Placement 2020-21 DOC 5th Semester Career Counselling ...

Placement 2020-21 DOC 5th Semester

Career Counselling Activities Report

Contents

S. no Name of Speaker(s)

1. Mansi Goyat, nikita jose, Nabya Sharaf, Sharin DSouza

2. Prabinbir Singh Chaddha, Mehak Jain, Shristi Lamba, Gaurang Asopa.

3. Mr. Muthiah R M, Miss Prachi Bajaj

4. Mr. Paul John, Ms. Vandana Y

5. Mr. Vince Lepcha

6. Ms Rashmi Kashyap

7. Namrata Anand, Alok Peter Cordiero, Jeenal P Jain

8. Ms Pooja Mishra

9. Mr Aditya Jain

10. Mr Naveen Maghnani and Ms Simran Maghnani

11. Mr Shobhit Chandak

12. Ms Raksha Hebbar and Ms Varsha Hebbar

13. Mr Mohan S, Mr Vickey Swami

Event Title : Placement Talk Series

Date :1/8/2020

Name of the Speaker(s) : Mansi Goyat, nikita jose, Nabya Sharaf, Sharin DSouza.

Platform/Venue of the Event : CISCO WEBEX

Brief Write-up :

Placement process

A. Numeric tests : they are basic, except for DE Shaw because of higher level.

B. GD : topics are simple, easy to think about on spot, be confident

C. Personal interview : don’t lie, stay confident

1. Pre placement talks are approximately 8, 4 interviews

2. Package vs role : don’t focus on package now because we are freshers, but focus on role,

because on long term package will sort itself out, but role makes impact on resume.

3. Role of placement rep :

A. Pass the information

B. Help in the process between HR and students; it allows you to better understand the HR

PROCESS from near inside process

C. Attendance : ensure the students don’t lose attendance

D. Difference between placement and pre placement talk given in KP.

1. Don’t reject. If you don’t like just don’t sit.

2. Look in the last time records, it helps to know how many they will recruit

3. You will know in advance when companies will come in. There will be one or two weeks

in advance.

4. Skills Needed: Critical thinking, soft skills are needed. But keeping the current situation in

mind, digital skills and technical skills are needed. Communication skills are needed.

5. Don’t be disheartened, wait.

6. Difference between pre placement offer and placement offer. So for placement you can’t

reject. But for pre placement you could choose.

7. Alumni Talk:

8. Spoke about technical skills, soft skills

9. FIT questions

10. Spoke about resume : highlight strength, tweak to role, 1-2 pages long recommendation

11. Try to match your skills with skills of the company and try to identify the skills with skills

of those selected.

12. LinkedIn : creating connections, profile picture, posting articles pointer form, make use of

all section, boost your profile, honors, #opentowork.

13. Work vs higher studies based on choice not based on competition

14. Skill gap : excel, e-mail writing, fundamental comcepts, pay close attempt to training at

work. Learn as much as possible, have money control and economic times

15. Experience: be passionate, participate, initiative, get to know people,

Copy of the Poster/ Information Circular :

Date :1/8/2020

Name of the Speaker(s) : Prabinbir Singh Chaddha, Mehak Jain, Shristi Lamba, Gaurang Asopa.


Brief Write-up :

1. Basics of resume: The panelists spoke about basics of resume, how to write a good resume,

what not to do, why is a resume important, how and need to alter the resume according to

the job / company. The panel also so spoke about how to make a clean resume-one that is

subtle and understandable, relevant, specific.

2. The panel spoke about to streamline the resume in terms of achievements rather than as

responsibilities and keeping the resume unto date.

3. A pole was taken about the specificness of items in the resume.

4. The panelists then spoke about GD. They spoke about the need to initiate or start the GD,

or lead the the discussion through impactful points, and summaries the points. GD is not a

debate so give chances, ask open ended questions, give positive feedback. The number of

people are approximately 12 while 3/4 are selected.

5. Take the initiative to give everyone a chance. Be concise and brief to ensure that the

moderator remembers you. It is important to dress formally and make eye contact with

everyone. It is important to listen, don’t disagree directly. Name the person. Keep

discussion on track. Quality above quantity of speech.

6. Online GD: there was an activity conducted, in form of an online GD for the benefit of the

audience to understand the procedure that takes place and the due procedure to be followed

in an online GD.


