TimesJobs.com Kolkata Jumbo Job Fair Witnesses Over 5,000 Walk-ins

Noida, India, November 19, 2008 --(PR.com)-- The Job Fair pioneered in India by TimesJobs.com, held its largest fair category, Jumbo Job Fair at Royal Bengal Room, City Centre, Salt Lake witnessed an over-whelming response from over 5,000 jobseekers walk in from across the country. The two-day event was held on 8 and 9 November ’08, and witnessed many candidates walk in with a dream and walk out with a better paying job, brought by the over 18 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. Mehul Vagadia, HR – Head Recruitment, Arkensoft, said, “The TimesJobs.com Kolkata Jumbo Job Fair was an enriching experience for us. This is for the first time that we have got such great response from the candidates in any job fair that we have participated. I'm sure the candidates we have hired would prove out to be good resource for the company. We appreciate TimesJobs.com for organising such job fairs.”

An enthused, Mr. Rajdeep Ghosh, Senior Executive - Recruitment, First Source Ltd., added, “The TimesJobs.com Job fair proved to be very beneficial for us. We recruited over 40 people in the two day event and shortlisted over 60 candidates. TimesJobs.com job fairs have been persistently giving us good responses and candidates. We will surely participate in the upcoming fairs that TimesJobs.com organises.”

The companies that partnered with TimesJobs.com in the Kolkata Jumbo Job fair included reputed names like SBA Consultants, Arkensoft, First Source, Wipro BPO, Jayshree IT Consultants, BBI Consultants, Shiv-Vani Oil & Gas, Tata AIG, I-Brainz Infotech, IVY Professional School, Flying CATS, Radio Mirchi, Incoda Television, Prosper Consultant, Infocademia, ICFAI, Infocus Technologies, and SmartHire amongst others.

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