Placement time

Just today a friend of mine, a final year B.Tech student, told me that she has got placed in one of India's top companies. She was one of the lucky ones to have got the job offer in the first company that came for placements this year. The news that the world economy is on its road to recovery from the global recession has been making rounds in India from the past few months. Last year it was fashionable for the unemployed youth to say that they could not get jobs because of, well, you know, the recession. No doubt, it served as a well accepted excuse, but it definitely caused a lot of mental tension to the students of professional courses. This year, the placement scenario is looking much brighter. Happy times are here for the students ( or so, they think!!). Poor things, they don't really know what is in store for them!! The very thought of passing out of college and entering the corporate world is pretty much exciting, and the concept of earning big money, even more. It would take some time for the young souls to realize that just getting placed with a big company does not ensure a successful professional life. Ya, I know. Been there. These youngsters too will realize. Little do they know that they are about to learn some of life's biggest lessons in the coming few months...