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An enriching experience for employment-seekers

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About 40 per cent of all jobs in IT industry are for freshers About 40 per cent of all jobs in Information Technology industry are for freshers

HYDERABAD: "Everybody will get a job. Don't panic. Every time you don't get a job, its a learning experience," says T. Muralidharan, CEO of C&K Management Limited, a Hyderabad headquartered recruitment firm.

Coaching a fresher during an employability seminar at The Hindu Opportunities Fair 2005, he advised eager applicants to do their homework before a search.

Planned approach

Job search should be a planned, systematic, well thought out operation, he said. "Research the kind of job and industry, you want to get into. Remember employer research and referrals is most important," he said. Bringing a smile to many faces he added. About 40 per cent of all jobs in the IT industry are for freshers.

A new job service for freshers TMIfirst.com (www.tmifirst.com) to be launched soon could also be accessed at the Fair. "It is a two-way platform that helps freshers to connect to companies and also companies to know that there is someone specifically looking at fresh talent, says Raji Raju, from TMIfirst.

With ideas like, "celebrating work,", "innovate, there's always a better way", "anything is possible," splashed in various counters, one had to agree with Durai Raja of Jobstreet.com, an online job portal, there' a job for everyone who thinks he can. He had collected almost 10,000 resumes. "There's a tremendous growth in IT and ITES sector, pharma, retail and even manufacturing," he said. You could see that as ABB was scouting for core engineering talent in electrical, electronics and instrumentation and control.

Anthony Joseph, Director of Human Resources of Convergys, came in to build a brand. "We are one and a half year old and we are competing with companies that have been here for 10 to 15 years for talent," he said.

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