The Multi-Industry Job Fair, pioneered in India, by TimesJobs.com, India’s No. 1 Job Site at the Center for Vocational Studies, Sheikh Sarai, New Delhi, witnessed an over-whelming response from job seekers and companies from across the country. The two day fair held on 9 –10 February ‘08, witnessed over 4,300 job seekers walk-in to seek better paying jobs with over 10 companies participating at the fair.

Participating companies spanned across industries including IT, ITeS, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Constructions, etc.

Commenting on the TimesJobs.com Delhi Multi-Industry Job Fair, Ruchira Das, Senior HR Executive, Wipro Ltd. said, "TimesJobs.com’s Delhi Multi-Industry Job Fair, was a very efficiently and professionally organised event. The behaviour of the organizers was very warm. We recruited over 35 candidates and shortlisted over 65. Our association with TimesJobs.com has been very helpful so far and we intend to continue the relationship in the coming future as well.”

A very enthused Mr. Lalit Nanda, Corporate HR, HCL Tech. Ltd., added, “Our experience with the TimesJobs.com Multi-Industry Job Fair was very good, and the management, and coordination of the fair was applaudable. TimesJobs.com brings in good quality of HR talent and in this event we witnessed the best quality of candidates. We can say from our past experience that we would definitely like to participate in upcoming TimesJobs.com fairs.”

Job seekers were equally enthusiastic about the fair, Gaurav Sharma, who was recruited by Silgate said, “This was the first Job Fair I’ve attended, and TimesJobs.com made it a very good experience. TimesJobs.com Job Fairs are wonderful platforms, as they help job-seekers to get their dream jobs. Good recruiting companies and easy access are two of the best features of the Job Fairs that TimesJobs.com organises.”

The companies that partnered with TimesJobs.com in the Delhi Multi-Industry Job Fair included Big names like, EXL, Silgate, Carpedium, Caretel, Wipro, Airtel, HCL, Denso, Pushpanjali amongst others.

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About TimesJobs.com:

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