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Proudly Introduces In a world where people are connected across multiple sites on the Internet, TimesJobs.com, the leading Job Portal from The Times Group, for the first time, allows users to aggregate their profile information from everywhere at one place, to give recruiters a comprehensive view of themselves, with TimesJobs Global Connect. TimesJobs Global Connect. will enable users to link all their professional online identities and work to their TimesJobs.com resume. A candidate can link their chat ID’s, professional profiles, websites, blog links, embed work samples, etc. in their TimesJobs.com Resume. By viewing candidates’ TimesJobs Global Connect profiles, an employer will gain greater insight with a more comprehensive view of them before they contact them for future interviews, thus greatly...

17 September 2009: MagicBricks.com, the leader in the online real-estate space, brought to you by the Times Group, has taken its Internet and Telecom Convergence initiatives to the next level and once again pioneered,India’s First Property Phone Line- The Toll Free ” MagicBricks on Phone” Service @ 1-800-200-4050.   Speaking about this new initiative, Mr. Ramathreya Krishnamurthi, Business Head, MagicBricks.com recounted, “MagicBricks.com had established and maintains its leadership in the online real-estate space, pioneering Mobile & Internet convergence technologies, starting with Magic SMS, Property Leads on SMS’ to MagicBricks Mobile’ and ‘Click to Call’.”   “We have now innovated the MagicBricks on Phone service to reach out to everyone with a telephone and ensure customer delight with this free, easy-to-use,...

"TimesJobs.com and Retailers Association of India launch a recruitment portal specifically for the Retail Industry. " September 9, 2009: The Country’s Apex Retailers’ Body – RAI (Retailers Association of India), signed an MoU with TimesJobs.com for an Exclusive Strategic Alliance with India’s Premier Recruitment Portal from the Times Group – TimesJobs.com. The MoU was signed by Mr. Kumar Rajagopalan, CEO, RAI & Mr. R. Sundar, CEO, Times Business Solutions Limited. The alliance was announced at the Manning Modern Retailing (MMR) 2009 Conference, held in Mumbai yesterday. As part of the alliance, RAI & TimesJobs.com launched a recruitment portal specifically for the retail industry – rai.timesjobs.com, so that employers and jobseekers from the sector can fulfill their recruitment needs in the...

"TJ InSite finds that recruitment in the major metros of the country is once again on the upswing " 3August 13, 2009: TJ InSite, the Research Wing of TimesJobs.com, India’s leading job portal, promoted by the Times Group, conducted a survey that captured the hiring sentiment amongst companies in India recently. The recruitment outlook amongst employers in the nerve centers of Delhi, Mumbai & Bangalore is once again on the upswing as employers plan to increase hiring in the next quarter, as reported by 42% of the employers in Delhi, 44% in Mumbai and 24% in Bangalore. Commenting on this result, Mr. Vivek Madhukar, VP, TimesJobs.com said, “The positive hiring outlook of Employers in India is not unfounded, the Q-on-Q...

July 9, 2009: As part of it’s First-in-India feature – “High Tea with Top Shots” TimesJobs.com took feedback of eminent HR Heads from Leading Corporates and got their views on the impact of The Hon’ble Finance Minister’s Budget on Employment and Recruitment. Speaking of Employment, The Hon’ble Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, started by saying, “To counter the negative fallout of the global slowdown on the Indian economy, the Government responded by providing three focused fiscal stimulus packages in the form of tax relief to boost demand and increased expenditure on public projects to create employment ..” Shri Pranab Mukherjee went on to elaborate many measures that the government would be taking to tide over the issues of employment, industrial...

"Another Unique and Easy Way to Find That Perfect Job" 3 June ’09: Jobseekers can now can add JOB.talk@yahoo.com to their Yahoo! Messenger and search, view details and apply to jobs directly through their Yahoo! Messenger chat window. TimesJobs.com takes its JOBtalk feature to another level by introducing JOBtalk for Yahoo Messenger users as well. Leveraging TimesJobs.com’s Seek Easy Job Search Feature, the application has been designed to be as unobtrusive and simple as possible – all a jobseeker has to do is type a query and get instant relevant job listings, in reply in their Yahoo! Messenger chat window. Speaking about JOBtalk on Yahoo!, Mr. Gautam Sinha, CTO, Times Business Solutions Limited said, “”It has been our constant endeavour...

The TimesJobs.com Jumbo Job & Professional Education Fair 2009, India’s largest Career & Education Fair, created 6,000 to 10,000 jobs for the thousands of job aspirants who flocked to Pragati Maidan, New Delhi between May 22-24. Mr. S.H. Khan, Sr.GM, India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) while inaugurating the fair said, “I congratulate TimesJobs.com for organising this event, despite the recession, and I wish the Jumbo all the best.” Mr. S.H. Khan, Sr.GM, India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) lighting the inaugural lamp Mr. Vivek Madhukar, VP, TimesJobs.com added, “Truly, The TimesJobs.com Jumbo Job Fair, served as a clarion call, to resurgent India, which is one of the fastest economies recovering from the economic meltdown. The companies who partnered with us for...

