Career orientation Talk

Prof. Shyam Prasad sir presented the talk and explained about the following points

• After your Engineering there are three paths- Job, Higher Studies, and Entrepreneurship.
• Jobs are classified into various types like government, Defence, Techinal/Core, IT/Software.
  
• Identify the area of interest and research groups.
• Students have to prepare a strong Cirriculam Vitae which includes
• Academic Background
• Internship
• Project Work
• Certificates
• Extra-Circular Activities
• Position of Responsibilities

Government jobs:

• UPPSC Jobs
• Engineering Services Examination
• Consists of five papers
• Total sum of 1000 marks
• General Knowledge, Aptitude and Core subjects of Mechanical Engg.
• Civil Services
• IAS (Indian Administrative Services)
• IFS (Indian Foreign Services)
• IPS (Indian Police Services)
• IRS (Indian Revenue Services)
• IFS* (Indian Forest Services )

Defence:

• Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is an agency of the Republic of India, responsible for the development of technology for use by the military, headquartered in New Delhi, India.
• DRDO has a network of 52 laboratories
• Engaged in developing defence technologies covering various fields, like aeronautics, electronics and computer sciences, materials, missiles, combat vehicles development and naval research and development.
• The organization includes more than 5,000 scientists and about 25,000 other scientific, technical and supporting personnel.
  
  
  
• Tough Recruitment procedures are maintained

IT /Software field:

• According to statistics 33% of other branches shift into IT sector.
• TCS, INFOSYS, ACCENTURE, CAPGEMINI, CISCO, HCL, IBM, WIPRO, are some of the multinational companies which recruit in a large scale every year.
• TCS recruited more than 40,000 new employees this year. More than 30000 were placed into INFOSYS.
• Some of the Advantages are white collar job, easy placement, more income, multi national exposure, 5-day week.
• Disadvantages are low certainty of job, it is a chair of roses full of thorns, low incentives.
• Communication skills, stress management, courage to face the interviews, inter-personal relations, leadership qualities are major factors that is been considered
• You have to face exams like
• Written round
• Technical interview
• Management interview
• HR interview