How to apply for off-campus Placements?

There are three kinds of students who go for off-campus placements:

1.       There is a category of genuine students who do not get on-campus placements and therefore, they have to try for off-campus placement because they don’t have any other alternative.

2.       There is a second lot of students who get placed during on-campus placement but due to some genuine reason they don’t want to or cannot join particular company and so they wish to go for another placement.

3.       Third category belongs to students who despite of having amazing placement go for off-campus placement in order to flaunt the number of placements they get and similar other reasons.

Let me leave this thing here only because this is none of my business to talk about these students. My task is to tell you about the various ways to go for off-campus placements.

One can go for off-campus placements in various ways. But for most of the ways we need to have some reference in order to apply to a company.

1.       First way is to remain in touch with company people (your seniors, friends, relatives or anyone else) because many times when companies have vacancies, they recruit people referred by present employees. So, if you are in touch with them, you will come to know about the vacancy and will get chance to apply. In this case, having contacts is the most important factor. Remain in touch with your seniors and ask them about any opportunities in their companies.

2.       Sometimes companies post vacancies on their websites and relevant pre-requisites for the candidates. So you need to check the company’s website regularly and apply whenever they have suitable vacancy for you.

3.       Other way to go for off-campus placements is when companies pool various campuses and call students at one central location. In this situation, students from various colleges and in large number come and apply. This is generally applicable to small colleges where placement is a rare phenomenon and students have to seek external support to get placed.

4.        Other option is to apply on various job hosting sites like naukri, monster, etc. You can develop your profile and upload your resume and then go for the desired companies.  

Above four are the major ways to apply to a company for off-campus placement. But remember one thing: sometimes going for off-campus placement can be very tedious and tiring task especially for those who do not hold degrees from so-called elite colleges.