"Simplymarry.Com Gives You a Chance to Win a dinner date with the stars of Meerabai – Not Out" Simplymarry.com is the official matchmaking partner for ‘Meerabai Not Out’, the amazing love story of Meera, an independent young woman, who is completely taken up by the countrywide sport – and Anil Kumble in particular. Meera, typifies SimplyMarry.com’s target audience – the urban youth – as an independent and strong-willed metropolitan woman, who has a mind of her own, and her own values and interests – to the point that she bunks her own matrimonial engagement to attend a cricket match! Her cricket mania is of much dismay and worry of both her mother (Vandana Gupte) and brother (Mahesh Manjrekar) who are...

The TimesJobs.com Bangalore IT Job Fair, Upper Crest at the Chancery and Oberoi Hotels, Bangalore, witnessed an over-whelming response from job seekers and IT firms from across the country. The two-day fair held between 30 – 31 August ’08, witnessed 440 candidates walk in to seek better paying jobs with five of the best IT companies participating at the fair. TimesJobs.com’s Upper Crest was an exclusive hiring program for professionals from varied domains, with work experience of over 5 years. TimesJobs.com had shortlisted candidates following which they were interviewed by the participating companies. This one of a kind event aimed to connect these reputed corporates with highly qualified and experienced professionals. Commenting on the TimesJobs.com Bangalore IT Job Fair, Mr....

TimesJobs.com is India’s fastest growing and most innovative online recruitment portal, born with a mission to reach out to all Indians in the country and abroad is in the best position to provide the highly-skilled IT & technology candidates of Cyber Media Careers Limited (the erstwhile CyberMediaDice.com) with the best career opportunities available today. Speaking of this acquisition, Mr. R. Sundar, CEO, Times Business Solutions Limited said, “This deal signifies emergence of a very strong relationship between two highly reputed and leading media houses. The complete integration of CyberMediaDice.com’s resume database of over 4.5 Lakh (450,000+) candidates with TimesJobs.com, shall provide these highly specialised & technologically skilled candidates with better career opportunities from more than 25,000 of TimesJobs.com clients, that...

"Over 210 Jobs offered on the spot & Over 290 candidates short-listed" The Mumbai BPO Job Fair, pioneered in India by TimesJobs.com, at Hotel Tip Top Plaza, LBS Marg, Thane (W), witnessed an over-whelming response from job seekers and BPO firms from across the country. The two-day fair held between 17 – 18 May ‘08, witnessed 3670 candidates walk in to seek over 500 better paying jobs with more than 10 of the best BPO companies participating at the fair.   Commenting on the TimesJobs.com Mumbai BPO Job Fair, Mr. Sachin Patil, Project Manager, Ryan Acmedia, said, “It was a very pleasurable experience to participate in the TimesJobs.com Mumbai BPO Fair. This is the first time we participated in a...

"As business leaders focus on top-line growth, the value of learning is becoming better understood and more relevant. Those leaders who understand how to drive business results in an increasingly competitive, global environment recognize that a better-trained workforce improves performance, and investing in employee learning and development is critical to achieving success."   We have launched Talent Craft to serve as a platform to ensure that corporates hire the right people, with the right skills for the right job, ensuring a right fit.   We have already made a significant impact in enabling corporate India to attain accelerated growth, offering the leading job portal – TimesJobs.com and recruitment solutions provider – Smart Hire.   Talent Craft is bringing in the...

"X-Boxes & Jewellery add to the matrimonial thrill for SimplyMarry.com users"   SimplyMarry.com India’s only ‘metro-monial’ site announced the winners of its recently organised “My Dream Partner” and “Find Your Valentine” contests. The winning entries were selected from nearly 35,000 submissions by SimplyMarry.com users from metros across the nation and around the world.   As a part of its metro-centric campaign, SimplyMarry.com had conducted the “My Dream Partner Contest” that saw more than 10,000 people writing about their special dreamy soulmate. The entries by Rahul and Manisha, were adjudged the best amongst all. Manisha, 24, received Ishis diamond jewellery worth Rs. 25,000 for her entry in SimplyMarry.com’s “My Dream Partner” contest , where she wrote about her ideal partner –...

"Recruiters Can Now SMS & Receive Applications from Job-Seekers Through TimesJobs.Com" In the pursuit to provide the best and the most efficient recruitment solutions to its clients, TimesJobs.com presents 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. XpressHire not only optimizes the recruitment process but also caters to the need of fast and urgent recruitments, specializing the hiring process for TimesJobs users.   Using XpressHire recruiters can send SMS to selected multiple candidates with a single click through TimesJobs.com. The recruiter can also send SMS to candidates from their own databases i.e., even to non-TimesJobs.com registered users. Speaking of this innovation, Mr. Rajeev...

"comScore, leading internet website traffic and rankings monitor, has ratified MagicBricks.com title of being India’s No.1 Property Site, across all its major metrics." MagicBricks.com has beaten all its competitors by huge margins, across all ComScore’s parameters of total number of Unique Visitors, Pageviews, total Time Spent on a site, Average Time Spent by each visitor and Reach. Commenting on this impartial, third party report, Mr. R. Sundar, President, Times Business Solutions remarked, "Indian netizens welcomed MagicBricks.com into their lives & homes from its inception, establishing the leader in the property portal space just over a year ago. MagicBricks.com empowered users with unheard-of ‘Next-Gen’ tools and services, like ‘MagicBricks Mobile’ & ‘MagicSMS’, and also provided them exposure and leads not only...