Jobseekers lining up at the Jumbo
June 2012: The TimesJobs.com Jumbo Job & Career Fair 2012, India’s largest Career & Education Fair, has created more than 6,000 jobs for the thousands of job aspirants who flock to Pragati Maidan, New Delhi over this 3-day extravaganza.
Mr. Hanumant Talwar, MD, Convergys while inaugurating the fair said, “India today has the largest employable population globally, and everyone is looking at us for growth to the next level. The choice of careers and job opportunities for today’s generation is immense, I congratulate TimesJobs.com for organizing this event, and I wish the Jumbo all the best.”
Mr. Debashish Ghosh CEO, TBSL (L) & Mr. Hanumant Talwar, MD, Convergys (R) lighting the inaugural lamp
Mr. Debashish Ghosh, CEO, TBSL addressing the immense crowd of jobseekers added, “We would like to thank all of you for coming here. It is you, the youth of our country who shall take us forward this century. At TimesJobs.com, our aim is to get a job for each and every job seeker at different levels of experience. It gives us immense pleasure and satisfaction to play a vital role in developing an individual’s growth matrix and at the same time offer quality services to our clients, the enthusiasm with which Jumbo is being received shows that India is emerging as the world’s premium source of quality manpower.”
Jumbo, in its 10th edition, had representations from Blue-chip companies, Airlines, HR Consultancy, IT, ITeS & Education sectors who made on-the spot job offers, shortlisted potential recruits and made brand statements at India’s largest Job & Career & Fair.
Participating employers ranged from Large Cap Companies to the nation’s fastest growing business entities. The reputed recruiters participating at the Jumbo Job Fair 2012 included Convergys, Barclays, Genpact, HCL Technologies – BSERV, First Impressions, Ashiana Housing, iEnergizer, Interglobe Technologies, Just Dial, Koenig Solutions, Encore Capital Group, eTechies, High Technologies Solutions, Manpower India, Webcom Technologies, SERCO Global Services, Tech Mahindra, Syrex Infoservices, Allsec Technologies, Aegis BPO, IN Technologies, Accretive Health Services, Simtech, Vserv Business Solutions, Mahan Computer Services, Cetpa Infotech, Thyrocare Technologies, GVR Consulting, Perfect Connection, A.K.Consulting, Executive Search, Aswan International Engineering and Spice Jet!
Major opportunities were availed by aspiring MBAs, MCAs, Engineers, IT technologists, Finance & HR professionals, Customer care executives, Science and Arts post-graduates and even fresh graduates.
TimesJobs.com pioneered the concept of Job-Fairs, which have become a standard practice and a preferred channel and source of recruitment across the country, winning TimesJobs.com accolades from the corporate world for the successful implementation of this economical and timesaving concept.
Recruiter Speak at the Grounds–
Mr. Harsh Jain, Campus Relations Manager, HCL Technologies – Business Services remarked, “We’re receiving a very good response and have already made 70 on-the-spot job offers. This Jumbo is very good for niche hiring and for diversified roles – we have picked up very good profiles for the accounts and finance functions here. We have already interviewed over a thousand applicants and are impressed by the turnout.”
An enthused Mr. Ashish Garg, Director & Head of Recruitment, Convergys, commented, “We’ve been regular participants in TimesJobs.com’s Job Fairs and The TimesJobs.com Jumbo Job Fair has been good for Convergys throughout, and this time was no exception. All our 30 recruiters are working at full capacity prescreening and interviewing the huge turnout of jobseekers. Not just in numbers, there is good quality talent at the event and conversions are also very good. We’ve already interviewed over 500 potential candidates and have issued around 70 offer letters.
Ms. Amrita Sharma, AM Recruitment, iEnergizer agreed, “With such a diversified and versatile talent pool at the TimesJobs.com Jumbo Job Fair our experience was up to mark. We have a good response and have already shortlisted about 200 quality professionals and rolled out 50 spot offers.”
Mr. Nitin Khurana, Hiring Leader, Genpact, concurred, “”Because of our positive past experience we have chosen to participate the TimesJobs.com Jumbo event in Delhi. As usual this is event was well managed by TimesJobs.com. Today’s turnout is good quality and we have interviewed over 500 candidates and made over 20 conditional job offers, and expect to recruit many more over the next 2 days.”
In addition, present at the Jumbo was a large contingent of Professional Education Institutes, for those who wished to hone their skills for furthering their careers at an accelerated pace. They include IFBI, The Knowledge Tree – Presidium, MAII, New Delhi YMCA, IACM Smart Learn, UGS Academy, Prolific Systems & Technologies, EduKart, Nex-G Exuberant Solution, Lord Krishna Institute of Management and Technology, Ideacount Education- Networxx, Achievement Labs Management System Institute, CG Mantra Digital Media Academy, 24×7 Learning- Avagmah Online School, Future Education, Fazlani Altuis Business School (People Edge), S Chand and Epoch Research Institute.
Bhaskar Kaushik, a fresher, who garnered an offer from Aegis, gleefully exclaimed, ” The Jumbo Job Fair was excellent, I really appreciate TimesJobs.com for giving us the chance to prove ourselves, and am thankful to Aegis for the chance to show my abilities.”
An insightful Abhishek Chauhan who bagged a job with Convergys remarked, “The TimesJobs.com Jumbo was a great effort and of tremendous help in getting me a job with such a reputed company and brand.”
Avinash Singh supported this sentiment, “I feel very good having got an offer letter from Convergys, The TimesJobs.com Jumbo is fantastic, it has a good environment and the people are very friendly. People who are jobless can come here and get a job easily.”
Mohd. Shahnawaz, a fresh graduate, who got an offer from Genpact said, “It’s the best job as it will help me specialize my knowledge and enhance my skills. TimesJobs.com’s Jumbo is simply the best, as so many recruiters are here – It’s Awesome!”
A delighted Pooja Sharma agreed, “”I visited this Fair for the first time and got a job. I am very happy thanks to TimesJobs.com for this great opportunity; you are doing very good work for us and help all Indians in getting the right job. This is a great platform to all those youngsters looking for big companies under one roof, I am very grateful to TimesJobs.com as I was able to approach so many employers and got a job offer from Syrex Infoservices.”
“I think the Jumbo should be done every month! Because unemployed persons at the time of recession get a chance to get selected, it feels great to have got a job.” exclaimed jobseeker Piyush Narang.
So watch this space for the next Mega Job Fair brought to you by TimesJobs.com!