SDM CET Placement 2012-13: Our Challenge: Eligibility is necessary but not sufficient

Everything in placement starts with Eligibility. In short, the principle of necessary and sufficient conditions says that ”things cannot happen without the conditions required for them to happen”. This is fairly obvious, but when applied to the placement process  as a whole, these principles carry grand implications.While eligibility is necessary it is NOT sufficient and does not guarantee job.  It is eligibility criteria that opens door for you to appear for campus hiring event.   Let me explain the relation between eligibility (necessary) and sufficient ( final placement) as follows. 

The Conditions
By way of illustration consider Mutnal ,  a local gym-rat. He is going to attempt to bench-press 325lbs. However, in order for Mutnal  to get the weight up off the rack, he must possess the conditions necessary to do so; that is he must be strong enough to bench-press the weight. This “necessary strength” is considered
the necessary condition ( in our placement context, it is eligibility) . But the weight will not simply rise off the
rack in consequence of Mutnal 's strength.( In our context a job offer will not just come to student due to his eligibility)  He must apply his strength to the weight in order for the weight to move. So the “application” of Mutnal 's  strength is considered the sufficient condition. (Meaning eligible students must apply themselves for campus hiring process)

It is important to note (albeit obvious) that Mutnal's  strength alone will not move the weight off the rack. Likewise if Mutnal  is not strong enough to move the weight, then the weight will not move – even if he applies the strength that he does have. Both the necessary condition (adequate strength) and the sufficient condition (application of strength) must be present in order for the weight to be lifted off the rack.

The Potential
The only way Mutnal's strength can be applied is through volition. That is to say, his necessary condition can only become sufficient by a choice. Additionally, only a conscious agent can make a choice. Therefore the potential for Mutnal's  necessary condition to become sufficient rests with Mutnal's volition.

Application to the Placement process

Here are the two things to be noted. 1) The necessary conditions that were required to occasion ie placment process must have been present prior to the placement process commencement  2) These pre-existing conditions must have become sufficient. However as seen  with Mutnal, these necessary conditions could only become sufficient by the volition of a conscious agent. Therefore, a conscious agent who possessed the ability to get a job offer  must have prepared  prior to the placement event. And only through the volition of this agent could the "Job offer can be realised"   In summary, the most logical conclusion to draw is that whover has got job offer have sone  so by means of their  consciousness, will and power.

So start working towards converting eligibility into " Job offer reliazed"

The reason why we stress on this aspect is there were 127 eligible students last years who went without job offer after attending a more than a dozen campus hiring events 

Good Luck