With campus recruitment season round the corner, a survey with about 125 recruiters indicates there will be a considerable drop in student intake when compared to last year. 56 percent recruiters said that the number of students that they will hire from campus placements will be lesser in 2013. According to Firstnaukri.com survey, recruiters who hire only Management Graduates said that they will visit lesser campuses and will hire lower number of students in 2013. Recruiters who hire only engineers however had a split in view. About 50 percent said that there will be a drop in campus hiring numbers and the other half said that they will maintain their hiring levels. Software sector has the highest intake of students from campus. As far as recruiters from the IT sector is concerned their Campus Hiring plans 53 percent of them said that campus hiring will not be affected because of the ongoing slowdown, while 47 percent said that they will lower their intake in 2013 when compared to last year.

Source: The Financial Express