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“A Study of Timesjobs.com and its Utility ”
A Report submitted To Ishan institute of management & technology, Greater Noida as a partial fulfillment to full time post gradguate
diploma in Marketing Management
Submitted To: Submitted By:
Dr. D.K.Garg Surya Shankar
Chairman MMR 4088
IIMT, Gr. Noida 15TH Batch
Ishan institute of management & technology
2, knowledge park-1,greater noida, dist.-g.b.nagar(u.p)
Website:www.ishanfamily.com
E-mail: [email protected]
PREFACE
As part of PGDMM curriculum summer training was under taken with
Timesjobs.com, one of the parts of TBSL (Times Business Solution Limited), a
venture of Times Group.
The summer training went for 6 weeks from 06.05.2009 to 25.06.2009. The purpose
of this training was to have practical experience in marketing organization, to have
exposure to various management practices in the field of marketing.
The report is an attempt to go through the details of penetration of Timesjobs.com and
to study the recruitment pattern of different organizations.
No professional curriculum is considered complete without work experience. Every
individual who is doing management studies has to undergo this phase to practical
study before he/she can consider himself/herself full qualified as a potential manager.
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CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that project work done on “A study on Timesjobs.com and its utilty”
submitted to Ishan Institute of Management and Technology, Greater Noida by Surya
Shankar in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of degree of PG
Diploma in Business Management is a bonafide work carried out by him under my
supervision and guidance. This project report is the original one and has not been
submitted anywhere else for any other degree/diploma.
Date Seal/Stamp of the guide Name of the guide
Address
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I wish to record my deep sense of Gratitude to ISHAN INSTITUTE OF
MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY, GREATER NOIDA (U.P) for giving me such
a nice chance to apply my knowledge in practical work.
I would like to acknowledge my immense gratitude to chairman Dr D.K.GARG Sir who has given me this opportunity to work on this summer training project.
I am highly thankful to my Project guide Mr. Joy Banerji, Area Sales Manager of
Timesjobs.com, Kolkata, who not only Supervised me while my project, but also gave
me valuable suggestions which will be very beneficial for me in future.
I would like to thank to Mr. Jaideep, other officials, and all the managers and recruiters of
all the organization where I visited and who helped me with their valuable views and
time that helped me in completing this project.
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DECLERATION
The summer training project on “A study on Timesjobs.com and its utility” under the guidance of Mr. Joy Banerji is the original work done by me. This is a property of Institute and use of this report without prior permission of the Institute will be considered as illegal and actionable.
Date : Signature:
Student’s Name
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER SUBJECT PAGE
CHAPTER 1 COMPANY PROFILE
Introduction
Historical Background
Brand Entity
Key Events & Milestones
CHAPTER 2 TRADE PROFILE
Function of the company
Working Model
Organisational Structure
CHAPTER 3 PRODUCTS
Services offered by company
Special and additional services
CHAPTER 4 COMPETITOR
Competitor in market
Features offerd by the company
Comparitive analysis
CHAPTER 5 ANALYSIS
SWOT Anaysis
PEST Analysis
CHAPTER 6 JOB PROFILE
Overview
Behavior/Attitude of companies towards portals
Recruitment pattern of companies
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CHAPTER 7 FUTURE PROSPECT & ACHIEVEMENTS
CHAPTER 8 FINDING
CHAPTER 9 SUGGESTION
CHAPTER 10 CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 11 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CHAPTER 12 LITERATURE RIVIEW
CHAPTER 13 BIBLIOGRAPHY
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CHAPTER 1
COMPANY PROFILE
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(i) INTRODCTION
Timesjobs.com is part of India's largest media and entertainment house, The Times Group. One of the most respected business houses in India, the 168-year-old group is a market driver across all media.
The Times Group is the largest media services conglomerate in India. It is headed by
brothers Samir and Vineet Jain.
The company has eleven publishing centers fifteen printing centers fifty-five sales
offices, Over 7000 employees, five dailies, including two of the largest in the country
with approx 4.3 million, copies circulated daily, two lead magazines, twenty-nine
niche magazines reaching 2468 cities and towns, thirty-two Radio Stations, two
Television News Channels, one Television Life Style Channel and turnover in excess
of USD 700 million.
The Times Group is a Private company and is envolved in Broadcasting, publishing,
media, internet and advertisement. The products are film, television, newspaper, book
and websites. Times Group is a very renowned brand and a very old one. It heads
Times of India and Times Business Solution Limited
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The Times Group's Brands include
The Times of India - World's largest broadsheet English daily.
The Times of India (TOI) is a popular English newspaper in India. It has
the largest circulation among all English-language newspapers in the world, across all
formats. It is owned and managed by Bennet Coleman & co. ltd. which is owned by
the Sahu Jain family.
In 2008, the newspaper reported that (with a circulation of over 3.14 million) it was
certified by the Audit Bureau of Circulation as the world's largest selling English-
language daily newspaper, placing as the 8th largest selling newspaper in any
language in the world. According to the Indian Readership Survey 2010, the Times of
India is the most widely read English newspaper in India with a readership of 13.4
million. This ranks the Times of India as the top English newspaper in India by
readership. According to ComScore, TOI Online is the world's most-visited
newspaper website with 159 million page views in May 2009, ahead of the New York
Times, The Sun, Washington Post, Daily Mail and USA Today websites.
The Economic Times - India's largest and world's second largest financial daily.
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The Economic Times is an English-language Indian daily newspaper published by
the Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., (This company along with its other group
companies is more popularly known as The Times Group. The Economic Times,
started in 1961, is India's largest and among the world's top 3 English Business dailies
with a daily circulation of over 620,000 copies.The Economic Times is published
simultaneously from 10 Metropoliton Cities-Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai,
Kolkata, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Ahemedabad, Chandigarh & Pune. The Economic
Times has its offices in Mumbai outside Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station.
Its main content is based on the Indian economy, share prices, prices of commodities
as well as other matters related to finance. The Founder / Editor of the paper when it
was launched in 1961 was P.S. Hariharan. The current Executive Editor of The
Economic Times is Rahul Joshi.
The Economic Times is characterised by its salmon-pink paper, which it copied from
the better-known Financial Times. It is sold in all major cities in India.
Navbharat Times – Popular Hindi daily newspaper.
NavBharat Times (NBT) is the largest Hindi Daily in Delhi, and Bombay. It is
published by Bennet Coleman & Co., the largest media group in India This group is
better known as The Times Group and is also the publisher of largest English daily .
The Times of India. Until 1980's it was considered to be a good news paper but now
it's standard is falling day by day. Earlier newspaper was famous for its good
reporting and articles, but now this paper uses hinglish instead of Stand Hindi to
publish news and due to this reason most of its loyal readers have switched to other
newspapers.
Maharashtra Times – Popular Marathi daily newspaper.
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Maharashtra Times is 9th largest selling Marathi daily newspaper based out
of Mumbai, India. It is owned by Bennet Coleman & Co. or The Times Group, the
largest media house in India.According to the IRS 2005, Maharashtra Times enjoys
the second largest readership in Mumbai, India. Other than The Times of India,
Maharashtra Times is the only newspaper in Mumbai which has more than one
million readers in the city.
Maharashtra Times' first editor was D B Karnik. In the late 1960s, he was replaced
by Govindrao Talwalkar. During Talwalkar's tenure, which stretched into 1990s, the
newspaper achieved its zenith primarily due to Talwalkar's editorials. Some of the
leading editorials written by Talwalkar have been anthologized.
.It's Current Editor is Mr. Bharatkumar Raut, a Member of Indian Parliament
(Rajyasabha) on the political support of Shivsena.
Mumbai Mirror – Leading morning newspaper in Mumbai.
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Mumbai Mirror is a largest compact newspaper in the city of Mumbai. Its first issue
was published on May 30, 2005 by the Times Group, the publishers of The Times of
India newspaper.
The newspaper was launched at the Gateway of India by Vilasrao Deshmukh,
the Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Abhishek Bach Chan on 2005-05-29.
Mumbai Mirror was launched by The Times Group after Hindustan
Times and DNA announced plans to enter the Mumbai market. Mumbai Mirror was
advertised and publicized in its own sister media networks like The Times of
India, Bombay Times, and Radio Mirchi.
The Times of India published a story in its business section which said that it had a
circulation of 1.5 lakhs while Mid-day's circulation had dropped to 1.24 lakhs. This
led to a counter attack by MiD DAY claiming that Mumbai Mirror was an
"Unqualified flop according to industry sources". It also filed a complaint with Audit
Bureau of Circulation, (ABC) of which both MiD DAY and Times are members.
The MiD DAY complaint says that the Times report has damaged its business
interests.
Radio Mirchi - India's largest FM radio network.
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The original avatar of Radio Mirchi was Times FM. Radio Mirchi began operations in
1993 in Indore . Until 1993, AIR, a government undertaking, was the only radio
broadcaster in India. The government then took the initiative to dntprivatize the radio
broadcasting sector. It sold airtime blocks on its FM channels
in Indore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Vizag and Goa to private operators,
who developed their own program content. The Times Group operated its brand,
Times FM, till June 1998. After that, the government decided not to renew contracts
given to private operators
Planet M - India's largest chain of music stores.
Planet M is an India music retail store founded by The Times Group (BCCL). It was
sold to Next Retail India Ltd. of Mumbai, the retail arm of Videocon, in Nov 2007. It
is present in many cities (140-plus locations) all over India. These stores are mainly
known for selling music and movies and related accessories. They also sell gaming
consoles like PlayStation Portable , PS2, PS3 and Xbox 360. Planet M is also a new
entrant in the Mumbai retail business. They offer a wide range of mobile handsets
with lucrative schemes.
Zoom - Lifestyle television channel. .
Zoom is an Indian glamour and entertainment television partner primarily covering Bollywood based in Mumbai. The channel was launched in September 2004 and caters primarily to urban audiences. It is a part of The Times Group, one of India's largest media conglomerate, and is also available on Mobile Internet from March 27, 2009.
Times Now - Television News channel.
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Times Now began its planning operations in July 2005. Sunil Lulla was hired from
the Sony Entertainment Television to be the CEO.. Some of the popular anchors on
the channel are [],Mahrukh Inayet, Harishree Mehta, Rupali Mehra, Deep Pal,
Mandira Lalwani, Prerana Thakurdesai, Tamanna Imandar and Sharad Sharma .
Investigative journalist Navika Kumar, who was earlier part of the Indian Express, is
the Political Editor of Times Now.Our Reporters include Srinjoy Choudhary,Jayanta
Bhattacharya,Nikunj Garg,Poonam Srivastava,Megha Prasad,Kashif Khusro,Nandita
Suneja,Shikha Agniotri,Jugal Purohit, Dhanya Rajendaran, Rhythm Bhardwaj, Vasu
Rangarajan, Mihir Farid and Prakash Singh from Jammu.
Femina - India's largest women's magazine.
Femina is a magazine, published fortnightly in India. It is owned by Worldwide Media, a 50:50 joint venture between BBC Worldwide and The Times Group. It is primarily a women's magazine and features articles on relationships, beauty and fashion, cuisine, and health and fitness. It also features articles on celebrities and cultural facets of Indian women.Femina was first published in July 1959. It has organized and sponsored the Femina Miss India beauty pageant since 1964. From 1994 to 1999, it also sponsored the Femina Look of the Year contest to send an Indian contestant to the Elite Model Look competition. Femina has recently published Femina Handy Hints: The A-Z of household solutions (Random House India, 2009) a collection of useful and practical tips from Femina’s long-lived and popular column.
Filmfare - India's largest English film magazine.
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The Filmfare Awards are presented annually by The Times Group to honour both
artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film
industry of India. The Filmfare ceremony is one of the oldest and most prominent film
events given for Hindi films in India.
The awards were first introduced in 1954, the same year as the National Film
Awards and were initially referred to as the Clare Awards after the editor ofThe Times
of India, Clare Mendionca. A dual voting system was developed in 1956.[5] Under this
system, "in contrast to the National Film Awards, which are decided by a panel
appointed by Indian Government, the Filmfare Awards are voted for by both the
public and a committee of experts. The Filmfare Awards have been often referred to
as Hindi film industry's equivalent of the Oscar.
Times Jobs – India‟s leading job portal.
TimesJobs.com, had achieved the distinction of becoming India's No.1 recruitment
portal in India in April 2007, with the largest number of active jobseekers and a
database of over 10 million candidates with over 20,000 new resumes added every
day, we offer one of the largest database of active jobseekers in India today. In
addition, thousands of better paying jobs available from more than 25,000
TimesJobs.com clients, including blue-chip companies from India and abroad, ensures
that the search always yields results.
SimplyMarry – India‟s leading matrimonial portal.
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SimplyMarry.com (the erstwhile TimesMatri.com) was instituted to serve the specific
matrimonial online-classified vertical. Launched with the mission of bringing together
soul-mates in today's fast-paced world, where time is at a premium and many single
people do not have the luxury of going from place to place to meet potential life-
partners. SimplyMarry.com was able to provide them with a convenient and easy to
use interface, by which they could search and seek out their soul-mates, with the click
of a mouse.
SimplyMarry.com was launched in December 2006, creating a highly interactive site
with intuitive and fast searches, simple registration, and chat processes. The sight was
further refined as India's first "Metro-monial" website, targeted at the youth in metros,
and all communication, was geared towards the end-user (and not the influencer) with
youthful, lively and playful campaigns, speaking directly to the prospective life-
partners in an uncomplicated and transparent method, and not just their parents or
families.
The impact was tremendous, SimplyMarry.com was not only noticed and talked
about, but also translated into tremendous growth in traffic and actual registrations
reaching 2 million, of which, 5 Lakh are active life-partner seekers at any point in
time.
Magic Bricks – India‟s premier real estate portal.
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November 26, 2009 /India PRwire/ -- MagicBricks.com, India's No.1 Property Portal
from the Times Group, has consolidated its leadership position in the online real estate
space by recording the maximum number of Unique Visitors to its website, as
adjudged by comScore, the global leader in measuring the digital world and preferred
source of digital marketing intelligence.
In its effort to provide the best response to its customers, MagicBricks.com has
consistently improved on attracting unique visitors to its website over the last 3
months. As per comScore, MagicBricks.com attracts 9% more unique visitors
compared to its nearest competitor and is way ahead of the website that has slipped to
third position with 125% more unique visitors than them.
Times Internet- The digital arm of the Times Group.
Indiatimes is part of India's largest media and entertainment house, The Times Group. One of the most respected business houses in India, the 168-year-old group is a market driver across all media platforms. Indiatimes continues to be the market driver in value-added services (VAS) for mobile phones and landlines. Setting up the first VAS messaging service, Indiatimes 8888 quickly scoped out to include multimedia messaging, dating, chatting and email on mobile. 58888 is available with all service operators across India on both CDMA and GPRS phones, making it India‟s largest operator-agnostic mobile short code. Indiatimes pioneered airline ticket auctions in
India.
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Introduction to timesjobs.com:-In January 2004, TimesJobs.com, the fastest
growing and most innovative Indian online recruitment portal, was born with a
mission to reach out to all Indians in the country and abroad and provide them with
the best career opportunities available. Its focus was to ensure their skills were
showcased and matched suitably with the HR requirements of employers from diverse
industries, in a timesaving and cost-efficient manner. Its concentrated approach has
made TimesJobs.com the blue-eyed boy of recruiters and aspirants
alike.TimesJobs.com, had achieved the
distinction of becoming India's No.1
recruitment portal in India in April 2007, with
the largest number of active jobseekers and a
database of over 10 million candidates with
over 20,000 new resumes added every day,
we offer one of the largest
database of active jobseekers in India today.
