PLACEMENT READINESS SCAN
See what your cohort needs next.
Critical simulation: 450 final-year students, with 75 in each of six disciplines.
PLACEMENT TOOLKIT
Give every student the same strong starting format.
Share the one-page B.Com résumé template, then use the review checklist before sending any résumé to an employer.
TODAY'S ACTION CENTRE
Start with the students who need a decision.
OPPORTUNITY PIPELINE
Track jobs, exams and further studies.
CONTROLLED EMPLOYER COLLECTION
Prepare an approved candidate pack.
Select students in the action centre. Only students who retained employer visibility are included, and private answers are excluded.
75 students in each discipline
25% ready to move forward
Need one focused intervention
Require a structured action plan
READINESS MIX
Who can move forward?
Students by course
What students want next
270Jobs90Exams90Further studiesTOP COHORT GAPS
What is holding students back?
Run small-group mock interviews
How to run this
45–60 minutes · Medium institutional effort
- Group students by target role.
- Give each student a 60-second introduction and two role questions.
- Use one shared scorecard for clarity, evidence and confidence.
- Record one improvement action and schedule a short retry.
Completion check: Student completes the introduction and answers with one real example.
Build one role-relevant portfolio task
How to run this
60–90 minutes · Medium institutional effort
- Share a small invoice or sales dataset.
- Ask students to clean it and use formulas for totals and exceptions.
- Require one chart or summary table.
- Save the file with the student’s name and target role.
Completion check: A reviewer can open the file and understand what the student produced.
Hold résumé clinics by target role
How to run this
45 minutes · Low institutional effort
- Share the standard one-page template.
- Ask students to choose one target role.
- Replace claims with evidence from coursework, projects or internships.
- Review academics, dates, contact details and filename.
Completion check: Résumé is one page, role-focused, accurate and marked Ready or Needs revision.
Assign a two-week aptitude sprint
How to run this
30 minutes × 6 sessions · Medium institutional effort
- Run a short baseline set.
- Group errors by topic.
- Assign three focused practice sessions each week.
- Repeat a comparable set and review mistakes.
Completion check: Student completes both baselines and has a topic-level improvement record.
Counsel students on role locations
How to run this
30 minutes · Low institutional effort
- Show the locations attached to shortlisted roles.
- Ask students to confirm city, state and relocation preferences.
- Discuss travel, accommodation and work-mode assumptions.
- Update only the preferences the student confirms.
Completion check: Every student has a current, explicit location preference.
RECOMMENDED NEXT 30 DAYS
Turn these insights into action.
Invite 266 students. Use course-specific interview groups.
How to run this
45–60 minutes · Medium effort
- Group students by target role.
- Give each student a 60-second introduction and two role questions.
- Use one shared scorecard for clarity, evidence and confidence.
- Record one improvement action and schedule a short retry.
Completion check: Student completes the introduction and answers with one real example.
Help 182 students create one role-relevant portfolio task.
How to run this
60–90 minutes · Medium effort
- Share a small invoice or sales dataset.
- Ask students to clean it and use formulas for totals and exceptions.
- Require one chart or summary table.
- Save the file with the student’s name and target role.
Completion check: A reviewer can open the file and understand what the student produced.
Guide 180 students considering exams, postgraduate courses or both.
How to run this
45 minutes · Low effort
- Separate students by Jobs, Exams and Further Studies interest.
- Give each group a fact-check worksheet.
- Record eligibility, dates, costs and one next action.
- Schedule a short follow-up before any application decision.
Completion check: Each student leaves with two researched options and one dated next step.
ACTION PLAN BY DISCIPLINE
What each department should do next.
- Excel and reconciliation proof
How to run this
60–90 minutes · Medium institutional effort
- Give the B.Com group one common, role-relevant brief for “Excel and reconciliation proof”.
- Show the expected output and assessment criteria before students begin.
- Collect one named file, link or demonstration from every student.
- Review in batches and mark Ready to show or Needs revision.
Completion check: Every participating student produces one honest, reviewable piece of practical evidence.
