PLACEMENT!!! This is the most exciting and thrilling word for
a senior student of MBA, the juniors of MBA & even for the aspirants of
MBA. The placement season starts from September in our college. Since I am an
HR student, my placement season started somewhere in October. I could not sit
for the first company which came to our college, because, I had a backlog so I
was not eligible to sit for placements till I get all clear. So, the first
company itself brought some disappointment for me. But I didn’t get
de-motivated, studied well for my backlog. But to my surprise, I again didn’t
clear it. This was kind of a shock for me, because more companies were coming
to the campus recruitment & I was not eligible for them. Again I studied my
level best to clear my backlog; my roommates helped me a lot through this
phase. And finally I cleared my backlog in the month of November i.e. almost a
month after the placement season started.
Now, I came in the list of ‘eligible’ students for
placements. I started preparing myself for the procedures of campus hiring. I
started reading all the current affairs, read all the common GD topics, and
studied the HR subjects & Law. My confidence level was increasing day by
day. But, this didn’t help me in clearing the GD round of the companies
because; I couldn’t speak in the GD. So the big target for me was to clear the
GD first!!! I cleared my first GD on 7th December 2011. The company,
for which I got shortlisted in the final round for the first time, was the
company I still regret for not getting selected. But I was happy that day as I
had cleared my GD for the first time. Since that day, I had been clearing the
GD round of many companies I sat for. Now, the problem was, I was not able to
clear the last round i.e. Personal Interview. Each time I get rejected in the
interview, I used to analyze the answers which I spoke in the interview, &
used to improve myself in the next one. Somewhere in the month of January, I
cleared my first interview also. That was a very special day for me. I was told
that I will be having a telephonic interview within a week’s time after
clearing the personal interview. I was waiting for the date & time of my
telephonic interview, but, unfortunately, the company didn’t turn up again… This was enough for me to get tensed. But
still I didn’t lose hope, I boosted myself & again started sitting for the
companies coming in the college.
Along with the campus procedures, our classes for 4th
semester were going on. So, I had to study for the 4th semester
also. Till the month of January, many students from HR got placed. The count of
HR was going down day by day, but, it was being more tensing situation for me
and my roommates as well because no one from my flat was getting placed. I was
losing my confidence level, and the count of HR was going down.
Now came the month of February. In this month, the rate of
number of companies visiting the campus was very much low. This was enough
reason for us to get demoralized. I didn’t used to go out of my house for many
days. I was busy in motivating myself that I will get placed. But, nothing
worked.
February was the month of Drishti. All my flat mates thought
that it would be better if we participate in any event in Drishti, for two
reasons –
1.
It
will help in decreasing tension of placements.
2.
This
was the last time for any such event in the college life.
So, all of us participated in the Drishti events. These
events helped us all to forget the tension of placements for a while. But in the sub conscious mind, remains the same thing that I
was not placed and wanted to get placed as soon as possible. February month
went in enjoying Drishti.
The final event got over in the month of March. Till then,
many more students from HR were getting placed, the count was going down.
In
these few months, I realized a new relation –
‘The placement count
is inversely proportional to the tension in the minds of unplaced students!!!’
this tension is still dominating in my mind.
In the month of March, one of my flat mates got placed. This was
like a very big achievement for us. All my flat mates including me now got
filled up with positivity. In this positivity, came the news of 2nd
placement of my flat mate. But after that, came a big pause.
We had to appear for our MLL & LW exam in the end of
March. This exam once again forced me to study the Laws. I read the laws again.
Till this time, I had also started applying for many companies for off campus
recruitment processes. But, no company reverted back.
Now came the month of April. We had our 4th
semester exams scheduled in April itself. I was living in Pune with mixed
feelings in mind and heart. There was still a hope of getting placed in the
month of April, & at the same time, this hope was getting dominated by
tension of exams, tension of leaving the flat where I was living, tension of
whether I will get a new place to live here or not, and many more.
But, I am still staying here in Pune, with a hope of getting
placed. The count of HR placements is going down very slowly now. Still I am
waiting for the results of two companies. Still I am trying my level best.
At the end now, what I feel is, getting placement is a
mixture of things –
1.
Luck
factor
2.
Attitude
3.
Aptitude
4.
Being
confident
5.
Being
motivated, &
6.
Patience
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