Placement Coordinator

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Coordinate with IT Recruiters: Communicate with IT companies, HR teams, and recruitment agencies regarding job openings, eligibility criteria, skills required, salary packages, and recruitment schedules.
  

• Identify Suitable Candidates: Shortlist eligible students based on academic qualifications, technical skills, certifications, experience, and company requirements.
  

• Manage Placement Drives: Organize and coordinate campus/off-campus recruitment drives, including registration, assessments, interviews, and final selection.
  

• Coordinate Technical Assessments: Arrange coding tests, programming assessments, aptitude tests, technical quizzes, and other IT-related evaluations.
  

• Schedule Interviews: Coordinate technical interviews, HR interviews, online assessments, and virtual recruitment rounds.
  

• Student Communication: Share job descriptions, eligibility requirements, test details, interview schedules, deadlines, and selection updates with students.
  

• Resume Management: Guide students in preparing IT-focused resumes and maintain updated candidate databases.
  

• Technical Training: Coordinate training programs in areas such as programming, databases, cloud computing, cybersecurity, data analytics, web development, and software testing.
  

• Mock Interviews: Organize technical and HR mock interviews, coding practice sessions, group discussions, and aptitude preparation.
  

• Maintain Placement Records: Maintain records of registered candidates, applications, assessments, interviews, selections, offers, and joining status.
  

• Industry Interaction: Build and maintain relationships with IT companies and industry professionals to increase placement opportunities.
  

• Support Recruiters: Provide recruiters with required candidate information and assist them during campus visits and online recruitment activities.
  

• Track Candidate Progress: Monitor candidates from registration through assessment, interview, offer, and joining.
  

• Resolve Placement Issues: Address student and recruiter queries related to eligibility, assessments, interview schedules, documentation, and selection procedures.
  

• Prepare Reports: Prepare regular reports on IT placement activities, number of candidates placed, companies participated, salary packages, and placement statistics.
  

• Ensure Policy Compliance: Ensure students and recruiters follow institutional placement policies, eligibility requirements, and recruitment guidelines.
  

• Post-Placement Follow-up: Coordinate with selected candidates and companies regarding offer letters, documentation, joining dates, and onboarding.
  

Key Skills Required

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  

• Knowledge of IT/software recruitment processes
  

• Basic understanding of programming and IT technologies
  

• Good coordination and organizational abilities
  

• Knowledge of recruitment and assessment platforms
  

• Proficiency in MS Office/Excel and Google Workspace
  

• Problem-solving and time-management skills
  

• Ability to work with students, faculty, HR professionals, and IT recruiters