CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) -
According to the rules laid down by the Indian legislation, every qualifying company for CSR requires spending of at least 2% of its average net profit for a financial year into CSR activities and many are taking up such activities willingly.
CSR activities are related to various projects for social development. Also, research and facts show that companies which are following CSR policies and actively pursuing them are highly benefited by these CSR activities in terms of business. Look into few of the many articles supporting the fact:
http://www.indiawest.com/letters_to_editor/benefits-of-corporate-social-responsibility/article_e2766446-216f-11e7-af38-f3abe6dc8339.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/susanmcpherson/2017/01/19/6-csr-trends-to-watch-in-2017/3/#7370f081184f
https://www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk/content/business-benefits-corporate-social-responsibility
It is also a fact that CSR expenditure of companies and eager involvement of companies in social activities is on a good increase in India. Take a look:
https://www.india-briefing.com/news/corporate-social-responsibility-india-5511.html/
http://www.epw.in/journal/2014/50/web-exclusives/analysis-corporate-social-responsibility-expenditure-india.html
Which means that it is also a fact that
career opportunities are increasing in the field of corporate social responsibility in businesses.
http://indiacsr.in/career-opportunities-in-corporate-social-responsibility-csr-fields-2/
You can even search CSR related jobs online and see for yourself that there are a lot of great opportunities, and growth factor is also good in this field and on top of this you will be having work satisfaction that you did something socially responsible, that you contributed to development of society.
PLACEMENTS TO CSR
Initiative of Commondove involves a process under which Commondove org. selects a number of individual users from the pool of users on the Commondove platform. Commondove team will shortlist top 100 users at the completion of one financial year starting from 2018-19 for whom Commondove team will do reference work for placements in CSR Programmes of various companies, wherever suitable for the individuals concerned.
NORMS FOR SELECTION AS BENEFICIARIES OF COMMONDOVE’S PLACEMENTS TO CSR INITIATIVE:
- AGE GROUP: must be below 25 years of age
- THE ACTIVITY QUOTIENT: Companies looking for employees suitable for handling/managing their CSR programmes look for individuals who can lead, individuals who are inclined towards teamwork and most importantly individuals who are inclined towards social work.
By the time you pass out from your college, your profile on commondove would become like a detailed resume which would contain all the activity done by you, all the participation you have had done in your academics, college events and also participation in social organizations/your participation towards development of society.
Commondove will look into the profiles on commondove app with top activity based on the product of both quantity and quality. After the process shortlisting of individuals, commondove will refer these individuals along with their detailed resume to various CSR companies according to the suitability to each selected individual. Kindly note that although Commondove will pitch for the selected individuals in an active manner to the CSR Programmes of various companies and that will largely improve on their likelihood for selection, but in no manner it guarantees placements. Placements solely depend upon the concerned companies and their criterias and present scenario of CSR hirings.
