Problem Statement:

A Young engineering graduate needs help in dispelling her worries regarding joining a new company as a full time employee for the first time because she think corporate environments are strict and harsh and do not accept new comers easily

Ideas:

Compulsory Internships for students/Working and studying: Internships, though of a short duration is one of the best ways to get the corporate feel. Colleges should give equivalent weightage to internships as they do for course work and reward students who take up more number of quality internships related to their study and do well in their roles as interns. This will also help bring the company and the college also in close collaboration.

Mentorship programmes and ice-breaking sessions in Company: This will help increase the comfort levels of the new joiners and also ensure them they have someone whom they can approach when in trouble. The Mentor should also be evaluated on a 360 degree feedback from the mentee.

Compulsory full time internship with a company for at least 3 monthsPerformance Measurement Metrics• Student to be measured by new contacts made

(Networking skills): This can be done by considering number of new contacts from the company acquired by the student on professional networks like LinkedIn, number of new recommendations received based on the internship etc.

• College Faculty direct interaction with company personnel to measure efficiency of student and to suggest improvements, both personally for the student and the college curriculum and training as a whole

• Presentation of work done by student and submission of report to both the company and the college. Marks/Grades to be awarded for the same

• Make the student the channel of interaction between that particular company and college and measure him/her on the interaction he/she makes with the company

• Number of Internships undertaken• Exposure to industry sectors covered during

internships: An enthusiastic student may take up multiple internships in different industry sectors like manufacturing, IT, e-commerce, banking etc.

Internship Report Card

Project Completion

Networking

Communication

Interaction Level

Creativity

Perseverance

Number of Internships

Fresher Joining Program -

Agenda

Train the new joinee in analytics, delivering

presentations etc. Send them for confidence building

classes, etiquette training sessions, public speaking etc.

Encourage the new joinee to take up something that they like in the company, like joining the various

clubs like Social Outreach, Adventure etc.

Ice Breaker games and Introduction – Help the new joinee relax and feel that work is just an extension (application) of college. Other team building games that will help reinforce the fact that it is a team (company) play rather than a competitive rat race Provide the new joinee with a

3-6 month training period where they’ll work on mock projects or participate in real

time projects where their mistakes can be tolerated

(afforded) mistakes, yet they’ll contribute the company and

learn

Allot a mentor to the new joinee within the company

whom they can approach any time. Let the mentor just be 1-2 years older than the new joinee

Appreciation and small token rewards for good

performance

INTERNSHIP REPORT

CARD

Connecting Bridge

College Side Company Side

Compulsory full time internship with a company for at least 3 monthsPerformance Measurement Metrics• Student to be measured by new

contacts made (Networking skills): This can be done by considering number of new contacts from the company acquired by the student on professional networks like LinkedIn, number of new recommendations received based on the internship etc.

• College Faculty direct interaction with company personnel to measure efficiency of student and to suggest improvements, both personally for the student and the college curriculum and training as a whole

• Presentation of work done by student and submission of report to both the company and the college. Marks/Grades to be awarded for the same

• Make the student the channel of interaction between that particular company and college and measure him/her on the interaction he/she makes with the company

• Number of Internships undertaken• Exposure to industry sectors covered

during internships: An enthusiastic student may take up multiple internships in different industry sectors like manufacturing, IT, e-commerce, banking etc.

Fresher Joining

Program -

Agenda

Train the new joinee in analytics, delivering

presentations etc. Send them for confidence

building classes, etiquette training sessions, public

speaking etc.

Encourage the new joinee to take up

something that they like in the company, like

joining the various clubs like Social Outreach,

Adventure etc.

Ice Breaker games and Introduction – Help the new joinee relax and feel that work is just an extension (application) of college. Other team building games that will help reinforce the fact that it is a team (company) play rather than a competitive rat race Provide the new joinee

with a 3-6 month training period where they’ll

work on mock projects or participate in real time

projects where their mistakes can be tolerated (afforded) mistakes, yet

they’ll contribute the company and learn

Allot a mentor to the new joinee within the

company whom they can approach any time. Let the mentor just be 1-2

years older than the new joinee

Appreciation and small token

rewards for good

performance

COLLEGE – TO – COMPANY TRANSITIONConfidence Building

What WorkedInternships will be exciting and a learning experience

What Could Be ImprovedNA

QuestionsWill companies spend so much time and moneyin training new joinees?What if some new joinees take more time in Adjusting?

IdeasYour own college alumini working in the company can be your mentors

MY REFLECTIONS

• Opinions tend to vary from person to person. What one person thinks is a good idea is not the same felt by another person in the same situation/environment

• Some people need solution to this problem more than others

• It is generally felt that the college has a greater role in preparing students for corporate life than companies