step of exploring an opportunity. Although thinking on different
aspect is required, but implementation is the major step in any field of
management. Many students use to miss this opportunity either by getting into
the loops of thinking or not prioritizing their wants.
(2) The First actual elimination:
Those few who
dared to sustain the factual elimination round (i.e. filling the Application
form), here comes the actual elimination round. It comprises of dozens of assignments
having stringent specifics and moreover, tight deadline.
Why Stringent
and Why Tight?
Answer to both
the question is testing individual’s future commitment with constraints.
Many might find
it harsh and difficult to manage, when
§ there
are plenty of pre-reads for lectures
§ the
season of assignments have begun
§ surprise
quizzes have already started intimidating
§ interviews
of other clubs and committees have already been started (which too need to be
taken into consideration as a back-up for ‘The Placement Committee’)
§ seminars,
conclaves and lecture series have started utilizing(consuming) the whole time
The managerial tactics comes into picture under
these circumstances. Realization of the facts and folklore of management have
already started sowing the seeds.
(3)
Team
work round
To be precise
it’s a test of more of your team work rather than the group work (a team
comprises of a set of people having different skill sets, while a group
consists of people having similar skill sets). It helps to learn gathering information,
dividing work, listening to each others view points and finally implementing
the same.
(4) Presentation Skill
The main aim is
to ‘Present’ your capabilities in a way to ‘Represent’ your college. The
overall process is designed to test the look & feel of individual’s effort,
the heart & will of joining ‘The Placement Committee’ and need not mention
the depth & skill in preparing the presentation.
(5) Rigorous Interviews
Interviews are
taken into two parts:
a)
By
Senior Placement Committee
Seriously depicting, the interviews are conducted in
such a way that will project ‘A to Z’ of an individual.
Why you? Why MBA? Strengths and weaknesses? What
extra? Family? Background? How will you project your college? Why your college?
What’s the specialty in the students? Negotiation skill? Crtical questions
which you won’t have imagined? Questions which need diplomatic answers.
Numerous such questions and situations are fired one
after the other, as if Darwin’s theory of ‘Survival of the fittest’ is being
tested.
The perception after the interview gets over: “I
wasn’t grilled this much even at the time of getting to the college”. But it’s
required to scan every bit and pieces of an individual. If these steps are not
followed, it may create a disaster at later point of time.
b)
By
Faculties and Professors
This is a Human Resource (HR) round with genuine
questions. Few of the questions are expected and rest of them is random. The
faculty uses their experience to judge an individual and its worth.
(6) Result Declaration
After all these days, the most
awaiting results are announced with few happy faces ready to take up the
challenge.
The real future master in Business
administration is the one who even after getting selected stays humble and down to earth. All the students in the college should be treated equally by them.
Managing one’s own studies along with all those Placement Committee’s work is
the biggest challenge, when you have exams coming, assignments pending, summer
and final placement dates approaching. The main target is in bringing the best
possible companies for recruitment. At the same time, the committee also makes
sure that prospective employers get a fair chance to select the students of
their choice. All those skills on which they are judged upon during the
selection process, this is the correct time for implementation. The placement
team works throughout the year to make these events successful. Also, this
gives practical exposure to the students. All these concurrent tasks help in
bringing out the best manager out of an individual. Positive mind-set and
commitment is the key to success. Hence, it can be concluded that getting into
The Placement Committee is an ingredient to MBA didactics.