Experience: Minimum 6 years

Roles & Responsibilities:

Industry Connect

- Build robust connect with corporates by inviting professionals for guest lectures creating practical learning platform for students.
- Connect with business leaders and HR heads to brief them on the college activities, student quality and learning methodologies for attracting placement opportunities.
- Leverage on industry connect to bring industry exposure by collaborating for live projects/ assignments as a part of curriculum.
- Prepare deck and reports with information on institution, academics, students, advantage of hiring from the institution.
- Schedule appointment with corporate houses and present the information to the business/HR heads.
- Seek information on the process and procedures followed at the company for placement hiring.

Pre-placement Preparation

- Coordinate with recruiter company to schedule and confirm the date of placement drive.
- Customize the pre-placement inputs to students based on the nature of business performed by the recruiter.
- Conduct FGDs and mock interviews aligned to the industry/ nature of business of recruiter.

Placement Drive

- Oversee end to end organizing of placement and internship drive.
- Coordinate with company representatives and make all necessary arrangements.
- Ensure the rooms are allotted to companies participating in recruitment drive with all necessary requirement requested.
- Coordinate and assist students to attend off campus placement drives.
- Correspond with recruiters for issue of appointment letter and acceptance letter with selected students.
- Create platform for pre-placement and campus placement opportunities.

Student Support

- Update students about the job opportunities and positions for hiring during placement season.




- Inform students about the placement drives happening outside the college.
- Inform the students about the interview and placement procedures of each company.
- Coordinate with teaching faculty to provide the required placement training/ mock sessions to students.

Institutional Acceptance

- Coordinate with IACPE to identify focus areas for student skill development; Alumni Association for establishing a network of industry experts for offering industry relevant training, internship and recruitment opportunities to students.
- Ensure buy-in of all the HOIs for proposed placement activities.
- Introduce placement process and related procedures into formal academic calendar.
- Help teachers understand importance of placement procedure.
- Ensure appropriate involvement of faculty members in grooming students for placements - subject matter, mock drives.

Placement Development

- Develop continuous monitoring mechanism to review and improve placement processes and decisions.
- Utilize dashboards and reports for keeping track of progress on placement initiatives.
- Establish a platform for regular feedback on placement process/ initiatives from students/ company representatives.

Skills Required

- Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire faculty, staff and students.
- Mentoring: Guide, mentor and provide individualized support, helping students identify their strengths, navigate career options and refine essential skills.
- Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Problem-Solving: Effective problem-solving skills to address academic and administrative challenges.
- Team Player: Collaborate with colleagues, faculty and industry professionals is essential for the overall success of the placement process.
- Innovative: Openness to innovation and a forward-thinking mindset.

📌 Placement Officer (Karnataka)
🏢 Chanakya University
📍 Karnataka