Campus Placements : Ensure You Don't Remain Unplaced

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having huge cash reserves and now entering into plastic furni-

ture. Also, these companies had poor work culture as compared

to his target company. Many of them wanted him to commit to a

six-day week and seven days in the last week of every month as

closing exercise. Nearly all the locations were remote areas with

little access to some of the bare essential items.

The package being oered looked decent for a Tier-B city but

left little for him to aord a first-class train fare, leave alone a flight

ticket as planned earlier. Not being able to aord a flight meant a

train journey that would take 18–24 hours one side, which meant

he needed, at least, three days to see his girlfriend for a few hours.

Even if he could aord a flight, the nearest airport to this Tier-B

city would neutralize any meaningful saving of time.

None of the companies had a relocation policy; only one had a

provision of a two-star company-owned guesthouse being used as

a lodge by the transiting sales representatives. One of the compa-

nies oered a joining bonus but subject to a three-year bond, fail-

ing to complete that meant the entire sum being adjusted against

the full and final settlement and a possible recovery if needed.

Lalit was very upset at the outcome of events. And in the end,

he realized that a little carefulness while indicating his choices

would, at least, not have made his situation worse. He could still

have had the comfort of choosing a decent lifestyle and career

despite losing his dream role, only if he had adopted a planned

approach to his alternative career plans.

We would conclude the discussion with the suggestion that a

thoughtful and planned approach to planning your career not only

helps in getting the job in your preferred role and industry but also

ensures a safe landing in case the plan goes wayward.

Fudging the Interview: A Big Gamble

Fudging an interview, as discussed in the previous chapter, is a process

where students have some other plans in mind, and, thus, they underper-

form or use tactics to get rejected by the recruiter. Fudging a recruiting

process is unethical and needs to be avoided under all circumstances.

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