I have done a fair bit of recruiting for Engineering Talent. These are my observations.
- Going to Campuses take a lot of energy and time. Hence companies find it easier to go to a few Top level colleges to meet their Talent requirements.
- In India at the time of deciding a college most students are willing to let go of a branch of their choice to get into a college of their choice. This means that all the top talent is concentrated in these very colleges. Their branch choice was a matter of a difference in rank here or there.
- Skills are transient in nature. High quality candidates with the drive to do well will always be able to pick up new skills on the go. Hence companies are willing to put their bets on a student from a Top level college. This has been proven time and again in the output at the workplace.
- Finally and most importantly whenever Companies have spread their net wide to look at students from a variety of colleges they have been mostly disappointed. The students have not made an effort to pick up relevant skills. If you are not from a known college then you have to possess outstanding skills to be considered.
-Rimy Oberoi
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