Arts, science colleges get more job offers from IT companies

 Arts, science colleges get more job offers from IT companies

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Ragu.Raman@timesgroup.com

Chennai:

02.02.2021

It is not just engineering students who are in demand, students pursuing arts and science courses are also in demand with number of companies and offers showing an increase compared to last year.

IT majors Wipro, Infosys, TCS and accounting firms such as Deloitte, Ernst and Young are queuing up to recruit final year students pursuing BCom, BSc computer science, BCA, BSc math and BA English.

They are hiring for roles such as finance analyst, audit associate, data analyst, tax consultant, content writer, associate software engineer and personal banker.

In a new trend this year, IT companies are recruiting for non-IT portfolios like consulting, auditing and data science. Due to more demand, the pay packages also increased.

At Women's Christian College, six companies gave120 job offers so far against 104 offers from19 companies last year.

SBI (sales based openings), Infosys, Wipro, ICICI and Deloitte, NielsonIQ have come for campus placements and offered wider portfolios like financial analyst, audit associate. “It is a bright start to the placement season. IT and audit companies are hiring more students during the campus placements this year. Companies also offer wider portfolios which has resulted in more job offers for students,” said Mer- cy Evangeline, assistant professor and a member of the placement team at WCC.

Loyola College has received more than 300 offers this year from 40 companies against 430 offers from 110 companies last year. The college has another 50 companies on the pipeline and the job offers are expected to cross last year's.

“This year IT firms are hiring for non-IT portfolios such as consulting and auditing. There is more demand for students from data science, statistics and mathematics,” said V Durga Rajulu, director, training and placement, Loyola College.

The highest pay-package was offered by Accenture to a BSC maths student who received Rs13. 9 lakh per annum. "The average pay package has increased from Rs5 lakhs per annum to Rs7lakhs per annum. Companies are offering better pay packages due to the need for freshers to work in newer projects,” he said.

There is also a good demand for English literature students as many companies hire content writers. “Besides financial services and IT jobs, there is a good demand for content writers. Companies like Wipro and Accenture are also hiring content writers this year,” said C Amirthavalli, placement officer, Madras Christian College. Students from BA, MA English and communication are being preferred for content roles.