Sharp Decline In Campus Recruitments - July 8, 2008

There is a 15-20 per cent fall in campus recruitment from second tier engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu this year. According to officials in-charge of placement, such as Mr S. Ganapathy of SRM Engineering College, recruiting companies attribute the fall to the recession in the US as well as poor quality of students. This year, companies have stringent qualification guidelines for decreased intake of students to offset the 30-40 per cent buffer (of students) created from last year''s recruitment. Much of the campus recruitment happens in June; students join the companies next year.