Niche job offers go to elite colleges at Delhi University

Recruiters prefer to recruit from individual Delhi University (DU) colleges over the central placement cell (CPC) to fill specialised roles, a look at job profiles and salaries reveal.

While students at individual colleges have been offered profiles such as management associates and analysts, through the CPC students were largely roped in as management trainees, article assistants and customer support associates among others.

“The pay packages we offer to these graduates (recruited from individual colleges) are slightly better as we believe other recruiters too woo them with better packages” says SV Nathan, chief talent officer at Deloitte.

According to CPC office, Deloitte has not hired through CPC for the past three years. This year, Deloitte has hired students from Hansraj and Ramjas colleges at a salary of ₹4.25 lakh per annum.

E-commerce giant Amazon, a common recruiter in both these modes, offered ₹15.5 lakh — the highest so far this year — for the post of software development engineer at Hansraj. Meanwhile, it hired foreign language graduates through the CPC between ₹5 lakh and ₹5.7 lakh per annum.

At the CPC, students can get placed based on their merit alone, as CPC doesn’t disclose the names of the colleges. While it is a good way for graduates from lesser-known colleges to bag a job, the packages and roles remain less attractive.

But Parthenon EY, Deutsche Bank and Bain Capability Centre, which are among highest paying recruiters, have stayed away from CPC.

At Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), Parthenon EY has offered ₹29. 2 lakh for the role of an associate.

However, S Varadarajan, chief HR officer, Vistara, said: “Vistara has no preference among CPC and individual colleges, and the salaries offered are also equable.”

United Health Group was the top recruiter through CPC in 2015 with an offer of ₹6 lakh per annum for the role of business analyst. CPC has its benefits. “We find diverse, bigger and a mixed pool of talent at CPC. Therefore it is convenient for us. We encourage them to grow with us,” said Praveer Sinha, CEO and managing director of TPDDL, which hires 40 students through the CPC each year at ₹2.75 per annum.

Wipro hired nearly 200 graduates through the CPC in 2015 .

This year CPC registration will start mid-October.