Job Mela – 2014, held at the Maharani’s Arts, Commerce and Management College for Women on Saturday saw around 600 graduates walking away with an appointment letter. The third edition of the annual mela is supported by the Department of Collegiate Education (DCE) and the Karnataka Vocational Training and Skill Development Corporation Ltd (KVT and SDC).
K.R. Ravikumar, principal of the college, said there is no registration fee. Around 370 students, including those from BCom and BA, were trained in communication skills and tally, among other things, to prepare them for recruitments, he added.
D. Govindappa, placement officer of the college, said though banking, human resource (HR), finance, business process outsourcing (BPO) and knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) companies were the main recruiters, graduates are increasingly moving away from BPO and KPO jobs.
“Stream-wise, BCom has slipped to the third place when it comes to preference of companies while BCA and BSc (IT) graduates are getting the top jobs,” he said.
Thyagaraja C.M., Executive Director, KVT and SDC, said students are looking at education for employment and not just knowledge.
Students, who were shortlisted for jobs at the mela, found the platform useful as they did not have to knock on the doors of individual companies. “Hospitals, call centres, banks and HR companies were at the mela,” said Divya V., a BCom graduate.
Nandakumar B.G., commissioner, DCE, said that the mela, which is being held only in Bangalore, could be taken to other districts as well.