In addition, thousands of better
paying jobs available from more than 25,000 TimesJobs.com clients, including blue-
chip companies from India and abroad, ensures that the search always yields results.
In order to offer candidates effective contact points, TimesJobs.com, launched "Jobs
on Mobile", a mobile interface that allows the candidate to search, view, and apply for
jobs simply by SMSing "Jobs" to 58888. In addition, we introduced
[email protected] where Jobseekers can add [email protected] to their
Yahoo! Messenger or [email protected] to their Gtalk and search, view details
and apply to jobs directly through their chat window.
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TimesJobs.com pioneered the concept of job fairs in India, branded as 'Big Leap',
which have become the industry standard for facilitating direct interaction of
jobseekers and employers. The first such event was conducted at the Delhi Public
School, R K Puram, New Delhi on March 21, 2004, which had 10 clients offer on-the-
spot jobs to over 10,000 jobseekers who walked in over the 2 days of the event.
TimesJobs.com conducted its first 'Jumbo', Job Fair christened according to its
mammoth scale, spanning across sectors such as Hospitality, Airlines, HR
Consultancy, Retail, Insurance, Banking & Finance, Telecom, IT & ITeS, Education,
etc in May 2004, at the Pragati Maidan, which saw over 60 clients and 1-lakh
jobseekers. Jumbo is a bi-annual event at Pragati Maidan, and draws crowds, similar
to the IITF, and Auto Expo. We are also encouraging the 'Reverse Brain Drain' and
have conducted Job Fairs in the US.
As part of our CSR activities, TimesJobs.com also forged alliances with The Indian
Army - TimesJobs.com was the only website with the wherewithal and credentials to
tie up with their placement agencies. TimesJobs.com collaborated with the Indian
Army Placement Agency (APA), to leverage the skills of the retiring army personnel
in facilitating their entry into the corporate world, and successfully established the
website solution .
In February 2006, the company launch of its Gulf portal, ae.TimesJobs.com,
becoming the first Indian job site with an international footprint. The Gulf portal is
intended as a platform where companies based in Bahrain, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya,
Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE, converge with talent from India to satisfy their
HR requirements. Not only that, residents of this region can apply for jobs in Gulf
countries and India, through ae.TimesJobs.com.
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Advantages:-
Much faster than traditional modes of recruitment.
Access an dynamic pool of resumes.
Automated short-listing process cuts down hiring time by over 65%.
E-recruitment is experiencing phenomenal growth, according to the
Recruitment Confidence Index (RCI) e-recruitment special. Almost 50%
of employers now go on-line to fill their vacancies – nearly three times the
number who used the internet three years ago.
Newspaper advertisements may have worked to find top talent in the past
but Internet recruitment sites are where the skilled individuals of the
present and future are looking for jobs.
Gaining occasional candidates for free by ensuring the e-recruitment
website is easily found from the front page of the corporate website
E-recruitment can produce cashable savings.
Retaining speculative and star candidates for the future, and then
contacting them when an appropriate vacancy is advertised effectively
generating applicants for free.
Reduced Administration
Allows line managers to view applications online and seamless transfer of
candidate information to employee records.
Time becomes an issue and you need to minimize time-to-hire or else face
the risk of losing good candidates to competitors.
Reach a wide/niche pool of applicants
Offer access to vacancies 24 hours a day, 7 days a week reaching a global
audience
Help handle high volume job applications in a consistent way
Provide more tailored information to the post and organization.
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Times Business Solution Ltd. caters peoples all time requirements, such as
getting married (SimplyMarry.com), to printing their personal classified
ads across media houses in the country (Ads2Book.com) to buying their
dream home or choicest commercial property (MagicBricks.com) and their
professional requirements by finding them their perfect job through India's
leading e-recruitment services (TimesJobs.com).
It also includes YoList.com - an online classified solution,
PeerPower.com, an exclusive senior professional networking site and Brix
Research - the knowledge wing of MagicBricks.com. With effect from 1st
August 2006, Times Business Solutions, and its brands, became a wholly
owned subsidiary under the BCCL umbrella, as a separate legal entity.
Businesses are in:
Publications, Finance, Music, Retailing, Media, Radio, Internet products, Events,
Charitable Trusts, Education.
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www.apa.co.in in 2005.
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Most recently in October 2009, TimesJobs Global Connect was launched that enabled
users to link all their professional online identities and work to their TimesJobs.com
resume. A candidate can link their chat ID's, professional profiles, websites, blog
links, embed work samples, etc. in their TimesJobs.com Resume.
Network of timesjobs.com all over the globe
TimesJobs.com is the fastest growing and most innovative Indian online recruitment
portal, was born with a mission to reach out to all Indians in the country and abroad
and provide them with the best career opportunities available. Their prime focus is to
ensure that the person's skills are showcased and matched suitably with the HR
requirements of employers from diverse industries, in a time saving and cost-efficient
manner. Its concentrated approach has made TimesJobs.com the blue-eyed boy of
recruiters and aspirants alike.
TimesJobs.com is India’s No.1 recruitment portal in India, with the largest number of
active job seekers and a database of over 8.5 million candidates. In addition, the
massive database of over two hundred thousand better paying jobs available from
over 20,000 recruiters, including blue-chip companies from India and abroad, ensures
that the search always yields results. Timesjobs.com is famous all over the glove; one
of the main reasons behind the popularity of it is following.
Ability to reach a larger audience of candidates: Online employment sites give
exposure to millions of qualified job seekers, in the same town, in nearby cities and in
locations within commuting distance across the country making it easier to reach the
best candidates locally as well as nationally, any time, day or night. Greater
productivity in recruiting efforts & Shorter lead time: Recruitment efforts are
constantly monitored on “cost of hire” and “time to hire” based parameters. Online
career sites allow employers to post job ads any time with flexibility, and screen
resumes rapidly. Openings can be advertised and resumes are received within hours.
In addition, saved searches can be used to identify resumes matching the openings.
Finally, the organizational function enables recruiters2 to evaluate a large number of
candidates and select the best prospects.
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Job posting capabilities: It helps the corporate to post a compelling job description on
site and maintain it for a long time at low cost.
Resume search capability: Ability to use filters and shortlist desirable candidates from
a large pool very easily.
Connecting with right candidate: As online career sites give the ability to include
more detail about the skills and experience required, corporate are free to write a more
targeted, effective job description which otherwise is missing in the newsprint given
the prohibitive costs. A detailed description enable corporate to pinpoint on qualified
candidates and generate more meaningful responses, helping to ensure that the first
hire is the right hire. Advantage to job seekers: It helps the job seekers to identify the
best job fit and apply only to those. Larger, more detailed, more visible
advertisements: Online employment sites give more space for money while
newspaper ads are sold at a cost per line of copy. A newspaper posting typically runs
for one or two days while an online job posting for around 30 days.
After 2004, the fastest growing and most innovative Indian online recruitment portal,
have a mission to reach out to all Indians in the country and abroad and provide them
with the best career opportunities available. Their prime focus is to ensure that the
person's skills are showcased and matched suitably with the HR requirements of
employers from diverse industries, in a timesaving and cost-efficient manner. Its
concentrated approach has made TimesJobs.com the blue-eyed boy of recruiters and
aspirants alike.
TimesJobs.com is India’s No.1 recruitment portal in India, with the largest number of
active job seekers and a database of over 8.5 million candidates. In addition, the
massive database of over two hundred thousand better paying jobs available from
over 20,000 recruiters, including blue-chip companies from India and abroad, ensures
that the search always yields results.
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TimesJobs.com has achieved the distinction of becoming India's No.1 Recruitment
Portal in India with the largest number of active job-seekers and a database of over
8.5 million candidates. In addition, the massive database of over two hundred
thousand better paying jobs available from more than 25,000 TimesJobs.com clients,
including blue-chip companies from India and abroad, ensures that the search always
yields results.
The following result is showing the change in hiring percentage, change in
replacement hiring will happen; new jobs will be created, from December 2008 to
June 2009. The maximum percentage changes in nothing means in December 2008
14.3% of job seeker has placed nowhere while this percentage has changed in june
2009 and is reduced upto 3.3%. this shows the dedication of timesjobs.com towards
the jobseekers and shows the network where the placement has done. The percentage
in new job will be created also increased from 38% to 45% from December 2008 to
june 2009.it also shows thw network where the new jobs are created. Without network
it is not possible to increase this percentage upto this level.
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A brief idea shows the following data; the viewer’s numbers, number of job seekers
registration, job applications per month, live job postings, new resumes daily, page
views per month from all over the globe.
150 million page views per month
250,000 unique visitors daily
7.5 million + registered job seekers
20,000+ new resumes daily
5 million job applications per month
Over 20,000+ clients across the globe
2 Lakh+ live job postings
Timesjobs.com is a website that ranks 2,065 in Alexa. timesjobs.com is ranked on
position 1,277 within com and has 630 back links according to Alexa. The network of
timesjobs.com is in almost all the sectors of the organization. It covers Jobs in India,
Gulf and International - Search sales jobs, marketing jobs, IT jobs, part time jobs,
finance jobs for fresher, executive and other levels. Find online jobs, employment,
vacancy, careers in India. Register and apply jobs online for free.
The Website Title shows : Jobs in India, Search Online Jobs, Employment, Vacancy,
Careers in India - TimesJobs.com
The Website Description shows : Jobs in India, Gulf and International - Search sales
jobs, marketing jobs, IT jobs, part time jobs, finance jobs for fresher, executive and
other levels. Find online jobs, employment, vacancy, careers in India. Register and
apply jobs online for free.
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The history of timesjobs.com shows its network, started from india and now a days it
has covered all the world. To expand its network timesjobs.com organized job fair
time to time and till date is has organized 400 plus job fairs all over the globe.
Jan 2004 - Launched www.timesjobs.com as a recruitment vertical
Mar 2004 - Pioneered India's First Job Fair in Delhi. The fair was an
overwhelming success with over 3,000 registrations/footfalls
Aug 2004 - Continuing the Job Fair tradition, The First Jumbo Job fair was
held in Delhi in association with ITPO.
Aug 2005 - Launched www.timesmatri.com, a matrimonial vertical
Sep 2005 - Launched Times Recruitment Services (TRS), an offline placement
consultancy business to fulfill the job requirements of Timesjobs candidates.
Apr 2006 - Relaunched Smarthire (erstwhile TRS) as a complete recruitment
solutions enterprise for corporates.
Apr 2006 - Launches Timesjobs Gulf http://ae.timesjobs.com/ site to tap the
Middle East market requirements
Mar 2007 - Goodlife World was launched in Delhi NCR. Goodlife is an offline
retail model which pulls customer traffic to the various websites and provides
a revenue opportunity for the online products. This also promotes better
penetration in smaller towns and low internet penetration markets.
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(ii) History
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The Times Of India was founded on November 3, 1838 as The Bombay Times and
Journal of Commerce, during the British Raj. Published every Saturday and
Wednesday, The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce was launched as a bi-
weekly edition. It contained news from Britain and the world, as well as the
Subcontinent. The daily editions of the paper were started from 1850 and in 1861, the
Bombay Times was renamed The Times of India. In the 19th century this newspaper
company employed more than 800 people and had a sizable circulation in India and
Europe. It was after India's Independence that the ownership of the paper passed on to
the then famous industrial family of Dalmiyas and later it was taken over by Sahu
Shanti Prasad Jain of the Sahu Jain group from Bijnore, UP.
India's press in the 1840s was a motley collection of small-circulation daily or weekly
sheets printed on rickety presses. Few extended beyond their small communities and
seldom tried to unite the many castes, tribes, and regional subcultures of India. The
Anglo-Indian papers promoted purely British interests. Robert Knight (1825–1892)
was the principal founder and the first editor of the Times.
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The son of a son of a London bank clerk from the lower-middle-class, Knight proved
a skilled writer and passionate reformer. Knight helped create a vibrant national
newspaper industry in British India. When the Sepoy Mutiny erupted, Knight was
acting editor of the Bombay Times and Standard. He broke with the rest of the
English language press (which focused on Indian savagery and treachery) and instead
blamed the violence on the lack of discipline and poor leadership in the army. That
angered the Anglo community, but attracted the Times's Indian shareholders, who
made him the permanent editor. Knight blasted the mismanagement and greed of the
Raj, attacking annexation policies that appropriated native lands and arbitrarily
imposed taxes on previously exempt land titles, ridiculing income taxes, and exposing
school systems that disregarded Indian customs and needs. Knight led the paper to
national prominence. In 1860, he bought out the Indian shareholders and merged with
the rival Bombay Standard, and started India's first news agency. It wired Times
dispatches to papers across the country and became the Indian agent for Reuters news
service. In 1861, he changed the name from the Bombay Times and Standard to the
Times of India. Knight fought for a press free of prior restraint or intimidation,
frequently resisting the attempts by governments, business interests, and cultural
spokesmen.
The first edition appears on November 3, 1838 known as "The Bombay Times and
Journal of Commerce", later to be known as “The Times of India “.
The first edition appears on November 3, 1838 known as "The Bombay Times and
Journal of Commerce". The issue is published twice a week. Dr. J.E. Brennan the first
editor also Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. Rs 30/- is the annual subscription.
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1846
The newspaper experiences proprietary changes and Dr. George Brit appointed editor.
1850
Shareholders decide to increase the share capital and the paper converted into a daily
1855
Telegraph Services opens up in India shortly afterwards, the paper signs an
agreement with Reuters for raising news coverage and lowering
subscritption rates. That old tie was renewed in 2006 with the pact between
TIMESNOW & Reuters
1861
Editor Robert Knight amalgamates The Bombay Times, Bombay
Standard and Bombay Telegraph & Courier to form 'The Times
of India' and gives it a national character.
1880
The Times of India Weekly edition
launched.The Times of India weekly edition
launched, to meet the need for a weekend
paper. This later came to be known as the
Illustrated Weekly of India in 1923.The
Times of India Weekly edition launched.
1890
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Editor Henry Curwen buys TOI in partnership with Charles Kane.
1892
Following the death of Henry Curwen,
T. J. Bennett becomes the editor and
enters into a partnership with F.M.
Coleman to form a joint stock company
- Bennett, Colemen & Co. Ltd. (BCCL).
1902
The paper moves in to its current office opposite
CST. It started out at the Parsi Bazar and then moved
on to Churchgate where things got so bad that editor
Bennett had to complete his editorial elsewhere after
the ceiling fan collapsed in his room.
1907
Editor Stanley Reed revolutionises news production by
extending the deadline to midnight. Until then any news that
came in after 5pm was held over for the next day. TOI's first
price war under editor Stanley Reed: price cut from 4 annas to 1
anna; circulation rises 5 times.
1923
Evening News of India launched
1929
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The Times Of India Illustrated Weekly renamed. The Illustrated Weekly Of India
1930
The Column "Bombay 100 Years ago" published
1930
The Column "Bombay 100 Years ago" published First movie review published
1940
First time news items appeared on the front page
1946
For the first time the paper transfers to Indian ownership. Seth Ramakrishna
Dalmia buys out Bennett, Coleman & Co.Ltd. for Rs. 2 crores.
1948
Sahu Jain Group become the owners of the company.
Shanti Prasad Jain is the first Chairman of the group
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1950
Navbharat Times launched
The TOI Crest changes from the lions to elephants
Dharmayug, Hindi weekly pictorial magazine launched
Frank Moraes succeeded Ivor Jehu to become the first Indian
editor (1950-57)R K Laxman’s common man cartoon starts.