- Accounts-focused résumé clinic
How to run this
30–45 minutes · Low institutional effort
- Filter the B.Com cohort to students who need “Accounts-focused résumé clinic”.
- Explain two realistic pathways and the evidence required for each.
- Ask students to choose one next target and write one immediate action.
- Record the choice on the placement follow-up list and review it within seven days.
Completion check: Each student leaves with one recorded target, one owner and one follow-up date.
- Banking and finance mock interviews
How to run this
45–60 minutes · Medium institutional effort
- Create B.Com groups of 8–12 students with similar target roles.
- Share a short banking and finance mock interviews brief and one common scorecard.
- Run one practice round, give one improvement point per student, then repeat.
- Record Ready, Needs another practice, or Needs individual support.
Completion check: Each student completes a scored practice and receives one dated follow-up action.
- Sales pitch practice
How to run this
45–60 minutes · Medium institutional effort
- Create BBA groups of 8–12 students with similar target roles.
- Share a short sales pitch practice brief and one common scorecard.
- Run one practice round, give one improvement point per student, then repeat.
- Record Ready, Needs another practice, or Needs individual support.
Completion check: Each student completes a scored practice and receives one dated follow-up action.
- CRM and spreadsheet task
How to run this
60–90 minutes · Medium institutional effort
- Give the BBA group one common, role-relevant brief for “CRM and spreadsheet task”.
- Show the expected output and assessment criteria before students begin.
- Collect one named file, link or demonstration from every student.
- Review in batches and mark Ready to show or Needs revision.
Completion check: Every participating student produces one honest, reviewable piece of practical evidence.
- Role-based group interviews
How to run this
45–60 minutes · Medium institutional effort
- Create BBA groups of 8–12 students with similar target roles.
- Share a short role-based group interviews brief and one common scorecard.
- Run one practice round, give one improvement point per student, then repeat.
- Record Ready, Needs another practice, or Needs individual support.
Completion check: Each student completes a scored practice and receives one dated follow-up action.
- GitHub or project clean-up
How to run this
60–90 minutes · Medium institutional effort
- Give the BCA group one common, role-relevant brief for “GitHub or project clean-up”.
- Show the expected output and assessment criteria before students begin.
- Collect one named file, link or demonstration from every student.
- Review in batches and mark Ready to show or Needs revision.
Completion check: Every participating student produces one honest, reviewable piece of practical evidence.
- Testing and support scenarios
How to run this
30–45 minutes · Low institutional effort
- Filter the BCA cohort to students who need “Testing and support scenarios”.
- Explain two realistic pathways and the evidence required for each.
- Ask students to choose one next target and write one immediate action.
- Record the choice on the placement follow-up list and review it within seven days.
Completion check: Each student leaves with one recorded target, one owner and one follow-up date.
- Technical screening practice
How to run this
30–45 minutes · Low institutional effort
- Filter the BCA cohort to students who need “Technical screening practice”.
- Explain two realistic pathways and the evidence required for each.
- Ask students to choose one next target and write one immediate action.
- Record the choice on the placement follow-up list and review it within seven days.
Completion check: Each student leaves with one recorded target, one owner and one follow-up date.
- Choose two target job families
How to run this
30–45 minutes · Low institutional effort
- Filter the BA cohort to students who need “Choose two target job families”.
- Explain two realistic pathways and the evidence required for each.
- Ask students to choose one next target and write one immediate action.
- Record the choice on the placement follow-up list and review it within seven days.
Completion check: Each student leaves with one recorded target, one owner and one follow-up date.
- Writing and communication sample
How to run this
60–90 minutes · Medium institutional effort
- Give the BA group one common, role-relevant brief for “Writing and communication sample”.
- Show the expected output and assessment criteria before students begin.
- Collect one named file, link or demonstration from every student.
- Review in batches and mark Ready to show or Needs revision.
Completion check: Every participating student produces one honest, reviewable piece of practical evidence.
- Structured interview practice
How to run this
45–60 minutes · Medium institutional effort
- Create BA groups of 8–12 students with similar target roles.
