Clearly, they aren't here for coffee. The Barista at GK is their office. For today. "Kal ka kal dekhenge", remarks Kajal, one of the co-founders. She adds, "For a startup like ours, it's imperative that we stay lean and nimble. Office space is costly in good locations. We did the math; this is much cheaper"
"It was disheartening to see the world getting digitised but campus placements still working the way it was working in the 90s.", says Vidyarthi, the other co-founder. He adds, "Once I and Kajal joined the Placecom at FMS, we realised that not just us but almost all the top b-schools were using primitive tools to handle the most critical part of a b-schooler’s journey, i.e. campus placements. I wanted to challenge the status quo even after being told repeatedly that don’t play around with well-established processes". Vidyarthi and Kajal were members of the Placement Committee at FMS until very recently (2015).
I gather that Reculta aims to be the one-stop solution for all the placements related activities across campuses. A solution that is not only aimed at making the life of all its stakeholders easier but also adding a lot of value by providing them analytics to make smarter decisions. But doesn't the campus already have internal systems for all of that, I ask (coming from a top b-school, I always assumed so)
"Every piece of information that a student places on his/her CV is a data point. If we aren't capturing and analysing that data, we are essentially flying blind. In a space as critical as campus placements, where every shortlist, every offer is hard fought for, it's amazing how minimal is the effort given to capturing and organising this data. The waste of such valuable data is criminal. And we want to change all of that", answers Kajal. You can see that they really mean it when they say they want to revolutionise this space from the passion with which they speak. And with final placements not so far away, I hope they do it soon (at least before my placements start, thinks the selfish me).
They are currently onboarding companies on their platform, providing these companies with an opportunity to brand themselves better at various colleges and also reduce their campus recruitment costs substantially. My friend has arrived and it’s time to say goodbye. I wish them the very best for their journey. As I leave, I am reminded of a remark made by one of my friends, ‘Once a Placecommer, always a Placecommer!’
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