I am sure you would have read an SMS saying "through a stone in Bangalore it is sure to hit a dog or engineer". The world looks at envy as we produce 4 lakh+ engineers every year , only a engineer in India knows that he is treated nothing less than dirt when he is a fresher right out of college.Well thats what I used to think(have hands on exp being a engineer my self) all this while when a recent incident knocked on this belief.
A couple of days ago my ex-roomie who is in Coimbatore called up. long time wondered what could be the reason- well did not have to wait long, his aunt's son was coming for an interview, my assistance would be needed in his short trip to Bangalore ( bottom line he wanted for his cousin a free place to stay). Since a bachelors house has more than space to accommodate, I obliged. The guy was supposed to reach Friday early morning with an interview scheduled on Saturday.
Oping that the guy would reach before i left for office, putting on shoes at 8:00 was cursing him wondering where the hell he was???, should have been here by 7:30 is what was told. Was about to leave when a bell at the door marked the arrival of my friend's cousin. Short guy, shirt-pant and hair parted on the side was more than shy, had to ask him twice before he confirmed who he was and that his name was Roshan(god hate this !!). Well found him to be a quite well reserved, showed him the house around and the food whereabouts informing him that I will be back by 7. Once back from office, asked him about his interview details. The place was located not very far off and sensing his nervousness decided to drop him at the place ( have seen a few off campuses and treatment there can be more than harsh).
Next morning we left home on time, the guy was more than prepared resume, doc, stationary and some kind of a admit card ( haha no admit cards matter in an off campus all you need is the ability to sneak and reach ahead in the line before they close it), but kept quite not to scare the kid. We were before time, and to surprise hardly found any crowds at the venue. Being more than curious hoping that I have not got the poor guy to the wrong place, was relieved to know that we were at the right place. Once inside enquired about the interview scheduled. was told it was being handled by a consultancy called Elitmus evaluation. There were about 20 students, all carrying an admit card. A eLitmus representative with a attendance sheet, was calling out names and one by one all were let inside. At the stipulated time the test started no pushing, rushing of any sorts that I had faced at a number of off campus events, impressed by the smooth way they had planned it and most importantly the way they treated freshers. As I waited for Roshan could not help enquiring about Elitmus, a short conversation revealed that it was a company focused exclusively on fresher hiring, conducts a test known as pH test held across India every 3 weeks, once you have the scores you can start applying to the companies listed. Candidates are short listed on the basis of there academic and pH scores(a first level of filtering of sorts). I think the best part was a creation of a online platform where companies and students could meet. A great benefit for both increasing there reach significantly. Plus you will be treated more like humans and less like dirt. Talent is respected and appreciated.
At the end was more than pleased to know something like Elitmus especially in these recessive times, Roshan was hired and was one happy chap. Times are changing and as the World Wide Web converged the world on a desktop similarly access for students to companies and vice versa across India has been made possible them. And ya its also saves a lot of frustration and money for all those talented engineers rooming India for jobs/offcampus. Finally the young talented engineers are getting what they probably deserve!!!.
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