- Share a short structured interview practice brief and one common scorecard.
- Run one practice round, give one improvement point per student, then repeat.
- Record Ready, Needs another practice, or Needs individual support.
Completion check: Each student completes a scored practice and receives one dated follow-up action.
- Technical skills inventory
How to run this
30–45 minutes · Low institutional effort
- Filter the BSc cohort to students who need “Technical skills inventory”.
- Explain two realistic pathways and the evidence required for each.
- Ask students to choose one next target and write one immediate action.
- Record the choice on the placement follow-up list and review it within seven days.
Completion check: Each student leaves with one recorded target, one owner and one follow-up date.
- Build one evidence project
How to run this
60–90 minutes · Medium institutional effort
- Give the BSc group one common, role-relevant brief for “Build one evidence project”.
- Show the expected output and assessment criteria before students begin.
- Collect one named file, link or demonstration from every student.
- Review in batches and mark Ready to show or Needs revision.
Completion check: Every participating student produces one honest, reviewable piece of practical evidence.
- Domain interview practice
How to run this
45–60 minutes · Medium institutional effort
- Create BSc groups of 8–12 students with similar target roles.
- Share a short domain interview practice brief and one common scorecard.
- Run one practice round, give one improvement point per student, then repeat.
- Record Ready, Needs another practice, or Needs individual support.
Completion check: Each student completes a scored practice and receives one dated follow-up action.
- Segment students by engineering branch
How to run this
30–45 minutes · Low institutional effort
- Filter the BTech / BE cohort to students who need “Segment students by engineering branch”.
- Explain two realistic pathways and the evidence required for each.
- Ask students to choose one next target and write one immediate action.
- Record the choice on the placement follow-up list and review it within seven days.
Completion check: Each student leaves with one recorded target, one owner and one follow-up date.
- Project and coding proof review
How to run this
60–90 minutes · Medium institutional effort
- Give the BTech / BE group one common, role-relevant brief for “Project and coding proof review”.
- Show the expected output and assessment criteria before students begin.
- Collect one named file, link or demonstration from every student.
- Review in batches and mark Ready to show or Needs revision.
Completion check: Every participating student produces one honest, reviewable piece of practical evidence.
- Technical plus HR mock interviews
How to run this
45–60 minutes · Medium institutional effort
- Create BTech / BE groups of 8–12 students with similar target roles.
- Share a short technical plus hr mock interviews brief and one common scorecard.
- Run one practice round, give one improvement point per student, then repeat.
- Record Ready, Needs another practice, or Needs individual support.
Completion check: Each student completes a scored practice and receives one dated follow-up action.
OPPORTUNITIES TO CURATE
Jobs and exams for the placement calendar.
B.ComView recommendations
- Accounts Executive
- Finance Operations Associate
- Audit Assistant
- IBPS Clerk / PO
- SBI recruitment
- SSC CGL
BBAView recommendations
- Business Development Associate
- Sales Coordinator
- Customer Success Associate
- CAT / CMAT
- Banking recruitment
- SSC CGL
BCAView recommendations
- Application Support Associate
- QA Trainee
- Junior Developer
- NIMCET
- CUET PG — MCA
- Government IT recruitment
BAView recommendations
- Customer Operations Associate
- Content Associate
- Recruitment Coordinator
- UPSC / State PSC orientation
- SSC CGL
- Banking recruitment
BScView recommendations
- Quality Associate
- Lab Operations Trainee
- Data Operations Associate
- IIT JAM
- CUET PG — MSc
- SSC scientific posts
BTech / BEView recommendations
- Graduate Engineer Trainee
- QA Engineer
- Junior Analyst
- GATE
- Engineering Services Examination
- Public-sector technical recruitment
INSTITUTIONAL EFFORT
What this plan requires.
- 18 facilitated workshop groups
- 23 mock-interview batches
- 9 faculty or placement coordinators
- 1 weekly progress review
Estimate assumes 25 students per workshop, 12 per interview batch, and shared central content. It excludes employer outreach time.
CONSENT-BASED EMPLOYER SHORTLIST