Placement Policy:
Campus placements is a key activity at Praxis Business School and is given the seriousness it deserves. The entire placement process is handled by the Placement Committee which comprises two members of staff and 12 – 20 members from the student body, including both batches. The Praxis Business School placement policy has the following components:

Eligibility:

• No fee is due.
• No backlogs at the time of application to organizations
• The Summer Internship program and other academic requirements need to be fulfilled by the student.
• The student should have a CQPI score of 4.0 out of 8 to be eligible for Final Placements.

Registration:

• Students shall complete the enrolment process well before the start of the placement cycle.
• Students need to get their Superset profiles verified by the Placement Coordinators.
• All the documents (scorecards, identification proofs, and relevant certificates) are updated in the Superset.

Rules:

• Praxis Business School follows a one offer policy, which means once an organization has confirmed its selections the selected students will be taken out of all other placement processes.
• Students are free to apply to any organizations till Dec, 31st. From Jan 1st all eligible students will be considered as applicants for all recruiting organizations.
• Once a student has applied to an organization, they will not be allowed to withdraw from the same under any circumstances.
• Missing any step of a recruitment process will result in the student getting debarred for 5 organizations that he/she is eligible for.
• Campus recruitments will end on 31st March.

Communication:

• On confirmation of an offer from an organization by the Placement Committee, eligible students are required to submit their updated Superset format resume along with the formal photograph attached to it, to the Placement Coordinators.
• The resume should be submitted within the given time frame, else it will not be considered for the further procedure for a particular company.
• Students are allowed to apply to organizations on their own. They, however, have to inform Placement Coordinators in an email on receipt of an off-campus offer.
• In case the same organization comes for campus placement, the student has to inform the Placement Committee about their previous application in the organization.
• If a company has approached the college for the placement, then no student is allowed to connect with the company personally without the Placement Committee’s permission.
• Students are advised to keep sufficient copies of their resumes, photographs, and basic documents to submit before the deadline.
• Students can apply to any organization only against functional positions announced by the organization.
• The placement department shall not entertain any resume for other functional areas which are not specified by the company.
• The month of November is considered for initiation of placement exercise (Zero-day)

Shortlisting:

• Students will be selected on the basis of their resumes submitted to the company, and the selected candidate’s name will be intimated to the Placement Committee by the company along with as far as details.

Interview procedure:

• Interview schedules which are prepared by the Placement Officers shall be given to the visiting executives and no modification will be considered except under any unusual circumstances.
• Students shall keep themselves informed about the organization and positions for which they will apply.
• Students shall go through the Job Description provided by the company because that will be very useful at the time of the interview.
• Students shall be prepared for appearing in Written Tests, group discussions, and Personal Interviews, particularly in respect of the specified company in which they are applying.
• Praxis Business School will ensure adequate bandwidth on campus for online interviews. In the event the candidate opts to sit for the interview from another location, lack of adequate bandwidth will not be allowed as a reason for a re-interview.
• Students are not allowed to negotiate with the executive about the salary until and unless the announcement specifies that the salary is negotiable.
• Students are not allowed to raise any questions against the rules and regulations set by the company.
• During the time of the interview, students shall wear formal attire and follow the decorum of the interview room. Any instance of misbehaviour during interviews will lead to the student being signed out of placements.
• The selection process may take place in any city/town as per the corporate’s convenience and the student will be asked to travel and attend the same.
• For the above-mentioned point, all the details will be provided by the Placement Members to the concerned students. These students are expected to make their own travel and other arrangements.

Offers:

• Students can have multiple attempts to secure their first job from campus. Once they have received an offer, they are automatically signed out from all placement processes and deemed as placed.

The Placement Committee:
The student members of the PlaceComm (the placement committee) at Praxis Business School are selected after a rigorous series of interviews by the senior placecom members as well as the chairperson. Every year close to 40% of the batch applies for the PlaceComm positions from which about 6-10 students are finally selected.
Placement is one of the key activities at Praxis Business School. The placement committee liaisons between the distinguished employers pan India and the students at Praxis Business School. The placement committee is headed by a chairperson and the placecom members. The committee reports to the Founder-Director.
Placement activities at the institute start from November and continue till March every year. Praxis Business School has a well established Day Zero campus placements activity for the final year students which start at 5:00 AM and has 20+ organizations participating.
Placements for summer internships start a week after the official day zero and continue till end of February of the following year.
The Term 3 for the first-year students ends in March, after which they join their respective organizations for a period of 8 weeks for their summer internships. The placement committee strives to ensure that all the final year and first year students are placed with the corporates for their final placement and internship respectively.

Praxis Business School Placement & Corporate Relations Committee:

Placement Process – Planning & Scheduling:
The Placement Committee initiates the process with formal meetings that includes (but not restricted to) the following:

• Placement planning for the upcoming year
• Review of list of companies who participated in the placement process in the previous year(s)
• Review of the targeted list of new companies who the institute would like to participate in the forthcoming placement program
• Preparation of Placement Brochure & presentation
• A detailed review of the student profile on Superset (finals and summers)

Placement Preparation:
Praxis Business School has tied-up with a third party vendor, with proven expertise in this area, for placement preparations. From the current batch (2023-25), the preparations will start from August onwards for SIP and July onwards for Final placements.

Scope of Preparation includes:

1 x 1 Training sessions

Group Sessions

Subscriptions

Webinar

Apart from these the following activities are also conducted:

• Organizing Career Counseling sessions by external experts, including members of the Praxis Business School alumni, for providing guidance and addressing their academic and career concerns
• Conducting Mock Group Discussions for students to enhance their critical thinking, communication, body language, presentation and prepare them better for the selection process.
• Organizing development sessions for Resume Writing and Interview(s) skills development sessions by industry experts.
• Coordinating with various cells for preparation and training of students on Aptitude, Linguistic, Logical Reasoning and Quantitative skills.
• Facilitating workshops for students with the help of other cells like HR club, Alumni cell, Marketing club, TOFI etc. to help them gain skills and expertise in respective domains.
• Facilitating company specific workshops for shortlisted students to help them succeed in the interview(s).

Placement Process-Planning & Scheduling