Gupta: Modern IIT resumes regularly feature founder and CEO experience
Akhil Gupta · Is India's Real Estate Industry Doomed? | NoBroker IITian Founder on The Neon Show · Dec 19, 2022 · at 50:04
NoBroker co-founder Akhil Gupta discusses how campus hiring and entrepreneurial culture at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have evolved over time.
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“So the way CVs have changed. When we were, what did we write? I mean, becoming a general secretary of hostel, institute, that was a big achievement. It's a great extracurricular activity. On that basis, companies will be shortlisting. You love it. So this was the leader multi-tier team of 30 people to do this particular thing. Now you go to campus. Founder and CEO. Founder and CEO. And that's not one or two. They would have already started.”
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