"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 to create value and bring innovative product features to the market. And, we wanted to help our users access TimesJobs from multiple channels. We have received a huge response from GTalk users for JOBtalk@timesjobs.com, which was introduced keeping in mind that many users are can’t access job sites from their work place.
“Now, we have made the JOBtalk application available to Yahoo! Messenger users as well. Yahoo! Messenger users have to simply have to add JOB.talk@yahoo.com to their buddy list and enter their query in their chat with JOB.talk@yahoo.com to view results and apply to multiple jobs together – by just separating the serial numbers with a space – no jargon or codes are required in this process”.
“Jobseekers registered on TimesJobs.com can apply to jobs directly from the chat window and JOBtalk automatically identifies their profile and sends their job application.” added Mr. Sinha.
To use JOBtalk, users just need to add JOB.talk@yahoo.com in their Yahoo! Messenger and it is instantly added to their friend list.
To get started just type “Help” in the chat with JOB.talk@yahoo.com, and you are on your way to your dream job, with instant access to Seek Easy job search and Express Apply, without having to visit the TimesJobs.com website.
Benefits of JOBtalk –
- With the tough job market, and lack of time, with JOBtalk, users can apply to multiple jobs together, in their chat.
- JOBtalk has been launched with special focus on working jobseekers, where jobsites may be banned in their organizations. They can still search and apply though TimesJobs.com with their Yahoo!
- Users need to have their Yahoo Id registered with TimesJobs.com to apply for the job.
- Instant Access – Provides Instant Access to job search on TimesJobs.com.
- Express Apply – Users can apply instantly to jobs, without logging onto TimesJobs.com
- With JOBtalk, to view job details or apply to job(s), users just need to enter the right command (view or apply, respectively) followed by the serial number of the job – no code or jargon required.
- JOBtalk displays 3 jobs at a time, so users have more options to select from.
JOBtalk builds on TimesJobs.com’s Seek Easy Feature, that eliminates the need to enter multiple fields in lengthy search forms -type any keywords in the search box and obtain matching results.
How JOBtalk on Yahoo! works –
To begin searching for jobs, open a chat window JOB.talk@yahoo.com and enter Key skills, Location, Experience, Industry. For e.g. “java project manager, delhi, 3 yrs.”
On entering the search criteria, JOBtalk returns a set of 3 relevant jobs. You can then –
- View Job Details – In order to view the complete job description, enter View followed by space and serial number of the job. E.g. “view 3”
- More – To view the next set of matching jobs, enter “more” – and get job matches serially numbered 6 to 10
- Type “back” – To view the previous set of jobs matching your search,
- Applying to job – simply enter Apply followed by space and the serial number of the job. E.g. “Apply 5”. You can also apply to multiple jobs by entering the serial numbers separated by space if your Yahoo Id is Registered with TimesJobs.com. For e.g. “Apply 2 5 8”
- To know more about JOBtalk just type “help”
Please note that any keyword entered, apart from the above set of commands, will be accepted as search keywords and will return a set of relevant jobs.
In case your Yahoo! address is not registered with TimesJobs.com, please update the same on www.timesjobs.com.
