One major question for all the students who are planning to join engineering is “How to get a job after 4 years“. And now after the steep decrease in the placements and recruitment activities, students are getting scared. So here we have included simple tips to make yourself employable in the 4 years of Engineering. To know the importance of this article, please have a look at the following facts.

Only 17.5% from Engineering colleges in Tamilnadu are eligible for employment. About 350 engineering colleges produce Engineers by degree and not by qualification. CGPA is only used for filtering out for initial placement round and this will not decide your placements. You are not going to use 90% of what you study in classes inside the industry.

So if you are choosing engineering, and want a job in 4 years, you need to STAND OUT OF THE QUEUE. So let us guide you on what is to be done.

1. Choose Engineering College Wisely

Does this point seems out of place? No it is not. If you haven’t chosen your engineering college, and if you want to make yourself employable, “CHOOSE THE ENGINEERING COLLEGE WISELY“. Without lack of proper environment and guidance from your college, it will be very hard for you to train and build yourself. Before you choose the engineering college, read our guide on 7 Engineering colleges you should not choose. Of course colleges play major role in making students employable. Because studying in the right engineering college offers you

Exposure to Opportunities.

Guidance by Alumni.

Guidance by experienced professors.

Placement Training.

So choosing a better engineering college saves a lot of time and energy for you. Confused in choosing engineering college? Visit our Colleges in Tamilnadu page to view a list of all Engineering colleges with all facilities and ratings.

2. LEARN. Do not study

Yes. In classes studying the lesson will just get you marks. LEARN the lessons. Try to impose them or practice them in real life that will help a lot in corporate environment. Thought this seems impossible, it is not that hard. There are clubs, groups which encourages such practical training. Reach out to them. Build contacts. The lesson you study in class for a day, will take you less than 1 hour to learn it. Apart from that,

Learn usage of some of the basic software.

Attend paper presentations, project presentations and discuss with experts. Real experts always help others.

Participate in technical discussions online. It will help you learn things at your comfort.

3. Extra Curricular Activities

Let me say this with an example. Let you be the CEO of an IT company. “Will you need employees, who just has knowledge over a subject, but cannot work in a team with others or express his views to others??” No you will not.. You wont prefer a candidate who cannot communicate and socialize.

Clubs, NCC, NSS and all other clubs help you to improve your communication and team building skills.

skills. Communication skills cannot be gained from Rapid Course English books. You have to keep improving them by constantly interacting with others.

Building CONTACTS with others in the same field as you helps you get a job quicker.

Symposium certificates on core competitions will add value to your profile. It tells companies that you always LEARN and you do not study.

4. Exhibit Yourself

When i was studying in Engineering, we were a class of 40 students. And every single one there had talent, knowledge and experience too. Internships, presentations and a lot. But not all of us got placed in reputable companies. Its because we didn’t exhibit ourselves. We had knowledge. But companies simply don’t care unless its expressed.

Social Networking – Underestimated placed. A place where you can reach out to thousand companies from your home. What if i say “You can make 10+ contacts online, for every discussion you start in LinkedIn?”

Competitions, Projects, Symposiums, Workshops – Anything where people join together, Go for them and exhibit yourself.

5. Have Common Sense

One of the quality which WE lack. We do not choose the right career. We do not choose the right company and we wonder why we don’t get placed.

Before choosing a career – higher studies or job, think well. What are the opportunities in higher studies?? 75% companies prefer B Tech students than M Tech. So think before you choose.

Before choosing the right job – Will i enjoy the work if i get this job? Can i survive in a 9 AM – 5 PM environment? Typing code from morning to evening, can i do that? Because without you enjoying the job, you will not SURVIVE.

This topic is so broad and the article is too short to cover all the aspects. But in short these are the major areas you should concentrate to make yourself employable.

Do you have any ideas that you think we missed, keep us posted in the comments section below.