(openPR) - 7 October ‘08: The Job Fair pioneered in India by TimesJobs.com, held its largest fair category, Jumbo Job Fair at Imperial Banquets, RaghuLeela Mall, Kandivali, and Imperial Banquets, RaghuLeela Mall, Vashi and witnessed an over-whelming response from over 26,400 jobseekers walk in from across the country. The two-day event was held on 18-19 October ’08 at the two venues in Mumbai, and witnessed many candidates walk in with a dream and walk out with a better paying job, brought by the over 35 reputed companies participating at the fair.
The Participating companies spread across various sectors Including Education, ITES, IT, Construction, BFSI and others.
Commenting on the event, Mr. Abhishek Srivastav, Head - HR, Canadoil Engineering India Pvt. Ltd., said, “The TimesJobs.com Mumbai Jumbo Job Fair was very productive for us. The management of the event was very good and the TimesJobs.com team was not only courteous, punctual and met all our requirements but was also hospitable with the candidates. The space for our stall was adequate and the venue of the fair was well thought of. The publicity which we received through the fair added to the advantage of being connected to such a reputed company.”
An enthused, Mr. R. K. Mehta, Manager - HR, Apparel Group LLC, added, “The TimesJobs.com Mumbai Jumbo Job Fair was a good experience for us. Media management, the candidate walk-in and the venue were all perfectly managed. We have participated in TimesJobs.com fairs in past as well and our experience has always been satisfactory. We look forward to the upcoming fairs organised by TimesJobs.com .”
Job seekers at the event were equally elated with the fair, one of them, Vipin Yadav remarked, “The TimesJobs.com Mumbai Jumbo Job Fair was an extremely fruitful experience for me as I succeeded in seizing a job with one of the biggest IT Companies in India. I really liked the team management of candidates and the interview procedure in the TimesJobs.com job fair.”
The companies that partnered with TimesJobs.com in the Mumbai Jumbo Job fair included reputed names like Microsoft Learning, Wcities Content Solutions (I) Ltd, WNS, Equations Placements, Synygy, ICFAI, Mastek, Shipping Association, Sterling Construction Systems, Cinemax, Adventity, Kohinoor Group, Denave India Pvt. Ltd., Rustomjee, Wellingkar Institute of Management, Stream Global Services, UNIDUS, Firstsource, Right Match, DY Patil Institute, SMS Connexions, Orbit corporation, B- Link, Canadoil Engineering India Pvt. Ltd., Page Point Services I Pvt.Ltd, Wipro, Apparel Group LLC, Mahindra Holidays & Resorts, Omnia BPO Services Ltd, IIHT, Auto Vista, ICICI prudential, ING Vysya, Shivo Hum India, and Silgate Solutions amongst others.
About TimesJobs.com:
TimesJobs.com is one of India’s leading recruitment portals, with a database of over 9.5 million candidates. In addition, over two hundred thousand better paying jobs available from over 25,000 recruiters, including blue-chip companies from India and abroad, ensures that a 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.
Mr. Mohit Chopra
National Head – Job Fairs – Service Delivery
TimesJobs.com
+ 91 9899200063
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