Let me tell you why:
Don’t Ever Have Time
Be it the wee hours of morning or the dark hours of midnight, the placement committee members are also caught up with some work or the other. Making calls to companies, updating company trackers, verifying CVs, handling the admin and other departments, arranging logistics for pre-placement talks, hosting company reps, and what not. Given the heaps of work they are goaded with, you are likely to figure nowhere in their priority list.
No Campus PDA
When one signs up for the placement committee, one also signs into a hoard of protocols. Most of these protocols call for the committee members to be socially cut-off from the batch. So much so, that you wouldn’t be able to make public appearances in campus with your P.Comm crush. While you witness the other couples planning dates, vacation and trips; you wouldn’t have slightest of idea whether or not you would even meet. Sad, isn’t it?
Adept At Lying
Of the many skills that a placement committee member possess, lying is definitely one of their most practised skills. While it’s usual for them to lie to companies, this often becomes a habit and translates into them lying to everyone in different contexts. Chances are that these mendacious men/women also lie to you. You can never be sure of what they promise is for real or just another piece of lie that they keep throwing at everyone with confidence.
Get A Lot Of Attention
If you’ve already made up your mind on dating a P.Commer, be prepared to be ignored one in the relationship, ‘cause your P.Comm date will steal all the attention. You will become a campus buzz-word and be referred to as “An XYZ P.Commer’s Girl-friend/Boy-Friend”. Are you ready to settle with that? Well no one would be.
Wouldn’t Be Able To Relate To Them
While the regular B-School populace are drenched in the nectar of an MBA life, the P.Commers out of the placement office. Their experiences and stories will most likely sound alien to you. While you would want to discuss campus gossip with them, they will want to very fervently narrate the tales of how they cracked the Gordian knot by converting a certain company.
That said, the P.Commers still end up getting a lot of eye-balls from the batch.
To quote Lady Macbeth from Shakespeare's Macbeth (Act 1, Scene-5):
P.Commers “Look like the innocent flower” but are actually “a serpent under it”.
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Comments
Nipunn Vepakomma
I am a student of NMIMS Mumbai batch of 2017-19. I intend to specialise in marketing. My interests other than marketing are lawn tennis, modeling, dramatics and singing.
Placecom is the most feared on campus? Hah! In our campus, after I stood up to placecom and humiliated them in front of a class of 60 juniors, I became the most feared on campus! If our ancestors had been as timid as most of us are today, we would never have got independence from the British. Wherever there are dictators and tyrants, there must be bold resistance. Only then the world will be a better place. Hence, my advice to all aspirants is not to be placecom's slaves. Or anyone's slaves for that matter. Standing up for yourself is one of life's biggest lessons which you must learn in a business school.
15 May 2019, 10.04 AM
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Adarsh Ranjan
Adarsh is a second year MBA candidate at MDI Gurgaon. Having worked as a manager at Tata Steel and Mahindra&Mahindra for close to 4 years, he has developed an innate love for HR. His passion for HR has made him bag several accolades including that of being the national winner at the annual HR conference of XLRI. He is an avid reader, a proud speaker, a footloose traveller, an automobile enthusiast and definitely one you’d like to clink your beers with.
Brilliant feat, Nipunn!
15 May 2019, 10.19 PM |
joshua ap
This article is a gross generalisation. I have dated a placecommer and will be marrying her in a few months’ time. They are very dedicated towards their work. True. But only someone who knows dedication can be dedicated to you. They can sometimes not manage their work and life balance. But isn’t that the time when you should extend help and understand? It’s not always after all. Adept at lying? Well i’d call that street smartness. That doesn’t mean they’ll lie to you. So a salesman is a bad husband and a father you mean? A lawyer is definitely not good in any relationship by that logic! Wouldn’t be able to relate to them? Well, i have been able to relate to my girl everytime. It just takes love and patience. If you don’t have it then the fault lies somewhere else ;) No campus PDA... That’s just professionalism. So what if they get a lot of attention... How’s that a problem for you?
15 May 2019, 07.00 PM
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Adarsh Ranjan
Adarsh is a second year MBA candidate at MDI Gurgaon. Having worked as a manager at Tata Steel and Mahindra&Mahindra for close to 4 years, he has developed an innate love for HR. His passion for HR has made him bag several accolades including that of being the national winner at the annual HR conference of XLRI. He is an avid reader, a proud speaker, a footloose traveller, an automobile enthusiast and definitely one you’d like to clink your beers with.
Hi, Joshua! At the outset, huge congratulations. The views expressed in the article are opinions of the author as experienced by her. This for sure, might be different for different people. So good to hear a fresh perspective from you. .
15 May 2019, 10.22 PM |
Jayesh Sinha
Simply "Nonsense"
16 May 2019, 01.06 PM
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Adarsh Ranjan
Adarsh is a second year MBA candidate at MDI Gurgaon. Having worked as a manager at Tata Steel and Mahindra&Mahindra for close to 4 years, he has developed an innate love for HR. His passion for HR has made him bag several accolades including that of being the national winner at the annual HR conference of XLRI. He is an avid reader, a proud speaker, a footloose traveller, an automobile enthusiast and definitely one you’d like to clink your beers with.
Hi, Dileep! The article is not a verdict, it talks of the experience of an individual. I agree that one person's experience might not make much sense to the other person. This article was not about right or wrong, it is about the author's experience, which had been stated at the very outset in disclaimer.
21 May 2019, 09.24 AM |
Kumar Shubham
Level articles going down on this page ..!!
20 May 2019, 10.35 PM
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Adarsh Ranjan
Adarsh is a second year MBA candidate at MDI Gurgaon. Having worked as a manager at Tata Steel and Mahindra&Mahindra for close to 4 years, he has developed an innate love for HR. His passion for HR has made him bag several accolades including that of being the national winner at the annual HR conference of XLRI. He is an avid reader, a proud speaker, a footloose traveller, an automobile enthusiast and definitely one you’d like to clink your beers with.
Hello, Shubham! Thanks for your feedback. We would keep that in mind. However, InsideIIM values diversity of articles and opinions from the B-School fraternity.
21 May 2019, 09.27 AM |