Placement season is something which needs
to be felt to be believed. A season of desperation, frustration, despair,
joy and above all a season of promise. A promise to everyone that their dreams
will be realized, that the reason for which they joined the institute will be
brought to fulfillment. This promise is so over whelming that people become
desperate till the season actually starts.
Only talk on the
campus in month of November is placements. From campus newsletters to times of India
the only talk is about coming placement season. This not only fills students
with a promise but also a pressure for they have to actually perform. This is
the time they have been waiting for, all POR's, all extra-currics, all
subjects and all grand CPI's find their culmination in this holy grail.
Although for some this is just a plan B but then it’s important because your
plan B has to be secure so that you can work fully on your plan A.
Once students
start applying for jobs they start setting a kind of image in their mind about
what type of job they would like to go for in which city and what package and
all. As much helpful this is it’s also a sweet trap because you are never sure
if the said company will select you for said profile at said location with the
package you want. Safest way out is apply for whatever comes your way. This
being the shortest way out may not leave you fully satisfied but then you can’t
have everything that you desire (true for most of us).
The worst part of
this season is to see really good and promising people to be left behind and
not getting what they actually deserve. It is just a sad sight not only for
friends but for everyone who knows them.
The best part is
to see people get placed and the joy on their face. Their expressions and
reactions are something of pure joy. It’s really surreal to see people once
they hear the big news.
As rosy it may
look but the other side of this season cannot be ignored because its is not a
small number. For the students who carry on longer into the process face really
difficult times. The feeling of getting up every morning to go for an interview
and returning unplaced, the thought of failing in a written test or not
clearing a group discussion are so terrorizing that it leaves few students
resigned to the complete process and it becomes a daunting task to
push them out of their pessimism.
This season holds
as much despair as promise but that’s the way life is you will have ups and
downs, the point is to carry on.
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