1952
Filmfare- first film magazine in English launched
1959
Femina- first women’s magazine in English launched
1961
The Economic Times launched
1962
Maharashtra Times launched
1965
Femina Miss India contest started.
1987
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Printing of The Times of India from Kandivili Press in Mumbai.
1988
Times of India completes 150
years. Special stamp released by
P &
1991
BBC features Times of India
among world's six great
newspapers
1994
Bombay Times, the sassy colour supplement
that chronicles the changing lifestyle mores of a
globalising city is launched.
1996
Times of India carry its first colour photograph. Times of India crosses 1 million mark
in circulation.
1998
BCCL enters into music market with Times Music.
1999
Indiatimes.com launched
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1999
BCCL enters music retailing business with Planet M and radio broadcasting business
with Radio Mirchi
2000
TOI crosses the 2 million mark in circulation.
2001
TOI goes all color and storms Delhi by being
"Number One"
2003
President APJ Abdul Kalam visits TOI to inaugurate Times Foundation
2004
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Times Group Intranet launched. Launch of the jobs portal Times Jobs
http://www.timesjobs.com.
TimesJobs.com pioneered the concept of job fairs in India, branded as ‘Big Leap’.
2005
MT – Largest read Marathi Newspaper in Mumbai – IRS
survey
TOI – Goes daily full colour
Mumbai Mirror launched
TimesMatri.com - Launched in August - re-launched as
SimplyMarry.com in December 2006.
2006
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TIMES NOW – TV News Channel launched
ET – first newspaper available on cell phone
Mumbai Mirror – Afternoon edition launched
Offers Mumbai Mirror or Maharashtra Times as complimentary copy with TOI at a
price of Rs.4/- TOI – The only English language daily to feature among the top 10
with a readership of 131.4 lakhs- IRS Survey by Hansa ResearchTimes
Group MD, Mr Vineet Jain awarded the scroll of honour for being the
new age media guru - Hero Honda Indian TV Academy AwardsTimescape the Times
Group Intranet portal re-launched - now powered by SAP Netweaver BCCL goes live
on SAP systemMagicBricks.com – launched in October 2006 targets the Online Real
Estate Space Smart Hire – launched April 2006, is witnessing stupendous growth with
its focus on providing organisations with end-to-end recruitment solutions.
Ads2Book.com – The World’s Only Global Ad Booking Engine - Relaunched in
August 2006With intensive R&D, the Net-2-Print classifieds booking system
Ads2Book.com was created and imbued with AI (artificial intelligence) that assisted
users through the entire process of Creating, Booking & Paying for their Print
Classified Ads, all from the comfort of their desktop.
2007
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TOI – the Indian Corporate Elite’s No. 1 newspaper - A CNielsen Report
What’s Hot- a new weekly magazine delivered free with TOI on every Friday
Times Group bags 5 gold and 1 silver at the ABBY Awards
TOI prints 2 city editions., one at 11pm and second 12.30 am
BCCL wins SAP ACE 2007 Awards for Customer Excellence in the best
media sector implementation The Economic Times- Gujarati Edition launched
Good Life World - launched April 2007is the future of Internet in India, the
concept of ‘Click & Brick’ is just the right impetus the Online Industry needs,
as users are either to busy to log on to the net for their personal needs or are
not savvy enough and need help. The Good Life World Centre allows users to
access the services offered by Times Business Solutions’ portals from the
Centre and make offline payments for online services, thus ensuring ease of
access and complete financial security.
History of job portals
The Online Career Center launched in 1993 as a non-profit organization backed by
forty major corporations as a system for job hunters to store their resumes within the
databases as well as for recruiters to post job openings to the databases.[1]
In 1994 Robert J. McGovern began NetStart Inc. as software sold to companies for
listing job openings on their Web sites and manage the incoming e-mails those listings
generated. After an influx of two million dollars in investment capital [2] he then
transported this software to its own web address, at first listing the job openings from
the companies who utilized the software.[3] NetStart Inc. changed its name in 1998 to
operate under the name of their software, CareerBuilder.[4] The company received a
further influx of seven million dollars from investment firms such as New Enterprise
Associates to expand their operations.[5]
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Six major newspapers joined forces in 1995 to list their classified sections online. The
service was called CareerPath.com and featured help-wanted listings from the Los
Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, the New York Times, San Jose
Mercury News and the Washington Post.[6]
The industry attempted to reach a broader, less tech-savvy base in 1998
when Hotjobs.com attempted to buy a Super Bowl spot, but Fox rejected the ad for
being in poor taste. The ad featured a janitor at a zoo sweeping out the Elephant cage
completely unbeknownst to the animal. The elephant sits down briefly and when it
stands back up, the janitor has disappeared. The ad meant to illustrate a need for those
stuck in jobs they hate, and offer a solution through their Web site.[7] Hotjobs.com promplty fired the advertising agency who created the ad.[8]
Monster.com gambled on a 1999 Super Bowl ad. CEO Jeff Taylor authorized three 30
second spots for a total of four million dollars.[9] The ad which featured children
speaking like adults, drolly intoning their dream of working at various dead-end jobs
to humorous effect were far more popular than rival Hotjobs.com ad about a security
guard who transitions from a low paying security job to the same job at a fancier
building.[10]Monster.com was elevated to the top spot of online employment sites.[11] Hotjobs.com's ad wasn't as successful, but it gave the company enough of a boost
for its IPO in August.[12]
After being purchased in a joint venture by Knight Ridder and Tribune Company in
July[13], CareerBuilder absorbed competitor boards CareerPath.com and then
Headhunter.net which had already acquired CareerMosaic. Even with these aggressive
mergers CareerBuilder still trailed behind the number one employment site
Jobsonline.com, number two Monster.com and number threeHotjobs.com.[14]
Monster.com made a move in 2001 to purchase Hotjobs.com for $374 million
in stock, but were unsuccessful due to Yahoo's unsolicited cash and stock bid of $430
million late in the year. Yahoo had previously announced plans to enter the job board
business, but decided to jump start that venture by purchasing the established brand.[15] By August 2002, Monster.com posted a loss of $504 million forcing COO James
Treacy to resign.[16]
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History of timesjobs.com
In January 2004, TimesJobs.com, the fastest growing and most innovative Indian
online recruitment portal, was born with a mission to reach out to all Indians in the
country and abroad and provide them with the best career opportunities available. Its
focus was to ensure their skills were showcased and matched suitably with the HR
requirements of employers from diverse industries, in a timesaving and cost-efficient
manner. Its concentrated approach has made TimesJobs.com the blue-eyed boy of
recruiters and aspirants alike.
The domain name timesjobs.com was first registered on December 13, 2002. This
Google Page Rank 0/10 website has a Traffic Estimate rank of 1,133 with an
estimated 6,907,900 monthly visits. According to Alexa, Timesjobs has a worldwide
rank of 2,052, is ranked 111 in India, and has 630 external websites linking to it. The
top categories for timesjobs.com include Employment / Directories. Timesjobs.com
targets these keywords and phrases with their SEO: "tech jobs, technical jobs, it jobs,
software jobs, it openings."
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TimesJobs.com pioneered the concept of job fairs in India, branded as 'Big Leap',
which have become the industry standard for facilitating direct interaction of
jobseekers and employers. The first such event was conducted at the Delhi Public
School, R K Puram, New Delhi on March 21, 2004, which had 10 clients offer on-the-
spot jobs to over 10,000 jobseekers who walked in over the 2 days of the event.
TimesJobs.com conducted its first 'Jumbo', Job Fair christened according to its
mammoth scale, spanning across sectors such as Hospitality, Airlines, HR
Consultancy, Retail, Insurance, Banking & Finance, Telecom, IT & ITeS, Education,
etc in May 2004, at the Pragati Maidan, which saw over 60 clients and 1-lakh
jobseekers. Jumbo is a bi-annual event at Pragati Maidan, and draws crowds, similar
to the IITF, and Auto Expo. We are also encouraging the 'Reverse Brain Drain' and
have conducted Job Fairs in the US.
As part of our CSR activities, TimesJobs.com also forged alliances with The Indian
Army - TimesJobs.com was the only website with the wherewithal and credentials to
tie up with their placement agencies. TimesJobs.com collaborated with the Indian
Army Placement Agency (APA), to leverage the skills of the retiring army personnel
in facilitating their entry into the corporate world, and successfully established the
website solution - www.apa.co.in in 2005.
In February 2006, the company launch of its Gulf portal, ae.TimesJobs.com,
becoming the first Indian job site with an international footprint. The Gulf portal is
intended as a platform where companies based in Bahrain, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya,
Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE, converge with talent from India to satisfy their
HR requirements. Not only that, residents of this region can apply for jobs in Gulf
countries and India, through ae.TimesJobs.com.
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Most recently in October 2009, TimesJobs Global Connect was launched that enabled
users to link all their professional online identities and work to their TimesJobs.com
resume. A candidate can link their chat ID's, professional profiles, websites, blog
links, embed work samples, etc. in their TimesJobs.com Resume.
(iv)Key Events and Milestones
Timesjobs has been an achiever since its inception. There has been major key events
which timesjobs.com conducted and there are also various milestones which it passed.
Not very old but it showed its competitor that having a great database and
concentrated team can easily climb the ladder of success..
Here are some of the key events(through some of the news reports) which are
highlighted carried out by timesjobs.com. Timesjobs has been constantly carrying out
job fairs in different cities all across the country.
Now let us have a view on all the event region wise:
(i) North Region
Wipro, HCL and many more companies in a Jumbo
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Hiring Mode in Delhi
Much awaited Jumbo Job and Education Fair attracted more than 25,000 job seekersat
the stall of odd 20 employers across Delhi.And the jobs were offered at the spot.
Surprised! Yes they were. Read it India teamwas available at the moment when
candidates who got the job were exclaiming withpleasure.
Vyapak Kaushik was offered a 2 Lakh per annum job by Wipro BPO, Shakeel
wasoffered 1 Lakh 45 Thousand by HCL BPO and Rohit was offered 2 Lakh by
Wipro BPO as technical Support Engineer.
Anurag Karol of Timesjobs.com said , “Due to recession the number of
companiesattending the job fair has gone down but in a recession-hit time 35 is still
asignificant number. There have been about 1500 on-the-spot job offers. We
havewitnessed job-seekers not only from Delhi and NCR area but also from other
stateslike Haryana, UP and Punjab.”
Jumbo Fair attracted even the foreign recruiters like KOTRA and the list consists
ofimpressive recruiters like ICICI Home Finance Limited, MagicBricks.com,
HCLTechnologies, Wipro, SIMTECH etc.
Sung Wook Cha, Director of Korea Trade Investment Promotion Agency told
“Wehave received good response and collected more than 500 Resumes in last
threedays. KOTRA is looking for engineering candidates in all domains. The average
salary in a Korean company is in the range of US$ 30,000 per annum. Korea
offersexposure to latest technologies apart from a high quality of life and significant
TaxBenefits to qualified individuals.”
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Pankaj Karnawal, whose company Carpedium helps students to study in
Singaporeand find jobs overseas told “ Their have been above average response of
thecandidates and we were able to get good Return on our investment in Delhi
JumboJob and Professional Education Fair 2009. Singapore offers quality education
atsignificantly low prices and the chances of getting a job abroad are significantly
high.
Most students recover their 85% tution fee by doing a simultaneous job/
paidinternship.”
Thus Delhi Jumbo Job and Professional Education Fair 2009 is a big success in a
timewhen recession has hit hard and most companies have no mood to hire.
The TimesJobs.com (or Times Business Solutions Limited) spokesman said, “This
Joband Education fair is one of the relentless commitments of Timesjobs.com to
bringemployees and employers at a single convenient platform to exchange jobs
andtalent. More hiring and more jobs is on the core agenda of the governments, and
isthe key to eject out of the recession.” He added ,“Seeing the response from
theemployers, we are quite hopeful of end of the recession in next 1-2 years”.
TimesJobs.com Multi-Industry Job Fair at Delhi is a Huge Success
Witnesses over 5,000 Walk-ins with more than 164 on-the-spot jobs offers
The Multi-Industry Job Fair organized by TimesJobs.com in New Delhi gave another
reason to celebrate the New Year with the fair witnessing an over-whelming response
from job seekers and companies, across the region. The two-day fair held on 31 Jan
and 1st Feb ‘09, witnessed over 5,000 job seekers walk-in, and pick up over 164 on-
the-spot job offers with another 350 candidates shortlisted for a second round of
interviews with the 8 corporates participating at the fair.
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Participating companies spanned across industries including IT, ITeS, Education,
Insurance and Banking sectors.
(ii) East region
Kolkata: Timesjobs.com, a portal of Bennet, Coleman and Company Limited, is
organising a two-day job fairat City Centre, Salt Lake. The fair will conclude on
Sunday.
SBA consultants, one of the participating companies, is the associate sponsor for the
event. A total of 18companies, like Shiv Vani Oil and Gas, Wipro BPO, Arkensoft,
Tata AIG, IVY Professional School and otherreputed BPO and consultancy
companies, are participating in the fair.
Hundreds of freshers just out of collage eagerly stood in a queue just to enter the fair.
The job seekers registeredtheir names with several companies and enquired about job
opportunities there.
“The fair has a good line up of reputed BPO and KPO firms,” said Amartya Mitra, a
job seeker.
Over 2,500 jobs — including ITeS, professional services, education and other streams
— will be on offer for
candidates during those two days. “Our endeavour is to bring first-class corporates to
recruit candidates from
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Kolkata for all functions and levels. We have always believed that this city offered
top-end talent,” VivekMadhukar, VP, TimesJobs.com said, Corporates will look for
experienced MBA, MCA, BCA, BE/BTech, ME/MTech, MA, CA, BBA, BSc,
BCom,BA and those with degrees in hotel management, fresh graduates and
undergraduates. Participating companiesinclude reputed names like SBA Consultants,
First Source, Arkanesoft Technologies, Arabinda Bose Institute ofManagement, Tata
AIG, Shivvani Oil & Gas Exploration, i-Brainz Infotech, IVY Management School,
RadioMirchi, Prosper Consultants & Incoda TV.
(iii) Southern Region
TimesJobs.com, Bangalore BPO Job Fair witnesses over 4,000 walk-ins
TimesJobs.com, the pioneer of Job Fairs in India conducted the TimesJobs.com BPO
Job Fair in Bangalore on 13 & 14 Jun 2009 with thousands of job aspirants queuing
up at the venue to meet prospective recruiters.
Clutching multiple copies of their resumes, the never-ending queue and the sultry
weather seemed inconsequential to over 4,000 jobseekers who came to St Joseph
Boys High School on Museum Road in Bangalore to find their dream job.
The TimesJobs.com’s Bangalore BPO Job Fair provided excellent opportunities to
jobseekers to meet face-to-face and apply to corporates across BPO/ITeS Industries.
The two-day event saw over 150 jobseekers walk out with on-the-spot offers and
another 200+ candidates shortlisted by participating recruiters, that included the
reputed brands of IBM, Infosys, Ernst & Young, 24/7, Cross Domain, Aditya Birla
Minacs, hiring the best talent from across the region for various processes, functions
and levels.
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One of the participating recruiters, Ms. Nandita Das of Cross Domain, said,
"TimesJobs.com’s BPO Job Fair was a successful and enriching event for us. We have
had 1,500+ candidates register with us, out of which we selected 40 candidates over
the two days.”
