REQUESTING YOUR HELP TO PLACE RETIRED ARMED FORCES OFFICERS

The country's top B-schools are now helping retired armed forces officers make the transition from barracks to boardrooms. Middle and senior-level management courses are therefore being designed for retired officers and the same are being offered at leading institutes in collaboration with the Directorate General of Resettlement(DGR), Ministry of Defence. IIM-Lucknow and MDI, Gurgaon started the trend a few years ago, and were followed by all the leading B-Schools of the country. These courses, in fact, are part of an exercise by the DGR to train the retired and retiring service officers, so they can find suitable employment after leaving the armed forces. And so far, it has paid off. Programme content is the same as that of Executive Management Programmes conducted by top B-schools. Management education equips these Armed Forces Officers with latest skill set sought by corporate houses. The latest trends of Case Study, Role Play, Group Discussions, Project and Assignments, Surprise Quizzes and Term End exams utilized for the high quality of education deliverables. Guest lecturers as well as subject coverage by eminent corporate personalities keeps the participants abreast with current and future trends in Indian & International business environment.
Unfortunately the institutes do not have formal on-campus recruitments for these students and they are left high and dry at the end of the course. The students themselves form placement committees and tie with corporate for placements of the officers by forwarding CV's to various corporate houses. Till now it is the retired service officers who are well placed in corporate world who have helped recruit officers passing out from such institutions. In these times of recession the officers are facing difficulties getting placed. There is a large community of the veterans who are entrepreneurs/businessmen/Placement Consultants/ HR Heads / senior management category. They are in a position to help this lot of officers who are looking for a corporate career. After all the brand value of the Armed Forces in the corporate world can be enhanced by getting in more such retired officers into their respective system. Right now the eleventh batch of the Armed Forces Course is ready for placement at MDI Gurgaon. The Placement Committee of MDI Gurgaon has a responsibility of placing 48 Participants with an age profile of 25 years to 56 yrs and an experience profile of 5 years to 36 years of experience. The talent available suits senior & middle level managerial positions in HRM, Operations Management, Aviation Operations, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Marketing, Customer relationship management, Telecommunication, IT & Sys Management, Infrastructure Project management, Quality Management, Education, Training and Development, Administration, Facility Management, Shipbuilding, Security Management, Banking, Finance, Insurance, BPO Operations, Hospitality, Travel, Tourism, Consultancy, CSR, NGO etc. Please contact the placement committee if you wish to hire or are aware of any vacancies where these officers could fit in.
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