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THE HINDU
is out to help you get your first job. If you are looking for
employment in sectors such as IT, ITES, BPOs, Manufacturing,
Engineering, Insurance, Logistics, Services, then head to MRC Centre,
Santhome from October 15 to 17. Announcing details of the job fair in
the city at a press conference, V. Kalidas, Chief Advertising Manager, The Hindu, said it would have three components — interviews and recruitment, employability seminars and an industry interface.
Promising a comfortable experience for
candidates, Mr. Kalidas said aspirants must take a couple of online
psychometric tests and fill up their resumes by logging on to www.hinduonnet.com
or tmifirst.com. "This way, recruiters at the fair can access the
candidate's profile at the click or a button," he said. Mr. Kalidas
said the fair was specially targeted at fresh graduates, postgraduates
and professionals with up to five years of experience. Several top
companies including Mahindra British Telecom, Covansys, Aspire Systems,
L & T Baroda, RAMCO will participate, he said.
Tips for aspirants
The Hindu Opportunities Fair would also be an occasion for
aspirants to listen to advice on writing resumes, handling interviews,
choosing an employer and conducting oneself on the first days of a job.
The fair will also conduct employability seminars offered on a
first-come first-served basis. For Human Resource executives, he said the
fair would offer an industry interface by way of panel discussions on
attracting and retaining talent, chaired by leading industry
professionals.
According to K.S. Kumar, Head of Human
Resources, e-Serve, a leading BPO, which is sponsoring the fair, an
event of this kind would help "career seekers make informed choices."
Plus, he said, it would help companies compete and give the candidate
choices.
Bob Dexter of Reliance India Mobile gave
details about the technology support for this fair. The company is
offering one hour of free Internet access for aspirants at any Reliance
Web World outlet in Chennai for registration.
Ram Kidambi of TMI First, a recruitment
company, stressed that admission is only after online registration. He
explained how the psychometric assessment would be valuable tools for
companies to judge candidates on aptitudes and attitudes. Arunav Sinha
of iSoft, a supplier of healthcare information systems, and T.
Narasinga Rao of Vision Health Source, a major healthcare BPO service
provider, said the companies were rapidly growing and were looking to
harness talent from the Chennai market. The other sponsors include
Maples ESM Technologies, Diviniti and Quality Inn Sabari.
By Dhanya Parthasarathy
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