TimesJobs.com Campus Job Fair at Dr M.G.R University
TimesJobs.com in association with Dr M.G.R University conducted this year’s first
campus job fair at the University Campus in Maduravoyol, Chennai. With more than
25 companies across sectors participating the event attracted jobseekers, not only
from Chennai, but locations as far as Vellore, Kerala & even Bangalore!
On the first day alone, more than 3000 candidates walked-in to meet with companies
recruiting for sectors across Manufacturing, IT Software & Hardware, BPO,
Marketing & Sales.
The excellent facilities provided at the venue by the College ensured that even with
the large footfalls candidates were able to meet the companies of their choice, in time
& the companies were also able to process candidates faster.
The turnout was so good was that Easy Group Director Mr Daniel Jacob remarked "I
am happy about this event, I have shortlisted around 500 qualified candidates"
Over 300 jobs were offered on the spot, with another 800 + candidates were
shortlisted, for a second round of job interviews, with reputed names including Accel
Frontline,STC Technologies, R.R.Donnely, HCl, Sitel, PHA Manufacturing,
Sutherland, Nokia, Samsung, Ford India, Drasis solutions, AMS Infotech, Easy
Group, Mercury Software & Technologies, Pranna, MD India, Vertex Solutions, Bajaj
Capital, Ameks Infotech,Naraiuran Controls(India) Pvt Ltd, Esther Consultancy
Service, AMS Infotech.
(iv) Western Region
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More than 1,500 job-seekers given spot-offers & shortlisted over the 2 day event
TimesJobs.com.com, the pioneer of Job Fairs in India conducted a Multi-Brand Job
Fair in Pune on 28 & 29 March 2009 with thousands of job aspirants queuing up at
the venue to meet prospective recruiters. Clutching multiple copies of their resumes,
the never-ending queue or the sultry weather seemed inconsequential to those who
were at the Symbiosis School, Lane No. 15, Prabhat Road, Pune to utilize this
opportunity.
The TimesJobs.com’s Pune Multi Brand Job Fair provided an excellent opportunity to
jobseekers to apply to corporates across IT, Engineering ITeS & Education sectors, all
under the same roof. The two-day event saw over 7,000 jobseekers visiting
participating recruiters, that included, Aegis BPO, WNS, Teleman, Stream, ISMT
Ltd., Matrix Consultants, Gravity HR, WIBs, Enthuse Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Wipro
BPO, eClerx, Symphonix Active Calling, Allsec Technologies, 24 o 7, among others,
hiring the best talent from across industries for various functions and levels.
TimesJobs.com Mumbai BPO Job Fair Witnesses Over 3,328 Walk-ins
(Over 1,525 candidates short-listed and 249 jobs offered on the spot) 7th & 8th feb
2009
February 20, 2009 --(PR.com)-- TimesJobs.com, The pioneer of Job Fairs in India,
held an Industry specific, TimesJobs.com BPO Job Fair at R.D National College,
Linking Road, Bandra (West), Mumbai and witnessed an over-whelming response
from over 3,328 jobseekers, 1,798 on 1st day and 1,530 on 2nd day, walk in from
across the region. The two-day event was held over the weekend in Mumbai, and
witnessed 249 on-the-spot job offers and 1,525 candidates shortlisted by the 12+
reputed companies participating at the fair.
Despite of being dubbed as the “TimesJobs.com BPO Job Fair”, companies from
various sectors including ITeS, KPO, Consultation, Education and Financial services
participated.
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Over 200 Candidates Get Their Dream Jobs at TimesJobs.com’s Medical
Transcription Job Fair in Bangalore
TimesJobs.com.com, the pioneer of Job Fairs in India conducted its Medical
Transcription Job Fair in Bangalore on 27 & 28 June 2009 at the Baldwin Boys High
school, Richmond Towan, Bangalore
Commenting on the TimesJobs.com Medical Transcription Job Fair in Bangalore,
Venkatesh GM- Head HR Pradot Technologies, said, " TimesJobs.com’s Medical
Transcription Job Fair was a successful and enriching event for us. We have had 600+
Candidates registered with us and have made 35 offers & 60+ shortlists in 2 days.
This Job Fair provided an excellent opportunity to jobseekers to apply to corporates in
Medical Transcription Industry and recruiters includes industry leaders such as, CBay
Systems, Aditya Birala Minacs and Pradot Technologies.
Eager Jobseekers awaiting their dream jobs at TimesJobs.com’s Medical Transcription
Job Fair held recently in Bangalore
(iv)Brand Identity
What is identity?
To appreciate the meaning of this significant concept in brand management, we shall
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begin by considering the many ways in which the world is used. For example, we
speak identity cards - personal, non-transferable document which tell in a few words
that are, what our name is and what distinguishable features we have that can be
instantly recognized. We also hear of identity of opinion between several people,
meaning that they have an identical point of view.
In terms of communication, this second interpretation of the word suggests brand
identity is the common element sending a single message amid the wide variety of its
products, actions and slogans. This is important since the more the brand expands and
diversifies, the more customers are inclined to feel that they are, in fact, dealing with
several different brands rather than a single one. If products and communication go
their separate ways, how can customers possibly perceive these different routes as
converging towards common aim and brand?
Speaking of identical points of view also raises the question of permanence and
continuity. As civil status and physical appearance change, identity cards get updated,
yet the fingerprint of their holders always remains the same. The identity concept
questions how time will affect the unique and permanent quality of the sender, the
brand or the retailer. In this respect, psychologists speak of the identity crisis which
adolescents often go through. When their identity structure is still weak, teenagers
tend to move from one role model to another. These constant shifts create a gap and
force the basic question: ‘What is the real me”?
Finally, in studies on social groups or minorities, we often speak of cultural identity.
In seeking an identity, they are in fact seeking a pivotal basis on which to hinge not
only their inherent differences but also their membership of a specific cultural entity.
Brand identity may be a recent notion, but many researchers have already delved into
the organizational identity of companies. There, the simplest verbal expression of
identity often consist in saying: “Oh yes, I see, but it’s not the same in our company!”.
In other words, corporate identity truly exists and that it is a coherent and unique
being with a history and a place of its own, different from others.
From these various meanings, we can infer that having an identity means being your
true self, driven by a personal goal that is both different from others and resistant to
change. Thus, brand identity will be clearly defined once the following questions are
answered:
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- What is the brand’s particular vision and aim?
- What makes it different?
- What need is the brand fulfilling?
- What is permanent nature?
- What are its value or values?
- What are the signs which make it recognizable?
These questions could indeed constitute the brand’s charter. This type of official
document would help better brand management in the medium term, both in terms of
form and content, and so better address future communication and extension issues.
Communication tools such as the copy strategy are essentially linked to advertising
campaigns, and so are only committed to the short term. There must be specific
guidelines to ensure that there is indeed only one brand forming a solid and coherent
entity.
Now talking about these points differently:
- What is the brand’s particular vision and aim?
Times Business Solutions has been constituted to be the "Life Interactive" arm of
the Times Group. We seek to provide our users with support, assistance, and
guidance throughout their life, with our interactive media. We do this by providing
innovative platforms for internet users across the globe to assist them in every
aspect of their lives. What make Timesjobs.com stand out from a number of
other available jobsites are our unique and most user-friendly services.
Timesjobs.com, constantly strive to make the online job-hunting experience even
better and more convenient. We recently launched the world's first Voice Resume
Service. The entire technology of this voice suite exclusively resides on
www.timesjobs.com portal. In order for the candidate to be a contender for
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positions across industries of various companies, the portal has a unique
functionality that it allows a job seeker to post multiple resumes. Candidates also
have the advantage of submitting three separate and industry-specific resumes.
Resumes are the critical factors that ensure candidates get interview calls. Magic
Resume' was launched to provide candidates with resumes that most competently
reflect their qualifications and experience, drawing upon the proficiency of
qualified HR experts for this process. As an extension of its core philosophy of
connecting aspirants to the job opportunity, TimesJobs.com commenced the
'Resume Zapper' service, which gives the candidate's resume direct access to over
1200 of the best placement consultants in India and abroad.
- What need is the brand fulfilling?
In January 2004, TimesJobs.com, the fastest growing and most innovative Indian
online recruitment portal, was born with a mission to reach out to all Indians in the
country and abroad and provide them with the best career opportunities available. Its
focus was to ensure their skills were showcased and matched suitably with the HR
requirements of employers from diverse industries, in a timesaving and cost-efficient
manner.
Its concentrated approach has made TimesJobs.com the blue-eyed boy of recruiters
and aspirants alike. TimesJobs.com, had achieved the distinction of becoming India's
No.1 recruitment portal in India in April 2007, with the largest number of active
jobseekers and a database of over 10 million candidates with over 20,000 new
resumes added every day, we offer one of the largest database of active jobseekers in
India today.
In addition, thousands of better paying jobs available from more than 25,000
TimesJobs.com clients, including blue-chip companies from India and abroad, ensures
that the search always yields results.
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- What makes it different?
In order to offer candidates effective contact points, TimesJobs.com, launched "Jobs
on Mobile", a mobile interface that allows the candidate to search, view, and apply for
jobs simply by SMSing "Jobs" to 58888. In addition, we introduced
[email protected] where Jobseekers can add [email protected] to their
Yahoo! Messenger or [email protected] to their Gtalk and search, view details
and apply to jobs directly through their chat window.
There is one more service called BCZ or Best Consultancy Zone.
In this those persons who directly want to get in contact with the consultants and get
the job can click in. After following the link the candidates have an access to different
consultants in different states.
If you want to build a great career, Timesjobs.com is the place to start. With a host of
amazing facilities and services to assist your job search, is no wonder that
Timesjobs.com is the best job site in the country. The best consultant zone is
bifurcated into several states zone wherein the persons can directly apply for the jobs
to the consultants. The consultants are given special microsite.
The Best Consultants Zone is yet another unique section of Timesjobs.com. Imagine
viewing hundreds of job openings presented by Top Recruitment Consultants of India
at a single page is so simple at this section !If you want to build a great career,
Timesjobs.com.
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-What are the signs which makes it recognizable?
The timesjobs.com belongs to the subsidiary of times group i.e times business
solution limited (TBSL). Observing trends of the declining drift of print against the
onslaught of the Internet and the consequent shift of advertisers, especially of the
classified kind, to the new interactive medium, the Times Group decided to embrace
this new medium rather than oppose it.
The objectives of this strategy were to provide audiences and advertisers products
and services on the Internet from The Times Group itself, thus reinforcing the position
as the country's leading media conglomerate.
A new internet division was formed under R. Sundar. Previously Director Response,
Director TOI Brand and later Director Corporate, BCCL, Sundar has funneled his
valuable expertise in print classifieds to leverage it into viable online businesses, as
the CEO of Times Business Solutions Limited.
We believe in carrying on our business in an ethical, transparent, honest and fair
manner. We operate in the spirit and letter of the law. Everything we do would stand
the test of public scrutiny. We respect our colleagues, customers and the societies we
operate in, and treat them as we want to be treated.
We are determined to be the best at doing what matters most. We believe in setting the
highest standards possible for our products, services and work. We are all leaders in
our areas of responsibility, and have a deep commitment to delivering results in our
domains. We continually develop capabilities, eliminate organisational barriers and
deliver on our leadership strategies.
The Best Consultants Zone is yet another unique section of Timesjobs.com. Imagine viewing
hundreds of job openings presented by Top Recruitment Consultants of India at a single page is
so simple at this section!
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CHAPTER 2
TRADE PROFILE
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(i) Function of the Company
Before discussing the function of the company it is importand to understand what
basically a job portal is and whatt all functional are it has. What all features are there
in a job portal and what all services an employer and an employee can take benefit of.
The fast growing technologies are making everything change just at a click.
Organizations are willing to have the same quick and fast process to hire resources
with ease and more effectively to get right candidate and for this purpose, they take
help of online job portals. There are certain things, which make Job Portal ideal place
for complete hiring process. Job Seekers Resume Database Access, Resume Search
Tools (Category, Experience, Keyword etc.), Job Posting/Long Term Visibility of Job
Posts, Sufficient/Unlimited/Customized space for Job description and other details,
Mass mailing to short listed candidates, Confidential Job Posting (Employers details
not visible if requested), Instance response from targeted job seekers, Automatic Job
Alerted to targeted job seekers, Cheaper hiring process, for all these special features
you can avail our services. FRONT END FEATURES OF A GENERAL JOB
PORTAL IS:
Completely configurable site colors, icons and graphics
Jobs are categorized into multilevel categories for convenient browsing
Front page display for job categories, front page featured jobs and latest jobs
Job category ordering can be configured to by admin or be set as alphabetic
Support for featured/paid job listings
Contact us form for getting feedback from visitors
Tell a friend system
Email verification (Can be switched on/off from admin panel)
Password retrieval system
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In built ad management system
Support for banner ads, text ads and affiliate ads.
Support for running google adwords
Features for job seeker:
Maintain multiple resumes
View, edit, duplicate and send resumes
Mark resumes as searchable
Mark resumes as confidential
Maintain multiple cover letters
Duplicate cover letters
Advanced search for jobs
Save search results
Search jobs based on keywords, categories, locations etc.
Apply for jobs online in real time
View Company profiles
Keep track of the jobs for which you applied
Define mail alerts for jobs
Profile management
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Feature for employers:
Maintain multiple company profiles
Post multiple job offers
Edit / Remove job offers
Make your job offers featured
Other paid features like making offers bold, highlight etc.
Keep track of the applications received
Remove applications
Post logo for premium employer listing
Activate the search resume facility by paying fee based on your requirements
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Timesjobs.com is an online recruitment company which facilitates to bridge the gap
between the employer and the job seeker. Timesjobs.com as any other job company
allows the candidates to allow the candidate as effective contact point for the
candidates and the employers. Its focus was to ensure their skills were showcased and
matched suitably with the HR requirements of employers from diverse industries, in a
timesaving and cost-efficient manner. Its concentrated approach has made
TimesJobs.com the blue-eyed boy of recruiters and aspirants alike. The function of
the company is very simple that anybody can upload the resume on the website i.e.
Timesjobs.com and on the other hand the recruiters can view the resume and shortlist
them as per their requirment.
After shortlisting them the company can send them e-mail, or can sms them on the
mobile number provided by them.
So, the basic funda lies in connecting the employer and the prospective employee.
Apart from these Timesjobs.com also provides various functions such as Jobtalk on
yahoo.com, building effective resume, career premium services, techgig and many
more. We should discuss these in explanation.
Nowadays no one wonders how Job Sites have taken over the recruitment space in
recent decades replacing all the conventional sources that were prominent in the pre-
Internet era. Internet has consolidated recruitment business applying advanced
technology which made the process of recruitment on the part of employers and job
search on the part of job seekers. In today’s world no authority, including
governmental, corporate, business, trade, human resource consulting, outsourcing and
any other, can neglect the omnipresence of the web in the process of human resource
augmenting.
When we analyze the world of job sites we can see great variety in characteristic
features and functionality, technology implementation, effectiveness, popularity, size
of business, type of business strategy, etc. There are mega sites which serve the
multinational markets and across all categories/industry segments, there are sites
which serve within a nation or region, there are sites which serve a particular
profession, industry, or job function.
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Jobs in India are available in almost every field. These jobs are always searched
amongst the National dailies for jobs all over India and for nearby places.
Candidates can stay in their native place and can find the right job in India through
different job portals. One can look for desired job in the field of finance, sales,
architecture, etc. Finance jobs in India are always available on the online job portals.
These are recently launched job providers. Almost all internet users try to find the
right job through these portals. This is because:
• Portals are readily available at our convenient time. We can update our resume even
at 12 in the night.
• Job portals suggest various job options as per the qualification and experience.
