(openPR) - 13 March ‘08: TimesJobs.com, the pioneers of Job Fairs in India held an extremely successful two-day Big Leap Pharma Job Fair at Ravindra Natya Mandir, Dadar (W) Mumbai. The event witnessed an over-whelming response from job seekers and pharmaceutical companies from across the country. The fair, held on 8-9 March ‘08, witnessed over 7,000 job seekers walk-in to seek better paying opportunities with over 14 participating companies and over 100 walked out with job offers and another 1,500 with call letters.

A very satisfied, Mr. N.D. Kulkarni, Director, Locosoft Solutions, commenting on participating at the TimesJobs.com Big Leap Pharma Job Fair at Mumbai, said ”TimesJobs.com Mumbai Pharma Job fair proved to be splendid, we recruited over 400 candidates. I think TimesJobs.com job fairs are excellent platforms for bringing all the stakeholders in the HR process together. We would definitely participate in such job fairs organized by TimesJobs.com in future.”

An enthused Dhaval Pota, Manager – HR, Themis Laboratories added, “TimesJobs.com Pharma Job Fair at Mumbai was a very well organised event. We got good responses and short-listed over 110 candidates. We have been participating in TimesJobs.com job fairs and have had good experience in the past as well. I think TimesJobs.com job fairs are a one stop shop to hire the human capital of right quality in the right numbers.”

Job seekers were equally spirited about the fair and very positive with its outcome, as Shalabh Soni who got a job with Themis Lab reflected, ”I feel great! Themis Labs is one of the best pharmaceuticals companies and being recruited in the same gives me immense pleasure. All thanks to TimesJobs.com Job Fair that lets job seekers get in touch with the best companies under one roof.”

Rahul Shetty, another job seeker, recruited by JB Pharma added, “TimesJobs.com is the only brand that looks after everybody’s requirements by organizing sector specific job fairs like the TimesJobs.com Pharma job fair organized for people in the Pharma sector. I think they are helping job seekers, like me, in big way in helping them find their right job.”

Some of the big names that had partnered with TimesJobs.com in the Mumbai Pharma Job Fair included MSD, Orchid Pharmaceuticals, RatioPharm, JB Pharma, BioChem Pharma, GSK, Themis Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., Raptakos, Locosoft, Nicholas Piramal, Envisage, Manav HR, IPCA, Aurochem amongst others.

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TimesJobs.com is India’s No.1 recruitment portal in India, with the largest number of active job seekers and a database of over 7.5 million candidates. In addition, the massive database of over two hundred thousand better paying jobs available from over 20,000 recruiters, including blue-chip companies from India and abroad, ensures that the search always yields results.

Some of the outstanding features of the site include –

*Drop Down menus on mouse over, from the Top Bar for Searching Jobs, My TimesJobs.com, Job Fairs & Career Services, reducing the number of clicks job-seekers has to make to take them to their destination

*Click to Log In - on the top right corner of the screen, causes a login box to appear on the screen removing the need to open a new page for it.

*Visibility of the most used features of a jobsite – the search and register functions on the home page, have been given high prominence.

*Browse Jobs – hidden just below the Search & Register function is a whole range of options, waiting to be discovered - ranging across the most popular industries, to browsing by function, level and location, all accessible by expanding the banner with the “+” sign.

*The Fine Tune Search feature allows a jobseeker to fine-tune their search across a host of options, from the left hand column, which clearly defines all the sub categories, one after another, empowering job-seekers to filter and fine tune their search. The options for fine tuning job searches range across Specialisation, Work experience, Industry, Date of posting and even Salary & Part time jobs. The beauty of this feature is that the options are clearly described with the number of vacancies mentioned in brackets alongside the results.

*TimesJobs.com Voice Resumes - TimesJobs.com also has the world’s first voice resume service to its credit. The service is exclusively targeted at the Business Process Outsourcing Industry in its first phase. Available as a seamless service on www.TimesJobs.com, potential, and existing BPO employees can now “speak and record” their resumes, including answering a few typical questions and read a randomly system-chosen paragraph as part of their online resume. The entire technology of this voice suite exclusively resides on www.TimesJobs.com portal.

*Sector specific Resumes - In order for the candidate to be a contender for positions across industries of various companies, the portal has a unique functionality that is imperative in today’s multi-tasking environment- it allows a job seeker to post multiple resumes. Candidates also have the advantage of submitting three separate and industry-specific resumes.

*Value Added Services - Resumes are the critical factors that ensure candidates get interview calls. ‘Magic Resume’ was launched to provide candidates with resumes that most competently reflect their qualifications and experience, drawing upon the proficiency of qualified HR experts for this process. As an extension of its core philosophy of connecting aspirants to the job opportunity, TimesJobs.com commenced the ‘Resume Zapper’ service, which gives the candidate’s resume direct access to over 1200 of the best placement consultants in India and abroad.

*TimesJobs Mobile - In order to offer candidates another effective contact point, TimesJobs.com, launched “TimesJobs Mobile” a mobile interface that allows the candidate to search, view, and apply for jobs simply by SMSing “Jobs” to 58888.

*XpressHire - In the pursuit to provide the best and the most efficient recruitment solutions to its clients, timesjobs.com launched xpresshire. A service that enables recruiters to send SMS to targeted or even multiple candidates at a single click and receive their responses and applications. Recruiters Can SMS & Receive Applications from Job-Seekers Through timesjobs.Com