Placement Officer EdTech Department

Job Title

Placement Officer / Placement Executive

Department

Placement & Corporate Relations EdTech

Location

Pune / Mumbai / As per business requirement

Experience

0–3 years in placement, recruitment, HR, corporate relations, or student coordination.

Job Purpose:

The Placement Officer will be responsible for coordinating student placements, employer relationships, interview drives, student preparation, and post-interview follow-ups to improve placement opportunities for eligible students.

Key Job Responsibilities

1. Student Placement Management

- Maintain an updated database of placement-ready students.
- Verify student profiles, resumes, skills, experience, and course completion status.
- Identify students suitable for specific job opportunities.
- Maintain student placement records in CRM/Excel.
- Regularly communicate job opportunities to eligible students.

2. Corporate & Employer Coordination

- Coordinate with companies, recruiters, HR consultants, and corporate partners.
- Understand job descriptions, eligibility criteria, salary, location, and interview process.
- Source suitable opportunities for students.
- Schedule interviews, assessments, and recruitment drives.
- Maintain a database of active hiring companies.

3. Interview Coordination

- Share shortlisted candidate profiles with employers.
- Coordinate interview schedules between students and companies.
- Send interview details and instructions to students.
- Track interview attendance and results.




- Follow up with employers for interview feedback and selection status.

4. Student Preparation

- Coordinate with trainers for technical interview preparation.
- Arrange mock interviews and HR interview sessions.
- Guide students regarding resume preparation, LinkedIn profiles, communication skills, and interview etiquette.
- Identify students requiring additional preparation before interviews.

5. Placement Follow-up

- Follow up with selected candidates until joining.
- Track offer letters, joining dates, and actual joining.

- Maintain records of

- Interviewed

- Shortlisted

- Selected

- Offer Received

- Joined

- Not Joined

- Rejected
- Conduct regular follow-ups with students after placement.

6. Placement Reporting Prepare daily/weekly/monthly reports covering:

MetricTrackingPlacement-ready studentsTotalJob opportunities receivedTotalStudents submittedTotalInterviews scheduledTotalStudents interviewedTotalStudents shortlistedTotalOffers receivedTotalStudents joinedTotalPending follow-upsTotalActive companiesTotal

7. CRM & Documentation

- Maintain accurate placement information in CRM.
- Update every student interaction and placement status.
- Maintain company and recruiter databases.




- Ensure student profiles and resumes are updated.
- Maintain proper documentation of offers and joining confirmations.

Daily Job Role

Morning

- Check current job openings.
- Review placement-ready student database.
- Match students with suitable openings.
- Contact companies/recruiters for new requirements.
- Share relevant opportunities with students.

During the Day

- Conduct student calls.
- Schedule interviews.
- Coordinate with recruiters.
- Conduct/mock-coordinate interview preparation.
- Update CRM.
- Follow up on previous interviews and offers.

End of Day

- Update placement tracker.
- Record interviews, selections and rejections.
- Prepare pending follow-up list.
- Share daily placement report with the Placement Manager.

KPIs for Placement Officer
1. Number of new job opportunities generated
2. Number of students submitted
3. Number of interviews scheduled
4. Interview-to-selection conversion
5. Number of offers generated
6. Number of actual student joinings
7. Number of active corporate connections
8. Student follow-up completion
9. CRM/data accuracy
10. Offer-to-joining conversion

Important Skills
- Excellent communication and follow-up skills
- Student relationship management
- Recruitment coordination
- Basic understanding of IT/EdTech job roles
- MS Excel / Google Sheets
- CRM handling
- LinkedIn/Naukri sourcing knowledge
- Negotiation and coordination skills
- Ability to work with targets
- Strong documentation and reporting skills

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