IT campus recruiting struggles in 2023

It's become abundantly evident that formal schooling is necessary for the development of essential skills and knowledge.

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Ahmedabad : This year, we took a different strategy than usual and started our university recruitment trips earlier than most other organisations. It’s difficult to find the sweet spot when it comes to initiating these kind of interactions.

However, we have learned a lot from our most recent sessions. There has been a considerable decline in overall student quality as a result of the unprecedented difficulties brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

It’s become abundantly evident that formal schooling is necessary for the development of essential skills and knowledge. The fundamentals appear to have deteriorated in this virtual environment despite the best efforts of students and teachers to adjust to online learning. That’s why we see a growing skills gap between what students learn in school and what employers need.

However, the downturn in the business is also having an effect on internship and job opportunities for these students. The millennial generation has grown accustomed to having everything brought to their doorstep, making it difficult for placement officers to explain how the real world works. As a result, Gateway Group has received a lot of praise for their method.

Recently, representatives from Nirma University and Gateway Group met for the first time to plot a course of action that would benefit both organisations. Gateway Group has signalled its willingness to back the curriculum committee in its effort to make course material more applicable to the business world. The company’s experts in many fields will speak at events and give presentations. Group COO Pratik Mehta of Gateway Group of Companies and the campus outreach team conducted the meeting, with Sunil Pandi at the helm of the Nirma University corporate relations team.

The goal of our collaboration with business is to help close the skills gap and have our graduates ready for work upon graduation. The existing curriculum can be made more “industry ready” by incorporating the insights of the business world. Once teams from industry and universities are on the same page, knowledge transfer can occur. Senior Manager of Corporate Relations III Cell of Nirma University Ahmedabad’s Institute of Technology, Sunil Pandi.

The organisation has been recruiting recent graduates for over a decade, training them to meet industry standards by building on their existing skills. There are four steps in this accelerated training programme before an individual can be considered fully onboarded as an engineer.

Spending at least three to four years in the same location is essential for success in any field; this is when one can really perfect their professional abilities, in this case their technological ones. Medium-sized organisations acquire the range of specialist projects that require sharp abilities, but giant companies will not have the exposure and depth to grow as a technology expert.

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