Date :4/8/2020

Time: 7:00-7:30PM

Name of the Speaker(s): Mr. Muthiah R M, Miss Prachi Bajaj


Brief Write-up :

The event started with the first speaker Mr Muthia who gave us an insight into the attitude and

mindset to keep while sitting for placements. There was much emphasis laid on the long-term

vision of a candidate and the job role in mind while sitting for placements.

There was also a deep focus on the placement rounds as Mr Muthia shared his knowledge for the

various rounds, keeping the right attitude while sitting for Group Discussions during the interview

process while also keeping a professional conduct and being honest with a calm attitude for final

interviews. The candidate must research about the job role he/she seeks and must be thorough with

the job requirements.

Miss Prachi Bajaj was the second speaker for today as she shared the following key points and

do’s and don’ts during an interview. The Do’s consisted of researching more about job roles and

the company profile particular to particularly suit the candidate’s interest while keeping the right

attitude and displaying professional conduct to create a lasting impact.

Her say on how to tackle interview questions revolved around remaining calm and not being over

expressive and over confident. It was also shared that a candidate must be particularly sure on their

answers and if not must decline and ask for an insight or more time and seek job opportunities

keeping in mind the growth prospects and interests.


Attendance

5HA - 30

5HB - 24

5HC - 12

5HD - 20

5SFH - 10

Total - 96

Date :5/8/2020

Time: 7:00-7:30PM

Name of the Speaker(s): Mr. Paul John, Ms. Vandana Y


Brief Write-up :

The event started with the first speaker Mr Paul John who gave us an insight into the the way of

nerworking, and how to network and benefits of networking. He spoke about having a guiding

systems, about good resume and its role in placements. He also spoke about being humble, and

how to take a start implement a plan and innovate in the way you do it. Paul spoke about

importance of being humble.

Ms. Vandana Y was the second speaker for today as she She spoke about how to make a good

resume as well. she spoke about importance of company research. She spoke about how to

handle resume and how company research helps during interview process. She then moved on to

acing the GD. Copy of the Poster/ Information Circular :

Attendance:

5HA - 28

5HB - 8

5HC - 10

5HD - 6

5SFH - 6

Total - 58

Date: 6/8/2020

Time: 7:00-7:45PM

Speaker: Mr. Vince Lepcha

Venue of the meeting: Cisco WebEx Online virtual Meet

Proceedings: In a 45 minute comprehensive session, the speaker successfully covered all the items

under the listed agenda which dwelled upon providing insights, through usage of theoretical

perspectives combined with personal experiences, on the disparity between placements and higher

education. By adding some qualitative examples, he highlighted the necessary skills; roles;

behaviour, personality and case based tentative interview questions as well as shared some

valuable tips on how to tackle the placement process. Lastly, he addressed students' concerns in a

Q&A session.

Poster:

Attendance :

5HA - 33

5HB - 17

5HC - 10

5HD - 17

5SFH - 14

Total - 91

Date: 7/8/2020

Time: 7:00-7:45PM

Speaker: Ms Rashmi Kashyap


Proceedings: The session primarily focused on the importance of higher education over

placements wherein the speaker drew a comparison between the two in regards with the potential

monetary and growth benefits. She listed out few tips and suggestions as to how one can cross the

hurdles while preparing for aptitude entrance tests for B schools. The talk continued with Ms

Rashmi giving a glimpse of the MBA life whereby she shared her experiences as well as quoted

some of the activities and nature of the curriculum followed in there. Lastly, a CV template was

presented for the students to refer and derive ideas in order to enhance their resume-making skills.

Poster:

Attendance:

5HA - 17

5HB - 18

5HC - 7

5HD -10

5SFH - 5

Total - 57

Date: 8/8/2020

Time: 4:30-5:30PM

Speakers : Namrata Anand, Alok Peter Cordiero, Jeenal P Jain


Proceedings: The speakers spoke about -

1. interview decision is made within 5 to 15 minutes. 2. company research is important, 3. having

the right documents 6. gripping and impacful story when asked about yourself 4. sell your expertise

7. show willingness to learn, answer to the point 8. various interview rounds. 9. common logical

estimate, HR questions 10. necessity of good listening and not asking uninformed questions 11.

work place expectations 12. communicating enthusiasm through work 13. self confidence 14. work

from home experience: tech, organisational experience, personal learning. 15. networking,

personal growth, executive advice.