Candidate can search the right option and leave the rest.
• Candidates need not pay a single penny to these portals for their services. These
services are free of cost for applicants.
• Candidates can search for job in Hyderabad while sitting in Mumbai or some other
location. They just have to go to that place at the time of interview.
• Job portals help candidate to search job again and again and update resume time and
again to get better job options.
Many people are taking advantage of this option and getting the right Jobs in India as
per their experience. These portals are particularly more useful for the starters and
middle level managers because online job portals offer best jobs in these categories.
Of late,
some leading online job providers have also started giving options for upper level
management to satiate their thirst.
Architecture jobs, finance jobs in India, Sales Jobs in India and almost all jobs in
India are searched by the candidates to achieve the desired profile.
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People might not own a PC or an internet connection; then they can go to nearby
cyber café and search for suitable options through different online job portals. But
first you have to make a detailed resume and an email ID for the job providers to
respond to.
Applying for a job online or search for a potential candidate has become the order of
the day. Earlier the job posting was limited to newspapers. However, at present,
millions of people are using job portals to bag their dream job or hire a suitable
applicant. While the job aspirant get hold of the most lucrative job opportunities, the
employers make sure that they got the best possible individual with the help of these
jobs sites, employment sites, or job centre. As the trend of online recruitment is
getting popular day by day, each individual is compelled to try their luck in the
employment sites.
Job portal plays a very vital role in the job market and function as a bridge between
recruiters and job seekers. Software, IT, management, pharmacy and finance
companies were the sole users of job portals earlier; however, as time progresses,
people from all other sectors started posting jobs on such portals. There are certain
things, which make Job Portals an ideal place for complete hiring and recruiting
process. Recruiters can hire employees as per their requirements.
The best media to look for any opening within a firm are the online job portals. These
are the portals where all the relevant details related to a job can be visualized
thoroughly. Over here, the firms put in the complete details related to the job opening
like the educational qualifiactions required, key skills or talents needed, experience,
job description etc. When a prospective candidate visits the site, he tries to fit himself
in the job description provided and checks whether he really meets all the
requirements or not.
This way, through the online job portals, one can easily get the complete knowledge
of all the job openings to which he can apply. In the online job portals, there are
various
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categories under which jobs are posted. There are numerous jobs under each category
and so a person has various options to chose from. Moreover, the person always finds
the most appropriate jobs in India that he can apply to. This way, among so many jobs
in India, he can only apply to those which are the most appropriate and suitable.
TimesJob.com Login:
First of all you have to register yourself by providing necessary details to find the job
at TimesJob.com.
First enter your e-mail address, login id and password.
Then again enter your password for conformation.
Now enter your mobile number.
And upload your Resume.
Then correctly enter word verification.
Click on Proceed to Final Step.
Once you are registered for TimesJob.com, then login at TimesJob.com and check
status by entering your login id and password.
Some advance features of it :
*Drop Down menus on mouse over, from the Top Bar for Searching Jobs, My
TimesJobs.com, Job Fairs & Career Services, reducing the number of clicks job-
seekers has to make to take them to their destination
*Click to Log In - on the top right corner of the screen, causes a login box to appear
on the screen removing the need to open a new page for it.
*Visibility of the most used features of a jobsite – the search and registers functions
on the home page, have been given high prominence.
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*Browse Jobs – hidden just below the Search & Register function is a whole range of
options, waiting to be discovered - ranging across the most popular industries, to
browsing by function, level and location, all accessible by expanding the banner with
the “+” sign.
*The Fine Tune Search feature allows a jobseeker to fine-tune their search across a
host of options, from the left hand column, which clearly defines all the sub
categories, one after another, empowering job-seekers to filter and fine tune their
search. The options for fine tuning job searches range across Specialization, Work
experience, Industry, Date of posting and even Salary & Part time jobs. The beauty of
this feature is that the options are clearly described with the number of vacancies
mentioned in brackets alongside the results.
*TimesJobs.com Voice Resumes - TimesJobs.com also has the world’s first voice
resume service to its credit. The service is exclusively targeted at the Business Process
Outsourcing Industry in its first phase. Available as a seamless service on
www.TimesJobs.com, potential, and existing BPO employees can now “speak and
record” their resumes, including answering a few typical questions and read a
randomly system-chosen paragraph as part of their online resume. The entire
technology of this voice suite exclusively resides on www.TimesJobs.com portal.
*Sector specific Resumes - In order for the candidate to be a contender for positions
across industries of various companies, the portal has a unique functionality that is
imperative in today’s multi-tasking environment- it allows a job seeker to post
multiple resumes. Candidates also have the advantage of submitting three separate
and industry-specific resumes.
*Value Added Services - Resumes are the critical factors that ensure candidates get
interview calls. ‘Magic Resume’ was launched to provide candidates with resumes
that most competently reflect their qualifications and experience, drawing upon the
proficiency of qualified HR experts for this process. As an extension of its core
philosophy of connecting aspirants to the job opportunity, TimesJobs.com
commenced the ‘Resume Zapper’ service, which gives the candidate’s resume direct
access to over 1200 of the best placement consultants in India and abroad.
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*TimesJobs Mobile - In order to offer candidates another effective contact point,
TimesJobs.com, launched “TimesJobs Mobile” a mobile interface that allows the
candidate to search, view, and apply for jobs simply by SMSing “Jobs” to 58888.
*XpressHire - In the pursuit to provide the best and the most efficient recruitment
solutions to its clients, timesjobs.com launched xpresshire. A service that enables
recruiters to send SMS to targeted or even multiple candidates at a single click and
receive their responses and applications. Recruiters Can SMS & Receive Applications
from Job-Seekers Through timesjobs.Com.
* SMSing candidates is Easier and Faster
Contacting candidates through SMS is now easier than ever before. Now any one can
add upto 10,000 additional mobile numbers, This means that one can now save more
time but not repeating the same process over and over like client had to when there
was a limit of only adding 20 additional mobile numbers. This means that in less time,
one can contact more candidates. It is also known as Xpress Hire Service (SMS
Service).
* Cost Effective Additional User Licenses available as an Independent product With
the Additional User License product, you have the flexibility to choose the right
product according to your needs. For example: if you need an Additional User License
only for 2 months then you only need to pay for 2 months.
Additional User License is now an independent product which has its own start and
end date. Practically speaking, this means that you don’t need to depend on the expiry
of the main database product. Even if the main product is expired the Additional
License can be active.
Although you won’t be able to use it until the time that the main database service is
not active, on renewal of the main database, the account user who has the Additional
License service can use the database service straightaway.
A prominent feature is that you can always interchange between different Additional
Licenses or Default License service between your account users.
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Once the Additional License which you have allocated to your account user gets
expired and you have other Additional Licenses, you will be able to easily allocate
those licenses to your account users anytime you want.
Wooo Hooo!! Jobs live in just TWO minutes!!
Jobs posted can now be seen by candidates just a whopping TWO minutes later! As
your job post gets seen 2 minutes later, you can sit back and enjoy the visibility you
will get without missing a single viewer.
Making Job Postings more visible
Here’s how: When a candidate searches for a job, he/ she gets a list of every related
job pertaining to his search on the site. Under job posting are three links - one is for
the candidate to view other jobs that are related to their general job search, the second
option is for them to view more jobs by the same recruiter, and the final (and newest)
option is a combination of both the above and gives the candidate an option to view
similar jobs by the same recruiter. It is not recommended to account users to post
same job immediately after posting the very same job.
Maximized visibility to job postings
For all, who have job posts on TimesJobs, will allow them to view your job posts
from any browser, anytime and anywhere.
Some of the other benefits that candidates get with the all new TimesJobs toolbar is
that they can get shown matching jobs, visit TimesJobs with a single click, save their
previous searches, be kept informed about news headlines and happenings and more.
One who has posted his job on timesjobs can view it from anywhere just 10 minutes
later.
Quick show - Jobs live in 2 minutes
It’s just in 2 minutes and your job postings are ready to be seen by 24X7 by
candidates. Earlier it used to take time to make it visible to the candidates, but now
jobs posted can be viewed in a matter of just 2 minutes. Isn’t that great? Try it out
now and get immediate results.
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Ready to explore new TimesJobs home page?
New TimesJobs home page has much less button banners, animated images, etc and
therefore is much more eye-friendly to look at. You can find that now the ‘Search‘ &
‘Post Resume‘ section has much better visibility as well as there is now an option to
search for jobs in specific cities as well.
The recruiter section has now been given better visibility on the home page. So, if you
are one of those who cannot remember the hire site link from memory, all you will
need.
Functionalities of E-recruiters in Timesjobs.Com
Functionalities provided to employers:
Job Seekers Resume Database Access
Resume Search Tools (Category, Experience, Keyword etc.)
Job Posting/Long Term Visibility of Job Posts
Sufficient/Unlimited/Customized space for Job description and other details.
Mass mailing to short listed candidates
Confidential Job Posting (Employers details not visible if requested)
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Instance response from targeted job seekers.
Automatic Job Alerted to targeted job seekers.
Cheaper hiring process.
Help and Support.
Functionalities provided to job seekers:
Job Listing from every possible sector.
Job Search Tools (Category, Experience, Keyword, Salary, Place etc.)
Resume Posting/Customized Resume Services
Step-by-step guide for making resumes and valuables suggestions.
Group Apply to multiple selected jobs.
Job Alert Services according to the resume posted on website.
Job Application History and Interview/Walk-in Alerts
24*7 availability of service.
Multiple Resumes service, targeting multiple opportunities.
Help and Guidance, if needed.
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(iii) Working Model of the company
Timesjobs.com mainly in the business of providing consultancy solution for job and
resume services to the job seekers. The sales process is mainly done by selling resume
making facilities, cover letter facilities via there websites and also through their
offices in major cities across India. The companies also generate revenues by allowing
the employers to post jobs as per the requirements. Thus we can say that they operate
in both the domains of the business i.e. B2B as well as B2C. In B2B, the sale is
mainly done by approaching the prospective employer, and by convincing him that
they will provide the best of the talent for the vacancy the employer is having in the
company.
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The presales preparation is done by collecting in detail information about the
prospective employer, the type of work the organisation is performing, the level of
hierarchy, the compensation package offered by the employer to their employees, the
information about the offices the company is having the employee base and other
information. Opening of sales is done by contacting the HR personnel of the firm and
convincing him/her about the offer they are providing them. They provide attractive
offers to the companies like the quality database they are having, they provide the best
of the talent at the lowest price possible. They also provide discounts to the recruiters
for posting jobs in there websites for longer periods. If the recruiter finds the offer of
timesjobs.com representative effective and suitable for their company, the company
gives agreement for posting the job.
Sometimes the recruiter himself visits the site and searches the resume of the suitable
candidate on the website. But this facility is not free timesjobs.com also charges from
recruiters on account of letting them search the resume on the website.
In B2C scenario, the situation is bit different, the job seekers are not charged anything
for uploading there resume on the website. Timesjobs.com sells the resume making
services to the job seekers, by providing them customized resume making services.
Most of the job seekers purchase these services for having a better resume which can
impart a better image in front of the recruiters.
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Collecting in necessary informationabout the perspective employer.
Contacting the HR personnel of thefirm and fixing the appointmentwith him.
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Closing the sale by assuring therecruiter that timesjobs.com has the exact
Convincing him about the offerwhich timesjobs.com make with him.
Model showing working of Timesjobs.com
The above model is also showing the working model of the company. This is a model
which is showing how the job seeker is connected to the company or the employers
through the job portal. Placement consultants also use the job portal the same way as
the companies do.
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The job seeker has to register on the job site i.e. Timesjobs.com which is free of cost.
No cost is charged by job seeker for this purpose. He has to furnish various
information’s regarding himself which include his contact number and his e-mail id.
He has to register to the website through an e-mail id.
Now companies on the other hand, to gain an access to the database of the job seeker
has to pay to the company. This payment depends upon the term and kind of the
service. These services will be discussed later. Same is the case with the placement
consultants. He also has to pay for the database service. After this, they will get user
id and password. After using this user id and password they can have an access to the
database. Every access to the database has a 1+1 login system i.e. two persons can
login at a single time. After that they can shortlist candidates according to their
requirement.
Placement consultants do not recruit directly through companies but through
themselves. They also charge some amount of money from the job seeker. Leaving
this in the entire process the job seeker is not paying anything, but the amount is
charged only from the employers on different services used. This is the simple
working model on which timesjobs.com works. This can be bifurcated into several
sections such as:
Employee Section, Employer Section and HR Consultant section.
Employee Section
Registration
Resume upload in the specified format
Upload Video/ Audio Resumes – giving an extra edge to the deserving
candidates
References/Video References
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Advance search by keywords, location, job title, skill, industry, company,
profile
Interest list for Jobs and the option of posting resumes to the entire list in one
go
Option of tracking pervious applications
Creative Resume writing service (paid service)
Option of taking Industry endorsed tests for better employability and put them
on the personal web page along with the resume
Confidentiality feature to define privacy level eg block current employer from
accessing profile.
Access to Customer care
Spell Check facility for the resume
Interview Scheduler - an alert through the email or mobile phone
Employer Section
Registration
Online payment gateway
Contact candidates – individually, bulk, email, sms
Manage account like managing jobs, responses, folders, sub users, reports
and MIS.
View and download database with assessment scores in English, Soft skills
and industry specific modules and video resumes along with scanned copies of
relevant documents eg passport, salary slip, experience certificate.
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Shall be able to post Jobs on the portal with Add/ Update Delete options.
Add candidates to interest list and send them a mail in one go
Add/ Update corporate profile.
Shall be able to advertise to employees through links on the portal.
Interactive tutorial on how to use the Portal
Banner advertising
Shall be able to have Micro Sites
Company Video Profile
Track Posting Responses
HR Consultant Section
Registration/Online payment gateway
Contact candidates – individually, bulk, email, sms
Manage account like managing jobs, responses, folders, sub users, reports and
MIS.
View and download database with assessment scores in English, Soft skills
and industry specific, video resumes
Shall be able to post Jobs on the portal with Add/ Update Delete features.
Add candidates to interest list and send them a mail in one go.
Track Posting Responses
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(ii) Organizational Structure
Talking about the organizational structure first we have to see the corporate structure
of Times Group. Times Group is a conglomerate of various subsidiaries of which
Timesjobs.com is one, which come under Times Business Solution Limited (TBSL).
The other subsidiaries consist of:-
Times Business Solution Limited
Times Internet Limited
Times Infotainment Media Limited
Publishing Division
Entertainment and Retail Division
Times Global Broadcasting
World Wide Media
Now let us see every branch of the times group in explanation and what all sub-
branches they have.
Times Business Solution Limited Entertainment and Retail
Timesjobs.com Times Music
Magicbricks.com Mopix Animation
Simplymarry.com Times Wellness
Ads2book.com Times Multimedia
Peerpower.com
Yolist.com
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Publishing Division Times Global Broadcsting
The Times of India News Channel- TimesNow
The Economic Times Business News- ET Now
Navbharat Times Entertainment Channel- Zoom
Maharashtra Times
Sandhya Times
Vijay Times
World Wide Media Times Infotainment Limited
Femina Mirchi Movies Limited
Filmfare Radio Mirchi
Topgear Times Internrt Limited
Grazia indiaimes.com
Others 58888
Times of Money
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In a hierarchical organisation employees are ranked at various levels within the
organisation, each level is one above the other. At each stage in the chain, one person
has a number of workers directly under them, within their span of control. A tall
hierarchical organisation has many levels and a flat hierarchical organisation will only
have a few. A traditional hierarchical structure clearly defines each employee’s role
within the organisation and defines the nature of their relationship with other
employees. Hierarchical organisations are often tall with narrow spans of control,
which gets wider as we move down the structure. They are often centralised with the
most important decisions being taken by senior management.
