The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : BMTC to run special buses for The Hindu job fair

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Karnataka

Karnataka - Bangalore

BMTC to run special buses for The Hindu job fair

Staff Reporter

Services to start from Shivajinagar, K.R. Market, Kempegowda Bus Station and Maratahalli

BANGALORE: The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) will operate special services for those attending The Hindu Opportunities Job Fair to be held at the Trade Centre Bangalore, Export Promotion Industrial Park, Whitefield Industrial Area, on May 20 and 21.

According to a press release from the BMTC, the special buses will operate from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. between the venue and Kempegowda Bus Station, Shivajinagar Bus Station, K.R. Market and Maratahalli.

After catering to 45,000 job hunters last year, The Hindu Opportunities Job Fair is back again this year with more companies, more opportunities, more salary offers. Organised by The Hindu and with Cognizant as the event sponsor, the job fair is all about generating more employment opportunities.

Individuals over 20 years of age, graduates / postgraduates and professional with two to 10 years' experience can apply to this event.

The fair had turned out to be a big hit with job aspirants last year.

Registration

To register, interested candidates could browse the Internet for www.thehindu.com or www.tmifirst.com/hf6/index.aspx. Once registered, the candidates could look forward to a rewarding fair, featuring short-listing of candidates, tests, interviews and eventual recruitment.

Look out for big brand companies from the Information Technology (IT) and IT-Enabled Services (ITES).

Process

For professionals with less than two years' experience, the participating companies will pre-screen the registered CVs of the graduates / postgraduates, including engineering stream. Invitations will be sent to the candidates, whose profiles match with those of the companies' requirements.

The candidates will be allowed entry only based on the invitations sent by the participating firms.

Professionals with two to 10 years' experience could register anytime before the end of the event.

They could simply walk in to the job fair along with the printout of the registration confirmation form.

There will be separate fast track entry to the fair for experienced professionals.

Participating firms

Cognizant Technology Solutions India is the event sponsor for the job fair, while Patni Computer Systems Ltd, Suntec Business Solutions Limited and Verizon Data Services India Limited are the associate sponsors. TMI First is the technology partner.

The other participants in the event are: ABB Ltd, Infosys Technologies Limited, Accenture, HCL, Sasken Communication Technologies Limited, ICICI OneSource Limited, IBS Software Services Private Limited, GVR Electro Technics Limited, Network Systems and Technologies Limited (NeST), GE Industrial -India Innovation Centre, DELL, Systems Plus, Slash Support India Limited, Allsec Technologies Limited, Certus Software Limited, Covansys India Limited, ISG Novasoft Technologies Limited, Spheris India Private Limitedand Transworks.

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