TimesJobs.com and GHMC Mega Job Mela at Hyderabad witnesses an unbelievable walk-in of over 75,000 jobseekers

The TimesJobs.com Mega Job Mela, organised in association with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), witnessed an over-whelming response from jobseekers and companies from across the country. The three-day fair held from 18 – 20 Feb ‘09, witnessed over 75,000 candidates walk in to seek better paying jobs with over 101 companies participating at the fair.

The event was inaugurated by The Hon’ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Dr. Y. S Rajasekhar Reddy at NTR Stadium, Hyderabad on 18th February 2009.
This was the first time that TimesJobs.com had associated itself for a job fair with a government organisation - GHMC, and the response of the candidates has proved the decision was a right step towards taking TimesJobs.com’s Job Fairs to the next level. The GHMC and TimesJobs.com Mega Job Mela proved to be one of the most successful job fairs organised, since its renowned Jumbo Job Fair, held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

Commenting on the TimesJobs.com and GHMC Hyderabad Mega Job Mela, Mr. M. Philip, HR manager, Federal Security Force said, “We thank TimesJobs.com for giving us the opportunity to participate in the GHMC Mega Job Mela in Hyderabad. The response from the huge number of jobseekers was impressive. We offered Jobs to over 65 S/G's on-the spot. This was our first experience and it has left an indelible mark, we look forward to participating in TimesJobs.com’s Job Fairs again.”

An enthused, Mohammad Ibrahim, C.E.O, Cygnus Staffing Solutions, added, “We would like to thank TimesJobs.com and GHMC for coming up with the Job Mela. We received over 3000 resumes, shortlisted 75 jobseekers and placed 18 candidates. We gained good exposure for our company. We sincerely thank TimesJobs.com for providing us this opportunity, and look forward to many such events in future.”

The companies that partnered with TimesJobs.com and GHMC in the Mega Job Mela, Hyderabad included reputed names like Cedar Crestone, Value Momentum, Convergy's, Westin Hotels, CA, Stride Consultants, Transdyne, Accentia, World Tech, Colour Chip, Solar Semiconductor, Bhavya Technosolutions, Jobs Avenue, Mind Q, CSS Corp, Envisage Infotech, UB Engineering, Cholamandalam, J K Seeds, Reliance Communication, MicroIntellects Solutions, Cbay Systems, TMI Frist, Winzest, Unisys, GI Systems, Aegis BPO, Sutherland Global Services, Apollo Health Street, 24X7 Customer, Wipro BPO, IBM, GE Money, HSBC, OM CAP, ISS Integrated Facility Services, Meru Cabs, PVR Cinema, Emerson Network, Power waves, Indian Airforce, Swamsar facility Management, Aplomb, R X Scribe, Mafoi Consultant, SWAN, Modi Property, Care Globe, Piggy Jobs, ISS & Protex, Mediciti Hospitals, Teleman, Apple Network, Jupiter Bioscience, Country Vacations, Indo American Studies, Sreenidhi International School, Hyderabad House, Ramky, G4 Securities, NIIT, BRP Tech, Prime World, Quest Facility Managements, Bajaj Allianz(Hyd/Dilshuk Nagar), Ameerpet Dental, Federal Security Force, Apollo Pharmacy, Genovate, Option , Coromandel Fertilisers Ltd, The Rising Careers, NCPE, Seed, Café latte, The Great Eastern, Cygnus Staffing Solutions, Aspire
Durga Group, Prithvi, SVV, Shree ram Group, LIC, Eureka Forbes, Applomb, Deccan Institute, Confiq System, Doctor Info, Adecco, Country Club, IIJT, Max Hr, Star power, Sharp detective, Erudite, Agon Religare, Rice Tech Machinary, Max Newyork life, Ray Labs, Tata AIG life, and ICICI Prudential.

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.

For more information, please contact:

Mr. Mohit Chopra
National Head – Job Fairs – Service Delivery
TimesJobs.com
+ 91 9899200063

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