2. What is a Pre-Placement
Offer (PPO)?
A preplacement offer (PPO), often rolled
out to students on the completion of
their internship, comprises an offer letter
that gives them a chance to join their
interning organization once they
complete their professional course.
3. Why are PPOs important?
In a post pandemic scenario laying hands on
a preplacement offer will have a positive
affect on a student’s psychologically,
relieving the stress off their shoulders, it
also helps them focus in the remaining days
on their business school curriculum without
having to worry about final placements.
Also, it helps them set a high bar for their
overall development and career growth.
4. Market readiness
• Combination of employability skills to make a management graduate
industry ready.
• Following Employability skills groups are identified based on research
paper by Bhatnagar.N.(2020)* on Employability and skill gap of
management graduates. This paper has reviewed papers published from
2012 to 2019 focused on the Indian context.
*Bhatnagar, N. (2020). Employability and skill gap among MBA graduates in
India: a literature review. Industrial and commercial training.
6. PPO
• Placement offer from your interning organization is not a child’s
play
• It will need rigorous efforts, discipline, dedication, people skills
and perseverance to make it to your mentor’s list of favourite
interns.
• There might be chances where the company isn’t willing to hire
anybody in the near future
• If no guarantee of a preplacement offer to you, what are you to
do?
• Most important is your relations and your self confidence.
7. Transferable Skills
• Translating your B school experience and accomplishments into
language of actions and skills to attract future employers is key
to developing a strong résumé.
• You have acquired many skills as a Management student that
can be used in a variety of professional settings. Clearly
stating these skills on a résumé is crucial to a successful job
search. To begin thinking about what you can offer an employer,
make a list of your abilities and accomplishments, and think
about what general skills they involved.
8. Transferable Skills
• designing a research project
• collecting and analyzing data
• researching
• solving problems
• writing articles, reports, and
applications
• presenting findings at a conference
in front of an audience of n people
• explaining complex problems to a
range of audiences
9. Communication skills
Written and oral communication skills are extremely valuable
in today’s workplace. Employers seek job candidates who can:
• adapt and clarify complex information for non-technical
audiences
• communicate with clients effectively to manage expectations
• train other team members
• persuade others (e.g. sales and marketing)
• write a variety of content from social media posts to
technical reports
10. Social Media
• Social Media Can Destroy Your Career
• How soon do you get angry, what kind of mindset do you have
towards life. Your mindset about women if you are a man, your
mindset about a man if you are a woman. Your mindset for the
people who are doing jobs, business, etc. Your overall
mindset/behavior is seen in your posts, comments which you have
been doing for a very long time.!!
• Despite being talented, those who have a negative history in social
media profiles, they are removed from the shortlist without telling
them anything. what do you think social media is only a sharing
website? No! It reflects your character about who you are, what do
you think…