In the twentieth century as organisations grow bigger, hierarchical organisations were
popular because they could ensure command and control of the organisation.
However with the advent of globalisation and widespread use of technology, in the
1990’s tall hierarchical organisations began to downsize and reduce their workforce.
Technology was able to carry out many of the functions previously carried out by
humans.
Organizational Structure Types and Design Strategy
Starting a new organization can be a hard task, no matter how big or small it may be.
Whether you are starting a new company, business, or you're a school board member,
your organization needs a good structure to keep it going. On our site, you can find
information on strategies, designs, and the implementation of different types of
organizational structure. We can offer examples for businesses, companies,
corporations, schools, restaurants, and more. .
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The structure of your business will act as the backbone and support concerning
decision making and other processes. Deciding early what type of organizational
system you want to implement will help to ease the stress of the initial start-up. If
each person in the organization knows what he or she is supposed to be doing, there is
less room for confusion and poor judgment. Perhaps setting up a management team
would work the best for your organization, or perhaps a hierarchy of decision makers
would work better. Either way, setting up a definite structure before important shots
are called makes a difference.
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Organizational Structure Corporate Theory
The first step is determining what type of organizational structure you would like to
design and implement. Some examples of structures would be, functional and
hierarchical. Next, you should develop a strategy to start organizing your business,
company, or group. How do you want it to run? From the top down, or by a matrix of
different people, such as a management department is a big decision. Once you have a
few options picked out, you can decide which option will be optimal to produce the
results you desire.
On this site, you can find assistance on the topics above. Available to you are designs,
models, alternative ideas, and strategy examples for setting up the structure of your
business. Also available are different theories and opinions surrounding some
strategies discussed. As for smaller organizations, we can offer some public resources
to help you in your specific area. Additionally, simple versions of structures can be
found.
If you choose the options that best fit your organization then you're more likely to
succeed in your market. By having the right people in the right place, it can lead to
better networking opportunities, higher sales, increased interest in your organization,
and overall success.
Define or Definition
Organizational structure can be defined as the way or method through use of a
hierarchy that a group, business, organization, people or objects collaborate to achieve
success on one common goal.
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Advantages of Hierarchical
Organisations
Disadvantages of Hierarchical
Organisations
Authority and responsibility and clearly
defined
Clearly defined promotion path.
The organisation can be bureaucratic and
respond slowly to changing customer
needs and the market within which the
organisation operates.
There are specialists managers and the
hierarchical environment encourages the
effective use of specialist managers.
Communication across various sections
can be poor especially horizontal
communication.
Employees very loyal to their department
within the organisation.
Departments can make decisions which
benefit them rather than the business as a
whole especially if there is Inter-
departmental rivalry.
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Hierarchy of Organizational Structure
All large companies have a design in their structure that works best for them. Most
large companies follow the basis of what any other large organization would. Such as
School, Military, Police, or even a Government, they all have their own set in standard
way of hierarchy. This can be mirrored of what a fortune 500 company would use. Of
course you have your owner, VP's, and then comes the managers.
CEO
Vice Presidents
Lawyers
Decision Support
Management
Employees
In this typical layout, it can be spread across any number of product lines or services a
company offers. For instance if a company offers five different product lines then
there is usually going to be a Vice President put in place to represent one of each
sections, then would come the decision support for those sections and of course
followed by its own management structure. Fortune 500 companies like Verizon,
Comcast, or even Staples must have achieved this successful design and strategy to
allow them to grow so rapidly and become so large. The divisional way of doing
things can be seen like a matrix, where any given employee can have anywhere from
two managers to dozens.
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Now let us see the that what is the hierarchy of the organization and hoe this entity of
Times Business Solution Limited is managed. This definitely is a hierarichal
organization.
Chief Executive Officer: R. Sundar is the Chief Executive Officer of Times Busines
Solutions, a Times Group Enterprise. He has been associated with the Times Group
for the past 28 years in various leadership roles.
Chief Technology Officer: Gautam Sinha has over 21 years of rich experience in
technology innovation and execution including a wealth of startup and industry
expertise. He is a global executive with rich international experience.
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Head of Deliveries: Vinay Matthews joined Times Business Solution in April 2004 as
Head-Alliances; under his counsel, Smart Hire has established long-term relationships
with over 75 corporate clients, and has been recognised by a number of them as their
most preferred HR partner.
Vice President and Businss Head: Vivek Madhukar Vivek Madhukar has over 13
years of experience with over 8 years in the internet and E-recruitment space.
Product Head: Nilanjan Roy Nilanjan Roy is Product Head of Times Business
Solutions Limited and brings together a unique set of knowledge and skills, which
include an in-depth understanding of Brand and Product Management, Business
Processes and Structuring, strong leadership and a business background combined
with a passion for the internet and mobile media.
Vice President: V. Nagarajan has over 12+ years of experience in the Human
Resource Development function. Prior to joining TIL, Nagarajan was with Hewlett
Packard
Chief Financial Officer: Rajesh Kunnath is a Chartered Accountant with over 19
years of working experience in companies like Hindustan Unilever, Asea Brown
Boveri, Heinz and Bennett & Coleman in various capacities of finance and supply
chain.Rajesh has been with us for close to 1 year.
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CHAPTER- 3
PRODUCTS OF COMPANY
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(i)Services Offered by the company
There are many services which are being offered by the company. The basic function
of the timesjobs.com as discussed earlier is to provide a common platform to the job
seeker and the employer. For this there are various services which the company offers
to both the job seeker and the employer. For all the service the company charge some
amount except registration of the job seeker. The main service offered to the employer
is the database service in which timesjobs.com offers database to the employer as per
his requirement.
The services which is offered can be bifurcated in two broad headings:
(i) For the employers
(ii) For the job seekers
Now let us discuss them separately and in detail.
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Services offered to the employers:
There are various services which are being offered to the employers. We will discuss
all of them in detail. These services are:
(i) Database Service
(ii) Job Posting Service
(iii) HixeXS International and Gulf
(iv) Visibility Services
(v) Other Services
(vi) Job Refresh Packages
(vii) User License
(viii) Other Rec Visibility
(ix) Non Rec Visibility
(i) Database Service
HireXS
Opt for the country's best in class resume database to make your hiring more effective
and productive as per your requirement. HireXS means a complete access 24x7
access to the data base. The employer can have a complete access to more than 10
million active database.
Key Features
More than 10 million active resume profiles, means you have more
choiceOver 20,000+ new resumes added daily
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5 unique search tools: Quick Search, Advanced Search, Head Hunt, Education
Search and Campus Direct
Search using several parameters like experience, function, location, key skills,
education, company etc.
Advanced Resume Management tools to shortlist, call and manage profiles.
There are various plans available in this service:
HireXS Full- This implies for pan India basis i.e. if database is require of whole
country.
HireXS Regional- This implies for a regional database such as East, West, North,
South
HireXS Non IT- This implies for database of non-it sector
HireXS Non IT Regional- Same as above but with a regional access only.
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Webpage showing how a candidate is selected and shortlisted
Flexi HireXS
Choose the product as per your requirement; use our database at ultra low costs with
the flexibility of using your number of days anytime within the validity. This service
is very much similar to the HireXS service but the only difference is than you can
have the access to database for a lilited time period only that can be 1 day, 2 day, 3
day, 1 month for different time periods.
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The above plans of it, non-it, regional, non-regional are also available in Flexi HireXS
service.
There are various plans available in this service:
HireXS Full- This implies for pan India basis i.e. if database is require of whole
country.
HireXS Regional- This implies for a regional database such as East, West, North,
South
HireXS Non IT- This implies for database of non-it sector
HireXS Non IT Regional- Same as above but with a regional access only.
Benefits of above mentioned service
SEARCHING Resumes - Features like Smart Suggest, AsKey, Search
Settings will save user time & efforts and act like search assistants for the user
SORTING Resumes - IntelliSort will ensure that the most relevant CVs will
come upfront in your search results
REFINING Search Results-Refine search results on Keywords, Location, FA
to get the most relevant CVs in no time
PROCESSING Search Results - Contact upto 100 candidates at one go
UTILIZING Search History - View recently added CVs daily on each search
you performed
MANAGING Account & Usage Reports – Download usage reports at a
click
(ii) Job Posting Service
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In the world of new generation, as more job seekers use the Internet for job search,
posting online jobs has to be part of your hiring strategy. But where you post your
jobs can make all the difference. TimesJobs Job Postings Solutions get your jobs
noticed by more qualified candidates. Along with your Job Postings, you get all the
tools you need to manage responses.
Key Features
Post a job in minutes- At TimesJobs its easy to purchase and post your job and start
receiving qualified responses the same day.
Easier resume filtering- TimesJobs saves your time and effort when it comes to
reviewing resumes.
Post anytime you need to hire - Bulk Job postings are as easy as it can be possible
Reach the right candidate - With over 10 million active job seekers, you will be sure
to find candidates who meet your job requirement.
It is further bifurcated into:
(i) Basic Job Listing
(ii) Impact Job Listing
Basic job listing
Finding the right skilled candidates can be a challenge. Meet this challenge
successfully with TimesJobs Job Posting Solutions.
Basic Job Postings appear in job search results of jobseekers
All Basic Job Postings carry your company logo
Each posting is visible on the site for 60 days
Facility to clip and save resumes.
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Job Alerts of Basic Job Postings are sent to all registered candidates in the
database.
Impact Job Listing
Impact Job Listings is to get that extra advantage and visibility for your Job Postings
in Job Search.
Impact Jobs are highlighted thus making them standout in the list of jobs
viewed by jobseekers.
Job details for the jobseekers are showcased on a specially designed web page
with an exclusive look and feel as well as corporate branding.
XactHire - Our powerful search tool for job responses is available with Impact
Jobs.
Plus all other benefits of Basic Job Postings.
It can only be taken with the database service only. These also can be of various
kinds suchas:
Single Add on basic/impact listing
Add on unlimited basic/impact listing
Add on 50 basic/impact job listing
Add on 1000 basic/impact job listing
Add on 5000 basic/impact job listing
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(iii)XpressHire
TimesJobs offers a wide range of customized solutions designed to meet your
recruiting needs. With its intensive, cost effective Xpress Hire, SMS based solution
you can proactively recruit the perfect candidate. Xpress Hire enables recruiters to
send SMS to targeted candidates at a single click. With this service even multiple
candidates can be contacted at one go and you can receive their responses and
applications. This exclusive service allows recruiters to send SMS to selected multiple
candidates through TimesJobs.
Key Features :
Send SMS to candidates on their mobile phones
Send SMS to candidates and receive their reply in your inbox
Contact candidates from your own database
Speed up your hiring campaign with One way or Two way communication
options
SMS Package
Why wait for candidate to check mailbox? Timesjobs.com have a variety of SMS
pack to suit the need depending on the number of SMS and validity. It comes with
different validity period of 1 day, 2 day, 3 day etc.
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Webpage showing HireXpress pack
Bulk SMS
Reach out to more candidates by sending SMS in bulk. With TimesJobs Bulk SMS
solutions you can send SMS to multiple candidates at a time.
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(iii)Visibility Service
Attracting the right candidates in a competitive recruitment marketplace is very
challenging. At TimesJobs, we provide a variety of solutions designed to boost your
employer brand presence, ensuring that candidates what any company are recruiting
for, and when. Visibility Services is a powerful recruitment cum branding solution by
TimesJobs. These services ensure high visibility to the candidate traffic directly from
the home page thereby ensuring increased and instantaneous response to your job
listings.
Key Features :
Distinctive presence of the company logo/ banner/namelink on the site.
Unlimited Impact/ Basic Job Postings ensuring increased response to your
listings.
Recruitment Microsite designed by TimesJobs, in line with your branding
philosophy.
Own a fully functional career site.
High quality of response.
Higher brand recall value.
Banners
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By having your company banners displayed on the Homepage, and Job Search pages
of TimesJobs, you will build your employer brand amongst the thousands of job
seekers who visit the site daily. They're great traffic drivers too, as by clicking on your
banner, job seekers are taken to either your company profile, your job ad, job search
results etc by providing maximised responses to your advertisements.
Banner could be used for two purpose:
Indian Site
Gulf site
Banners are of different kinds:
Top Banner (Both for search page and home page)
Button Banner
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Logos
The Hot Employers section on the homepage helps the employer to build your
employer brand amongst jobseekers who visit TimesJobs. The advantage of placing
your company Logo in the Hot Employer section is that they look like TimesJobs
recommended companies, as opposed to adverts, and have multiple direct links from
the home page to jobs, company profiles with one click. The logos holds great
importance because the job seeker cn directly follow the link ang get to apply the job.
Sy, if he is seraching any job then it may be possible that he or she is not able to find
the specific job or he could skip away the job. But in the logo it is implicit that he/she
will be more prudent to see the logo on the homepage.
The logos are sub divided into various categories:
Hot Employer Logo
Hot IT Employer Logo
Hot IT Employer Sub Category Logo
Hot Non-IT Employer Category Logo
Hot Non-IT Employer Sub Category
All other Logo
IT Logo
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Webpage highlighting the logos
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Name Links
Any company’s brand is one of your most valuable assets. It identifies you as an
industry leader and is instrumental in gaining recognition with your target audience.
Knowing when, where and how to promote your brand is the key to success. By
displaying your company name under Featured Employer section on TimesJobs home
page you build your employer brand amongst jobseekers visiting our site. Name link
allows to display the name on the home page under different headings such as
manufacturing, engineering etc. Once any job seeker follows the link he is directed to
the “apply now” page from where the candidate can directly
It can be further sub-divided into folloeing category:
Featured Name link
Hot IT Employers Name link
Hot IT Employers Sub-Category Name link
Hot Non-IT Employers Category Name link
Hot Non-IT Employers Sub-Category Name link
Premium Featured Name link
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Shoshkeles
Shoshkeles revolutionize the branding concept. With Shoshkeles, you tend to reach
the right target, at the right time with the right message. With this Intelligent branding
option, you can advertise your Job Openings, Company profile or any events
organised by your organisation right there on the home page of TimesJobs. This
unique branding tool helps you build your employer brand amongst jobseekers
visiting our site.
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Pop-Ups
Get maximum visibility to Job openings by your organisation and reach to masses.
Pop-Ups helps you achieve maximised reach among thousands of jobseekers visiting
TimesJobs. You can advertise for Walk-ins organised for your job openings or calling
jobseekers for applying to jobs in your company. The advantage of opting for Pop-
Ups is that you get direct links to jobs, company profiles with one click.
Webpage displaying use of pop-ups in the homepage
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(ii) Special and additional services
Apart from the above services Timesjobs.com provides various services which are
pretty unique and are not available in other portals. These all features really
differentiate it from the other sites. Most of them are providing nearly same kind of
services. The main difference lies in the database of the candidates.
TimesJobs has an extensive suite of products to cater for companies with large and
long-term recruitment requirements. TimesJobs, we understand that your company
brand is one of your most valuable assets. It identifies you as an industry leader and is
instrumental in gaining recognition with your target audience. Knowing when, where
and how to promote your brand is the key to success. TimesJobs offers you to choose
from various Special Visibility Services which ensures effective and targeted hiring
for you. These Special Visibility services ensure high visibility to the candidate traffic
thereby ensuring increased and instantaneous response to your job listings.