Poster:

Attendance:

5HA - 12

5HB - 13

5HC - 11

5HD - 7

5SFH - 11

Total - 54

Date: 8/8/2020

Time: 7:00-7:45PM

Speaker : Ms Pooja Mishra


Proceedings: Our alumni, Ms Pooja who has worked at Arcesium, shared her experience. Her talk

highlighted the benefits of sitting for placements, few of which are as gaining a lot of exposure,

networking, options to switch industries after one attains the understanding of which career path

to choose and the fact that acquiring skills is much more relevant than any experience, especially

during this pandemic season. She gave a brief overview of the company, Arcesium and explained

her job role while working there, as well. Lastly, she ran through the recruitment process and

focused on the nature of interviews, quoting some of the topics that a student should be aware of.

Poster:

Attendance:

5HA - 13

5HB - 9

5HC - 5

5HD - 7

5SFH - 4

Total - 38

Date: 10/8/2020

Time: 7:00-7:45PM

Speaker : Mr Aditya Jain

Venue of the meeting : Cisco WebEx Online virtual Meet

Proceedings: The speaker spoke about his experience of clearing CA, joining Christ, his takeaway

from various interviews. He spoke about how he was always honest and how he was always honest

to himself. He spoke how he set deadlines and gave his best in all exams in Christ. He spoke about

never letting childlikeness go. He spoke about giving your best shot at what you chose. He spoke

how he didn't clear EY and how he worked on ti to get placed in Deloitte. He always gave respect.

he spoke about allocating time to work rather than work to time. students gained a lot of moral

insight.

Poster:

Attendance:

5HA - 11

5HB - 13

5HC - 5

5HD - 8

5SFH - 6

Total - 38

Date: 11/8/2020

Time: 7:00-7:45PM

Speaker: Mr Naveen Maghnani and Ms Simran Maghnani


Proceedings: The agenda for the session was to share some of the much demanded 'hot skills' such

as job skills, student skills, life skills, sports skills and skill development tactics. In order to stay

aware of and relevant with the current scenario they cited in turns, few of the important hard and

soft skills, alongside recommending an app to develop communication skills such as learning some

of the top business languages. The next item on the agenda was about them explaining as to how

we should prepare ourselves and making the right impression. In the end, a lot of the queries of

students were answered.

Poster :

Attendance :

5HA - 25

5HB - 10

5HC - 11

5HD - 7

5SFH - 4

Total - 57

Date: 12/8/2020

Time: 7:00-7:45PM

Speaker: Mr Shobhit Chandak


Proceedings: the speaker spoke about necessity of making good use of time at Christ. he spoke

about importance of higher education vs placement. He spoke good resume and good linkedin

profile. he spoke about developing skills and finding jobs that make sense to you. he spoke about

importance of good linkedin profile. he spoke about imortance of internships to get a leg up in the

industry. he then spoke about communicating skills. like about GD, technical interview, HR

interview extensively. gave unique strategy of writing down specific solutions addressing the

interviewer with first name. he spoke elaborately on building a good linkedin profile.

Poster:

Attendance:

5HA - 14

5HB - 6

5HC - 7

5HD - 7

5SFH - 4

Total - 38

date : 13/8/2020

Time: 7:00-7:45PM

Speakers: Ms Raksha Hebbar and Ms Varsha Hebbar


Proceedings: In a much exhilarating session, the speakers narrated incidents from of their journey

from Christ University to the Corporate world and did in fact succeed in their attempt to level up

the confidence amongst the students which was reflected from their responses and the flurry of

questions in order to hear more from them. They cited some moral values which needs to be

embedded in oneself to face any real world challenge. Few skills and platforms to upgrade those

skills were also mentioned towards the end.

Poster :

Attendance :

5HA - 18

5HB - 12

5HC - 8

5HD - 10

5SFH - 6

Total - 54

Date: 14/8/2020

Time: 7:00-7:45PM

Speaker: Mr Mohan S, Mr Vickey Swami


Proceedings: The speaker redefined what interactive session means. they interacted with each

other very well. They were hilarious at times-comparing wife to career, or sample-example

analogy. Speakers spoke about christ experiences. They spoke about doing what they love. They

spoke about how to make the right choice for higher education. They spoke extensively about

various aspects of interview process and how to answer common questions in interview

effectively.

Poster:

Attendance:

5HA - 7

5HB - 3

5HC - 3

5HD - 5

5SFH - 1

Total - 19

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