Unsure of hiring fresh graduates, IT companies venture off campus

The technology industry is one of the largest recruiters for fresh graduates in the country.

Uncertainty over onboarding of fresh engineering graduates this year has prompted many information technology services firms to opt for off-campus hiring. According to firms, this has become necessary as companies are not sure of deploying fresh graduates during this financial year as engineering colleges have not been able to conduct final semester examinations.

“We give offers to students in their sixth semesters so that they join after their eighth semesters. The Batch of 2020 that was supposed have graduated by July is stuck — creating problems for the industry. So we are doing off-campus hiring, though in small numbers,” said