Students get placement jitters as IT majors slow down campus hiring

Most of the big-ticket IT players are loath to recruit from Tier-2 and Tier-3 institutes

Abhishek Jadhav (name changed), a postgraduate student in computer science in San Diego, California, is worried about his future. A job crunch and layoffs in the US technology sector have created a sense of anxiety that he shares with many of his fellow students.

“I hoped to get into a dream company after my masters. Now, there is only one priority — finding a job before I graduate,” he says.

For immigrant students like him, finding an internship has also become tough. “This wasn’t the case last year. I cannot afford to return to India as with the salary there,