Key Features
Distinctive presence of your company logo/ banner in Targeted Job Alerts
Get high quality of response by advertising at Targeted sections like 'Campus
Direct' , Best Consultant Zone etc
Higher brand recall value
Qualitative and Speedy Hiring through Special Visibility Services
Now let us have an eye an all the special visibility services one by one. Special
visibility services are sub divided into various categories which give employer an
edge.
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Job Alert Banners
TimesJobs send Job Alerts to jobseekers with matching Job Alerts on a daily basis.
Job Alert banners provides you with an option of reaching jobseeker from a specific
industry or functional area or of particular work experience.
Key Features:
Helps in Targeted hiring
Maximised responses from interested and right candidates
Customised according to hiring requirements
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Campus Direct
Campus Direct is a powerful recruitment/ branding solution by TimesJobs. With
Campus Direct, you get the opportunity to advertise about your educational institution
among millions of talented prospective professionals.
Key Features:
Prominent display of your company logo/ banner in Campus Direct section.
Campus Direct allows you to have a prominent logo on the homepage of the
campus direct page. This will contain the special logo of the institute.
Higher brand recall value. The logo can be bifurcated on the basis of state of
India. For ex. Delhi, Bihar, Orissa etc. Once any candidate goes through this,
it will create a higher brand recall value
Advertisement of your courses. This is a definite blockbuster package for
excellent advertising. Any candidate coming through the icon will click on it
if he is interested in it. It also cntains all the basic information about the
institute.
Placement solution for your students.
At Campus Direct you can:
1. Search for Graduate/ Post Graduate Courses
2. Search from Institutes spread all over the World
3. Send Admission Enquiries to respective Institutes
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Best Consultant Zone
Best Consultants Zone is a powerful recruitment/ branding solution by TimesJobs.
These services ensure high visibility to candidates, with traffic directly from the home
page. With this service you can ensure increased and instantaneous responses to your
job listings. In Best consultant zone the best part is that it is purely mended for the
consultants and they can directly keep in touch with the candidates. Secondly, when
we think about advertisement point of view then a permanent microsite is given for a
specified period of time and hence it gives a huge exposure to the consultants.
On the other hand the job posting is an added advantage for the consultants as they
can post 5000 job listing present with them. So, overall the package of Best
Consultant Zone is a thumbs up for the consultants looking for exposure. This
provides exposure on a global basis.
Key Features:
Prominent display of your company logo/banner in Best Consultants Zone
Unlimited Basic Job Postings ensuring increased response to your listings
Recruitment Microsite designed by TimesJobs, in line with your branding
philosophy
High quality of response and higher brand recall value
Global exposure for the consultants
Unlimited job listing for the consultants
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Walk-in Zone
Walk-in Zone is a powerful recruitment/ branding solution by TimesJobs. With this
service you can ensure that you get highly talented candidates flocking to you for
interviews without you having to make a single call.
Key Features:
Prominent display of your company logo/ banner in Walk-in Zone
Quality Hiring
Speedy Hiring
High quality of response
Higher brand recall value
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Catch the perfect resume!!
Catch the perfect resume show clearly each and every section like year of experience,
types of jobs (IT/non IT). In case you perform a search for freshers the first two
categories (Function/ Specialization and CTC) are replaced by the following
categories:
Post Graduation & Above – This category lists a number of post graduation and
above level courses. Clicking on either of the values will refine your results in terms
of the particular PG or Doctorate course. Also, it displays a number of specializations
available under each course that can further narrow down your results as per the
education requirements.
School & Graduation – This category displays a number of graduation courses and
their respective specializations (sub clusters). Clicking on either of them will fetch
you results from the particular course/ course specialization.
Hence, you can now peruse through the resumes and shortlist/contact the suitable
candidates.
The above search fetches you 28, 000 + resumes, with the following refine options:
(The web page shows how search & refine)
In case you wish to fetch only MBA candidates, clicking on the Post Graduation &
Above bucket – MBA/PGDM will refine your results to fetch only MBA graduates
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from Delhi/ NCR having 0-2 yrs experience. And, if you wish to fetch candidates who
have pursued B.Tech along with MBA, click on the School & Graduation bucket ‘BE/
B.Tech’.
At any point of time if you wish to close the ‘Refine within results’ section, click on
the cross (x) icon displayed next to tab ‘Refine within results’.
Hit the perfect resume!!
This feature is available on the search results page itself. To use the same you just
need to click on the tab ‘Refine within results’ displayed on top of search results (as
shown in the screenshot below).
(web page shows how refine within results)
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On clicking the tab, it opens up three categories that enable you to further refine and
narrow down your search in order to get most relevant and specific results.
The three categories that are available to you are:
1. Function/ Specialization – This category lists the various functional areas by
which you can narrow down your search to fetch candidates with a closer
profile. You can either refine your results by clicking on the functional area or
respective area of specialization.
2. CTC – This category provides a number of buckets in form of salary ranges.
It classifies your results in terms of buckets of salary.
3. Top Institutes – This category list has the various top institutes of the results
fetched by your query. Clicking on either of these will fetch you resumes from
the particular top institute.
For example it is explained as how to use it:-
searched for keyword = “Project Manager” java. A number of resume will come out
as following.
(web page shows how candidate found)
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In case you now wish to search for IT – Software candidates. Clicking on the first
Function/ Specialization – IT/Telecom – Software refines your results and also
displays the respective areas of specialization as following.
Now if you further wish to fetch candidates having CTC of 4 to 5 lakhs. To do the
same you have to click on the CTC bucket of 4+ to 5 lakhs. This further brings down
your results as following.
Finally you can now per sue through the resumes and shortlist/ contact the suitable
candidates.
Empower Blog is now iPhone friendly!
Now you can browser it on your mobile phone to http://hireblog.timesjobs.com, and
you can now easily access these blog posts much faster.
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(figure shows the empower blog in mobile phone)
Rezume Zapper : A service e-mails your resume to leading placement agencies in
India across a broad range of industries including IT, Telecommunications and others.
Why should you use the service?
Assure Consulting is India's first Jobsite and leading recruiting
firm for the past 5 years.
We have the best 1000+ database of top placement consultants.
The most recent and updated placement consultant database.
Geo-graphic Targeting.
Cost Effective - As low as Rs.500/- plus tax for all zones, no other jobsite
gives this offer.
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INSTANT Resume Distribution to placement consultants.
A unique service that multiplies your chances of finding the right job.
Benefits of Resume Zapper
There are various benefits of resume zapper some of them are as follows:-
Targeted and planned way to find a job.
Simple, fast and hassle-free method to find a job.
Instant exposure to job openings all over the country.
Maximizes chances of finding a dream job.
Greater choice of jobs to choose from.
Candidates can also searches the jobs on mobile phones:-
Jobs on Mobile :- Jobs on Mobile is a mobile platform from TimesJobs.com which
enables jobseekers to Search and Apply to Jobs using their mobile. Jobseekers can
now Search and Apply to Jobs anytime, form anyplace at their own convenience and
look for better career options.
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(web pages showing how to start, view & apply to job)
TechGig.com
TechGig.com is the world’s first technology-specific, customizable, career portal,
exclusively for people in the IT Sector to enhance their employability and
professional growth with useful tools, while staying updated of the latest happenings
in the industry.
It also provides news, blogs, and buzz across the industry. Through it a technology
professional can apply for jobs, personalize their tech space, learn & grow
professionally - all on one site.
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TechGig.com offers technology professionals a whole variety of user empowering
features :-
Professional Growth- Technology professionals can look for current hiring
trends in Tech industry, read real time technology news and blogs through
Google News/Blogs API and view relevant Information sourced from third
party sites such as Wikipedia, Twitter, eBay (Books), Certifications. All this
would leave them with a more holistic, career related browsing experience
on TechGig.com.
Open Platform- Technology professionals can leverage their resumes with
TimesJobs Connect to apply to Jobs, add their own content feeds, news and
blogs.
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Benchmarking- Technology professionals can see which top skills in
demand currently, get to know how much their batch mates are earning and in
which industry, post their resumes for employers and more.
Premium Jobs- Deliver technology jobs from top employers. Technology
professionals can also get email updates for new jobs being added on selected
key skills or by companies that they choose to ‘Follow’.
Personalization- Technology professionals can
personalize TechGig.com homepage for their own specific key skills, can
move and collapse widgets to suit their requirements, share this customized
interface with friends, view a comparison with their batch mates on CTC and
industry that they are working in.
Hunt & Apply to Jobs is a chat away with JOBtalk!
JOBtalk is yet another medium explored by TimesJobs which aims to make your job hunt
Easier, Faster and Flexible! With JOBtalk, you can Search & Apply to Jobs through
popular chat clients i.e., Yahoo! Messenger and Gtalk
Understanding in short Job Talk allows the following features:
JOBtalk is Easy to Use.
Allows you to Search & Apply to Jobs via Yahoo! Messenger and Gtalk
Get your dream Job while chatting
A New Generation Medium
Its Faster & Flexible
Instant Access to TimesJobs
To Apply to job(s) through JOBtalk, you need to -
Be a registered member of TimesJobs
Have your Yahoo/Gmail address registered with TimesJobs
**If your Yahoo/Gmail address is not registered with TimesJobs, log onto
www.timesjobs.com and under the section ‘My TimesJobs’, edit your Email to your
Yahoo/Gmail address, then only you will be able to use this service.
Benefits of JobTalk:
How will JOBtalk help you in your hunt for the dream job?
• With JOBtalk you can search and apply to jobs even if job sites are
banned in your organizations
• JOBtalk makes your job search easier, faster and more flexible
• JOBtalk provides instant access to Job searching on TimesJobs
• JOBtalk brings your dream career search to just a chat away!
• With JOBtalk, you can apply to job(s) instantly, without happening to
log on to TimesJobs
This also is a very special and value added service which allows a very unique service to
the job seeker and differentiates it from other close competitors.
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COMPETITOR
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(i) Competitor in the market
The competition in the job portal sector is very intense with the players as mentioned
below. Nobody is leaving a single opportunity to tap. There are various upcoming job
portal site in the Indian market. This a major concern for the older portals. The previous
portals to sustain in the market has to continuosly import and integrate some new ideas
and technology to the site. Being user friendly is the most important factor. Once a user
develop a sense that the site is user friendlythe user will be more frequent to the site and
the frequency of all the users will be maximum. Competition is also increasing due to the
foreign players like jobstreet.com and monster.com which operate on pan world basis.
The most prominent players in the markets are basically three:
Naukri, Monster and Timesjobs. If anybody talks about the leader in the job portals these
three names are the most prominent one. Shine is also a new entrant in this segment.
Major Market Players
1. naukri.com2. monster.com3. timesjob.com4. jobsahead.com5. jobsdb.com6. jobstreet.com7. shine.com8. yellowjobs.com
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Let us first give a brief outlook of all the companies one by one:
1. Naukri.com
The Company is a leading provider of online recruitment, matrimonial & real estate
classifieds and related services in India. Our business is managed primarily through four
divisions, which comprise online recruitment classified division, online matrimonial
classified division, online real estate classified division and offline executive search
division. The company to address the middle east job market has launched a Gulf version
of the recruitment site. The company also launched a career counseling and guidance site,
a professional networking site and an education classified site.
Naukri.com is a job site operating in India founded by Sanjeev Bikhchandani in March
1997. It publishes a monthly report called Naukri Job Speak.
The site was established in 1997 by Info Edge (India) Ltd. Info Edge is a listed company
on the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange. It went public in
November 2006.
Naukri.com is India’s largest Internet Company. Since a humble beginning in 1997, we
have come a long way. We are clearly the no.1 job site in the country with a turnover of
100 crores, 900 people in 40 offices across 28 cities and an overseas office in Dubai
catering to the Middle East. The group has businesses spanning across three verticals –
jobs,matrimony and realestate. Naukri.com revolutionized the way in which people find
jobs in India.
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Jeevansathi.com helps people find a life partner online and now at the click of a mouse,
in the luxury of your home or office you can find a huge database of property listings all
over the country through 99acres.com. Our plans are to be India’s leading Internet
Company with a clutch of 5-6 focussed verticals with leadership in each of the spaces it
advertises in. We are committed to winning with integrity and aspire towards flawless
execution, never ever taking short cuts on Quality. We respect our customers and share a
personal responsibility to maintain our customer’s loyalty and trust. Our value system is
something we are proud of, Teamwork, Innovation, Excellence, Customer Relationships,
Community and Fun being our key drivers.
Awards
The “Red Herring Asia 100" 2006: Naukri won The “Red Herring Asia 100" 2006 award,
for the INSTA HIRE Solution. Insta Hire is a closed loop application, which provides for
instant contact by recruiters and instant application by recruitees via SMS. It is a
breakthrough recruitment solution available on a revolutionary new platform going
beyond the standard.
The “Red Herring Asia 100" is given to the top 100 Asian tech companies on the basis of
technology innovation, management strength, market size, investor record, customer
acquisition and financial health. This year the awards were held in Hong Kong.
Silver EFFIES 2006: Naukri’s “Hari Sadu” campaign won the “Silver Effies” 2006 in
Mumbai EFFIE awards Ideas that Work - the great ideas that achieve real results and the
strategy that goes into creating them. The EFFIE Awards gaze the co-relation between the
add release and the increase in sales. Whether mainstream or alternative; digital or print;
design or advertising; paid or unpaid, if the campaign can demonstrate measurable results
its is eligible to enter EFFIE.
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Club Calcutta Award: Naukri won two awards at the Advertising Club Calcutta
“Consumer Connect Awards’, for the “Hari Sadu” campaign. One is the National Trophy
in the Consumer Services category & the other is the Campaign of the Year.
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2. Monster.com
Monster is present in more than 25 countries all overthe world. It is the biggest job search
portal in the world, with a huge database of job seekers inthe various job categories. It
was founded by Jeff Taylor in 1994 and operate under flagship of monster itself.
Monster.com is one of the largest employment websites in the world, owned and operated
by Monster Worldwide, Inc. Monster is one of the 20 most visited websites out of 100
million worldwide, according to comScore Media Metrics (November 2006). It was
created in 1999 by the merger of The Monster Board (TMB) and Online Career Center
(OCC), which were two of the first and most popular career web sites on the Internet.
Monster is primarily used to help those seeking work to find job openings that match
their skills and location.
Today, Monster is the largest job search engine in the world, with over a million job
postings at any time and over 150 million resumes in the database (2008) and over 63
million job seekers per month. The company employs approximately 5,000 employees in
36 countries. Its headquarters are in Maynard, Massachusetts.
Initially, the site was populated with job descriptions from the newspaper segment of
Adion's business with the permissions of the companies advertising the jobs.
Later in 1994, The Monster Board issued a press release that was picked up and provided
needed exposure to drive people to the web site. Monster was the first public job search
on the Internet; first public resume database in the world and the first to have job search
agents or job alerts.
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When TMP acquired Adion, the site was moved into BBN Planet's web hosting facility
where it grew from 3 SPARC-1000s to become the centerpiece of the globally distributed
network it is today.
TMP went public in December 1996, with its shares traded on Nasdaq under the symbol
“TMPW”. In 1998, TMP acquisitions expanded the Recruitment Advertising network.
TMP became one of the largest recruitment advertising agencies in the world.
In June 1998, The Monster Board moved its corporate headquarters out of a small office
above a Chinese restaurant in downtown Framingham, Massachusetts to an old textile
mill in Maynard, Massachusetts that formerly housed Digital Equipment Corporation.
