With career focus and choice of companies gaining momentum, the percentage of placement conversion was only 20 per cent during an event held by TCS in colleges affiliated to Bharathiar University in the second week of this month.
Of the 6,087 students attending the placement events, only 911 offers were given, even as the joining rate was less than 40 per cent last year, a University release said.
In the sample study carried out on TCS placement, the university said of 2,940 students attending the event in Coimbatore urban, only 591 placements were received, about 20 per cent, the highest.
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According to the survey, even to write the aptitude test, the varsity and colleges insisted on the parents consent and readiness to join the company, if offers were given.
Compared to last year, only 60 per cent of students attended the campus placements, which were held at Coimbatore, Tirupur, Pollachi, Erode and Coonoor.
The women students prefer to work even at Chennai or Bangalore and "at this rate, we have to go a longway to achieve 50 per cent conversion," the varsity said.
