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Commenting on the occasion, Mr. Hitesh Oberoi, COO, Info Edge (India) Ltd said, Weare extremely delighted to see the overwhelming response to the job fair in Pune.The first hour witnessed a footfall of over 5000 people which is much beyond ourexpectations. Needless to say, both jobseekers and clients are enthused, and over4000 interviews are lined up for the coming few weeks. Going forward, we plan tomake Job Fairs a regular affair and cover various other cities in the country aswell.
The Job Fairs are aimed at establishing a direct connect and providing a fulfillingplatform for job aspirants and recruiting companies, both to fulfill their hiringneeds and to build their candidate databases for future requirements. Going aheadNaukri.com will also host Job fairs in Chennai on September 29th and 30th followedby Chandigarh, as part of phase one of this initiative.
Commenting on the Naukri.com Job Fair, V J Sadguna, Associate General Manager-Operations, HCL said, We are extremely happy with the response to the fair. We sawquality professionals walk in to the fair and we have short listed candidates thathave more than 2 years of experience. These candidates will be called for technicalinterviews in the coming week.
Sudhanshu Pandit, Senior Manager, Symantec said that Naukri has an establishedbrand and we are happy to see the fantastic response to the fair. We had over 200requirements out of which 170 are based out of Pune. We have short listed candidatesaccording to our requirement which includes positions for software developers,technical support developers, and project managers etc.
Candidates were equally enthusiastic about the fair and very positive about thefinal outcome. Raja Bansole, an IT professional from Pune said that I got shortlisted for three companies and will be going for final interviews in the comingweek. I am extremely thankful to Naukri.com. The fair is a good opportunity forpeople who are searching for jobs, as they get to interact with many companies underone roof.
The companies that had partnered with Naukri.com in this job fair included HCL,Fullerton India, Hutch, Reliance Life Insurance, Metlife, Global Logic, SQL Star,DLF Hotels, Tech Mahindra, The Digital Group, Symantec, WNS, Hexaware, Info Edge,Infospectrum, Hexpress, ETH Limited, Manage-O-Soft, Mena Business Services, Intec,Walchandnagar, Ethos India, Vision HR, Matrix Consultants, Param Creative Solutions,and Reliable Placement Services amongst others.
About Naukri.comNaukri.com, India s no. 1 job site and the flagship brand of Info Edgerevolutionized the concept of recruitment in India. Since its inception in 1997,Naukri.com has seen exponential growth year after year. Formerly an ICICI venturesinvestee company, it has attracted investments from leading venture capitalists,Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sherpalo Ventures, apart from an IPO inNovember 2006.
Naukri.com is a recruitment platform and provides services to the corporate world,placement agencies and job seekers in India and overseas. It offers a bouquet ofproducts like Resume Database Access, and Response Management Tools and its servicesinclude Job Postings, and Branding solutions on the site. With 80000 job listingslive at any point, Naukri.com serviced over 27000 corporate clients in the pastyear.
The company has over 1000 people operating through 57 offices in 32 cities in Indiaand overseas offices in Dubai. For more information, log on tohttp://www.naukri.com
