Preface
Introduction
Usually companies do some research on market conditions and then only recruit freshers but as people who run companies are also humans, they make mistakes and postpone the joining date.
Sometimes some companies have clear plans and sometimes it is just vague. However usually companies do honor the commitment, I am not going to go in companies that do not.
First it is foremost to understand why this happens. As in said in earlier chapter you have to be aware of market conditions and economic situation of the world. In 2000-2001, there was a recession especially after 9/11 attacks, dot com burst etc. In 2008 again there was a recession from which we have not yet recovered and people talk about a double dip recession etc.
Well leaving the economic jargons, let us see what is the issue. One has to understand first what is bench and why it is a necessary evil. A person in bench is someone who has undergone training and is ready to be deployed to any realtime project, however there are no such real time project for which this guy can be billed to the customer. Hence this person has to wait his turn for the company to get a project in which he could be deployed.
One can logically ask, then why don't the company recruit as and when there is a need. Well the problem is any fresher needs to be trained to be project ready which takes 3 to 6 months, based on company policy etc and also no customer would be ready for his project to start 3 or 6 months down the line. You see in this world anything could change in a matter of 3 to 6 months. In fact in a matter of few hours 9/11 attack happened and the world changed.
Hence all companies have bench to show the customers they have so many people ready to be deployed in their project. Hence it is necessary to recruit people. However 10% is a good number for bench is what some experts say, if this number goes higher and higher it is a problem for the company. They cannot pay you for nothing, hence they stop new people from joining this pool of benched people.
This is why even you have an offer from the company, your joining dates are not certain. This is mostly true only in troubled times where customers are cautious and do not want to over spend or start new projects.
As a fresher you can ask what can I do if my joining date is deferred, other than pinging the HR.
Well there are a few things one can do as it may help you say when you lookout for next job or even to sell yourself to a customer.
I can think of following items
1) Still look for a job, maybe you can work on another company till you join this company, or maybe you may find this job better and continue. Who knows. It is good not to have gaps in your resume, whoever sees your resume would question.
2) Join some course that would help you improve your skills or take a certification. It will give you an edge over others.
3) Basically do anything that would make you more employable
It may sound that I am talking of a rat race and one has to be first.Well the fact is IT IS.
Thousands of freshers join the industry every year, thousands could be joining along with you, the question is how are you going to stand out in the crowd. This must be the question that you have to think and act when you are waiting for that joining day
Introduction
Usually companies do some research on market conditions and then only recruit freshers but as people who run companies are also humans, they make mistakes and postpone the joining date.
Sometimes some companies have clear plans and sometimes it is just vague. However usually companies do honor the commitment, I am not going to go in companies that do not.
First it is foremost to understand why this happens. As in said in earlier chapter you have to be aware of market conditions and economic situation of the world. In 2000-2001, there was a recession especially after 9/11 attacks, dot com burst etc. In 2008 again there was a recession from which we have not yet recovered and people talk about a double dip recession etc.
Well leaving the economic jargons, let us see what is the issue. One has to understand first what is bench and why it is a necessary evil. A person in bench is someone who has undergone training and is ready to be deployed to any realtime project, however there are no such real time project for which this guy can be billed to the customer. Hence this person has to wait his turn for the company to get a project in which he could be deployed.
One can logically ask, then why don't the company recruit as and when there is a need. Well the problem is any fresher needs to be trained to be project ready which takes 3 to 6 months, based on company policy etc and also no customer would be ready for his project to start 3 or 6 months down the line. You see in this world anything could change in a matter of 3 to 6 months. In fact in a matter of few hours 9/11 attack happened and the world changed.
Hence all companies have bench to show the customers they have so many people ready to be deployed in their project. Hence it is necessary to recruit people. However 10% is a good number for bench is what some experts say, if this number goes higher and higher it is a problem for the company. They cannot pay you for nothing, hence they stop new people from joining this pool of benched people.
This is why even you have an offer from the company, your joining dates are not certain. This is mostly true only in troubled times where customers are cautious and do not want to over spend or start new projects.
As a fresher you can ask what can I do if my joining date is deferred, other than pinging the HR.
Well there are a few things one can do as it may help you say when you lookout for next job or even to sell yourself to a customer.
I can think of following items
1) Still look for a job, maybe you can work on another company till you join this company, or maybe you may find this job better and continue. Who knows. It is good not to have gaps in your resume, whoever sees your resume would question.
2) Join some course that would help you improve your skills or take a certification. It will give you an edge over others.
3) Basically do anything that would make you more employable
It may sound that I am talking of a rat race and one has to be first.Well the fact is IT IS.
Thousands of freshers join the industry every year, thousands could be joining along with you, the question is how are you going to stand out in the crowd. This must be the question that you have to think and act when you are waiting for that joining day
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