Analytical study of effects of Covid crisis on campus recruitment at technical & management institutions

The Campus recruitment or campus placements programme conducted within educational institutions or in a common place to provide job opportunities to students pursuing or about to complete the educational programme, has proved to be a win-win situation for all the parties, i.e., students, institutions and the industries. In this programme, industries visit the college campus to select students depending on their academic performance, knowledge, ability to work, attitude and aptitude, capability, focus and objective, which saves the time, effort and money of the industry spent in traditional recruitment process. However, the Covid-19 pandemic has brought the entire world to a halt, affecting the businesses cycle across the globe. The crisis has impacted campus placements and the student community is one of the worst affected segments. The institutions and industries in turn are also suffering. The lockdown enforced to prevent the spread has brought economies to the ground and has jeopardized the job prospects of many and in turn changed the entire dynamics of the process leading to prevalence of uncertainty. With unemployment rising during these tough times, recent graduates waiting in the wings and looking for their first job feel entrapped. As per the industry experts, campus recruitments have been adversely affected due to the pandemic this year and may have more cascading impact during the next year. The paper attempts to understand the effects of pandemic caused by the Corona virus on campus recruitment and the emerging scenario at technical & management institutions.