In January 1999, The Monster Board became known as Monster.com after merging with
Online Career Center, another of TMP Worldwide's properties. The first post-merger
president of the new Monster.com business was Bill Warren, the founder of Online
Career Center. Bill Warren received the 1997 Employment Management Association's
prestigious Pericles Pro Meritus Award, an honor presented by EMA/SHRM in
recognition of being the founder of online recruiting on the Internet.
In November 2000, seeking to capture the entry-level job market, Monster acquired
JOBTRAK, which at the time had partnerships with more than 1,500 college and
university career centers. JOBTRAK was founded in 1987 by Connie Ramberg, Ken
Ramberg and David Franey. Monster rebranded JOBTRAK as MonsterTRAK and
continues to operate the site to target college students and alumni seeking jobs and career
advice.
Recognizing that job hunting often leads to relocation, Monster launched
Monstermoving.com in 2000 to provide consumers with the comprehensive resources
necessary for a successful move.
TMP Worldwide was added to S&P 500 Index in 2001. TMP Worldwide changed its
corporate name to Monster Worldwide, Inc. and began trading under the new Nasdaq
ticker symbol "MNST" in 2003.
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Monster.com advertised on the Super Bowl starting in 1999 and every year through Super
Bowl XXXVIII. Monster's first-ever Super Bowl ad, "When I Grow Up," (created by
Mullen) asking job seekers, "What did you want to be?" It is the only commercial named
to Time magazine's list of the "Best Television of 1999." As the official online career
management services sponsor of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games and 2002 U.S.
Olympic Team, Monster had a strong presence at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt
Lake City.
Monster has recently been to blame in several instances of personal information theft. In
less than two weeks, in August 2007, Monster had numerous leaks that resulted in the
loss of millions of customers' data to identity theft. Although Monster waited several days
to announce this leak (drawing heavy criticism), they subsequently announced new
security measures to prevent this happening again.
However, in January 2009, there was another large scale leak at its UK based site
monster.co.uk, in which demographic information of up to 4.5 million people was
obtained by hackers.
Backdating an option means retroactively setting the option's strike price to a day when
the stock traded at a different price. A call (buy) option with a lower strike price is more
valuable because it's less expensive to exercise, while the inverse is true for a put (sell)
option. The practice is not necessarily illegal, but must be disclosed to shareholders. [10] In
July 2006, the company said it might restate financial results for the year that ended
December 31, 2005, and previous years to record additional noncash charges for stock-
based compensation expenses relating to various stock option grants.[11]
In September 2006, Monster suspended Myron Olesnyckyj pending the internal review
irregular stock option grants.[11] He had held the titles of senior vice president, general
counsel and secretary.[10]
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On October 9, 2006 Monster named William M. Pastore, 58, chief executive after
Andrew J. McKelvey resigned his posts as chairman and chief executive. McKelvey
retained his seat on the board as chairman emeritus. [10] The company said on October 25
that it found pricing problems in a "substantial number" of its past option grants, and as a
result it expected to restate its results from 1997 through 2005.
On November 22, 2006 Monster terminated Myron Olesnyckyj, the company's lead
lawyer, as part of its investigation into past stock-option grant practices. In a statement,
the company said Olesnyckyj was terminated "for cause."
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York has issued a subpoena
to the company over options backdating, and a special committee of company directors
has said it wants to complete its own investigation by the end of the year. The company
has delayed filing its earnings results for the second and third quarters. Second-quarter
results are expected December 13. Third-quarter numbers would be issued "as soon as
practicable," according to a November 7 statement from the company.
Monster Worldwide Inc. stated that it has received a notice from Nasdaq about a possible
delisting of its shares due to the company's failure to file its third-quarter earnings report.
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3. Shine.com
HT Media launched its innovative job portal Shine.com in June 2008. It has a unique job-
matching technology along with career guidance, resume services and industry
information. Shine partners candidates not only through the recruitment process but
through their career lifecycle. Shine.com has been developed by Redmatch, an Israel
based company.
In 1991, At the start of liberalization of India, Hindustan Times moved to becoming an
autonomous power center in a mature democracy. In 1999, The Hindustan Times
celebrated its platinum anniversary. In 2000, With a focus on localization, five new
editions for Calcutta, Bhopal, Ranchi, Chandigarh and Jaipur were launched. In 2003,
The media business of was de-merged and incorporated under HT Media Ltd.
In 2004, HT Media Ltd was listed as a public company and attracted external funding. In
2005, Hindustan Times successfully entered the Mumbai market with a refreshingly new
product and content mix.
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In the internet space, Hindustantimes.com was relaunched and Livemint.com was
introduced. In 2008, Firefly e-Ventures, an HT Media Company launched its first portal
for job seekers, Shine.com.
4.Jobstreet.com
JobStreet.com is a job portal founded in 1997. Founded in Malaysia, it has expanded its
operations and services to countries like Singapore, Philippines, India, Bangladesh, Japan
and Thailand. On 8 March 2008, JobStreet completed the acquisition of
Autoworld.com.my, making the Malaysian auto website a wholly owned subsidiary of
the company.
JobStreet is now Southeast Asia's largest online employment company, according to
Forbes.
As of early 2007, JobStreet.com services over 40,000 corporate customers and over 4
million jobseekers.
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JobStreet.com’s became a public listed entity in 2004 when parent company JobStreet
Corporation Berhad was listed on the MESDAQ Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities on
29 Nov 2004. Thereafter, JobStreet.com fulfilled the criteria for a listing on the Main
Board and submitted the transfer application in July 2007, which was subsequently
approved by the Securities Commission in October.[4] JobStreet Corporation Berhad is
quoted on the Main Board under its new stock short name, JOBST.
JobStreet has developed a job matching engine named LiNa that matches registered
jobseekers to suitable positions / vacancies posted on JobStreet.com. LiNa currently
sends out about 2.5 million emails a day on job matches to its registered jobseekers.
For employers - JobStreet.com provided a job posting platform where companies can
post job advertisement online or perform database searches.
On September 16 2008, SEEK Limited, an Australian internet job recruitment company,
bought a 10% stake in Malaysian employment site JobStreet Corporation for $19.3
million.
On September 19 2008 - for the second year in a row, JobStreet.com was selected by
Forbes Asia as Best 200 Under a Billion company.
As of 3 October 2008, JobStreet.com is ranked no. 848 based on Alexa ranking.
On April 6 2009, JobStreet.com launched PitchYourTalent.com, a site which focuses on
highlighting talents.
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4.Jobsdb.com
JobsDB.com is a recruitment website founded in 1998. With headquarters in Hong Kong,
it has quickly expanded its operations and services to cover 12 regions, spanning
Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines,
Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and USA. Today, the JobsDB Group employs more than
1,200 staff in total.
JobsDB has developed a job search engine for job seekers to search and apply for jobs.
For employers, JobsDB provides a recruitment platform through which they post their job
ads and get access to a continuously expanding job seeker database.
Over the years, JobsDB has built a database in Asia Pacific with over eight million job
seeker members.[1] JobsDB provides 100,000 jobs per day, and its monthly average
number of unique visitors is six million.
According to the Nielsen survey, JobsDB.com is the most used recruitment channel
among job seekers in Hong Kong.
In March 2008, JobsDB has successfully organized a public career fair which has
managed to attract tenth of thousands of jobseekers around Malaysia.
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4.Recruit.net
Recruit.net Ltd. is a Hong Kong based company that operates an international network of
multilingual job search engines.
We provide job seekers with free and instant access to millions of jobs from thousands of
companies via one simple search. Our proprietary search technology crawls the internet
to find job listings from corporate web sites, job boards, recruitment agencies,
newspapers, classifieds and numerous other sources.
We strive to make job search a fun and easy experience. Nowadays there are more and
more new sources for jobs on the internet and the process of finding them is becoming
more time consuming and complicated. Job seekers have to visit multiple web sites, and
manage multiple accounts and registrations.
We believe that people just want one place where they can quickly and simply search and
track all the jobs that match their interests.
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We provide job searchers with powerful tools so that they can search jobs using a
combination of keywords, locations and even by company name. Job searches can also be
saved as alerts and sent to job seekers daily via email or RSS feeds.
We also help job sites and companies increase visibility and exposure for their job listings
by driving traffic directly to the jobs on their web site. We only display a summary of the
job details on recruit.net and then direct users to the web site to apply for the job.
If you would like us to add your web site and job content please click here to submit the
details for consideration. (We do not charge any fee but in order to maintain data integrity
and quality for our users we only include jobs from reputable sources which meet a
consistent high level of quality).
As a business Recruit.net generates revenue through adnet our Pay-Per-Click keyword
advertising system which provides advertisers with the ability to deliver measurable,
cost-effective online advertising that is highly targeted and relevant to the information
displayed on our search results pages.
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5. Yellowjobs.com
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Yellojobs.com India Private Limited ("Yellojobs.com India") was incorporated in July
2006 and is a joint venture between two Singapore based privately funded companies,
namely Yellojobs.com Pte ltd (owned 100% by Yello Pte Ltd) an online advertising
company, and Recruit Online. Yello Pte Ltd was founded in 2005 and currently operates
ten websites across eight countries, which are: Yellojobs.com sites in India, Thailand &
USA and Yello classifieds sites in Thailand, India, Singapore, Philippines, Vietnam,
Malaysia and Indonesia.
7. Clickjobs.com
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ClickJobs.com, a part of Consim Info Pvt ltd was launched in August 2005 as a
comprehensive recruitment portal. Headquartered in Chennai, ClickJobs.com has its
branches in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune and an international office at
New York, US. will focus on tapping into small and medium human resources
consultants to grow its business in 2008 Within one year of its launch, the International
Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences recognized ClickJobs.com as an official honoree
for the Webby awards, the Oscars of the Internet for its superior quality of content, easy
navigation, interactivity and user experience. Clickjobs.com eventually plans to evolve
into a career site and has redesigned its portal to include information on 10 industry
verticals including technology, retail, pharma and banking. These would provide industry
information covering areas like technology trends, employability skills, relevant
academic courses and job vacancies. Companies can also market themselves in this
space. It is in talks with institutes like Symbiosis and NMIMS to identify specific courses
and market them on the site. ClickJobs.com has been rated the most user friendly job
portal by the website users in a recent study conducted by Juxt Consult on job portals.
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(ii) Features offered by competitor
Here we are going to talk about the major market players of the job portal industries and
their distinguishing features which may be same to timesjobs.com and may be different to
it. There is a very intense competition among the major market players in this market. If
we are talking about the major market players in this sector, then two more players come
into the mind; Monster.com and Naukri.com.
Here we will see the features offered by these competitors and how they differentiate
themselves from timesjobs.com. We will also talk about the site statics of these different
players and which one is considered to have an edge over the other and on what basis.
All of them basically work on the same platform but when we talk about the appearance,
impact, database of students, value added services then we can differentiate on these
basis. Naukri and monster are older ventures in the job portal market as compared to
Timesjobs.
The basic source of selling for all of the three company is database service. This can be
explained as selling the database to the recruiters for their recruitment purpose of
different vacancies available with the company. Various other services which are
different to all other companies differentiate them from each other.
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(a) Monster.com
The various services offered to the job seeker are as follows:
1.XpressResume+
2.RightResume
3.CareerBooster
4.ResumeHighlighter
5.PsychometricTest
6. Career Astrology
1. Xpress Resume
Your CV under Xpress Resume + will be made available to top placement agencies in a format which makes it easy for them to target/reach you. You stand out of the daily clutter.
You also get to know how many recruiters have viewed your resume.
More and more placement agencies are enrolling in Xpress Resume bank since the resume received through this program is perceived to be of immense value.
Xpress Resume+ will make your CV accessible to non paid recruiter base of monster.com for 90 days.
Xpress Resume+ will also make your CV accessible, exclusively (via a dedicated link to the Xpress resume bank) to entire paid recruiter base of monster.com for 90 days without any additional charge. Beyond 90 days your CV will remain part of the regular database as usual.
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2. Right Resume
Resume for Freshers looking for the first job: 0 to below 1 year ExperienceGet your first professional resume written by our experts to help you get your big break.
Resume for new professionals:1 to below 4 Years ExperienceWith 'on the job' experience under your belt, it's time to get a resume which helps you get a fast paced career.
Resume for Mid Career experience: 4 to below 8 Years ExperienceAs an experienced professional, get a resume to bring out the depth and breadth of your expertise.
Resume for Senior level management:8 & above Years ExperienceOnly we understand that your resume should claim the job of your choice, not just apply to it. Get the resume, which helps you claim it.
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3. Career Booster
Career Booster is a powerful combination of Resume Writing &
XPRESSResume+ services to accelerate your job search.
4. Resume Highlighter
Turn the spotlight on you during resume search result by an employer. Get immediate attention & view by employers.
Most viewed resumes get most interview calls
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5. Psychometric Test
Psychometric tests are increasingly being used by majority of organizations to assess
candidates on behavioral dimensions. Monster in collaboration with Central Test brings
you scientifically validated psychometric tools to help you get an insight into your
personality & career. Central Test is a leading provider of online psychometric tests and
objective assessments with offices in London, Paris and Hyderabad.
Career Orientation Test
For Freshers “This test is for those who are starting their career or are at an initial phase
and want to know what’s best suited for them.”
Your report on this test contains an analysis of your personality and suggests you the job
that is most suited to you. You get to choose a career from a list of 78 major job clusters
containing 900+ jobs.
Recruitment Personality Test
Prepare for Interviews
“You will be attending interviews in the near future!!!! So take this test, because this is
going to help you in a big way.”
Your report on this test contains detailed description of your work competencies,
personality traits, social and emotional qualities, which in a very important way will help
you prepare for the questions that will be asked in an interview.
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Professional Profile Test
For Experienced Professionals
“Here is a test that will help you identify your unique strengths and help you find ways
apply them for greater effectiveness.”
Your report on this test gives you a greater insight into your personality and shows you
ways wherein you can maximize your strengths and bridge the gap.
6. Career Astrology
Career SWOT Analysis is an unique service that harnesses the power of Vedic Astrology
to show you the path to success in your career or profession.
The Report, written by a group of renowned Astrologers includes the following:
Your personality and your attitude towards work (karma);
Your strengths in detail and a strategy to utilize the same;
Your areas of weaknesses and simple ways to surmount them;
Opportunities in the next 12 months that you are most likely to encounter, with
tips on how to make the best of them;
Threats that you are currently facing and are most likely to face in the next 12
months and strategies to overcome them;
Auspicious times during the next 12 months to make the big career move you
have been waiting for;
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There are various other services which are offered to the employer:
1.Advertise Your Job
2.Search Resume Database Access
3. Special Offers
1. Advertise your job
This contains the following features:
Fill the form and start getting quality applications in your inbox with in an
hour.
Most efficient and cost-effective way to hire online
You can select 2 categories and 2 locations per posting
Job Posting will be live for 30 days
2. Search Resume
This contains features to search the resume and it comes with 1000 free sms’
3.Special Offers
This is fluctuating and gives heavy discounts on combo packs.
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(b) Naukri.com
Resdex is not only the largest but also the fastest growing database of jobseekers
Profiles registered are spread across industries, functions and experience levels
The database has candidates from various locations including international
locations as well.
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Hot Vacancy - Premium Job posting services
Write unlimited on your job advertisement. Write about the company profile, job
description and the desired candidate profile without any space constraints to
ensure that the job is well understood. This increases your chances of getting
relevant responses as applicants are well informed.
Brand your company while advertising jobs You can attach your company’s logo
on the page where the Job Details are displayed to the jobseekers. This ensures
better recall value and helps in brand building.
Brand your company while advertising jobs You can attach your company’s logo
on the page where the Job Details are displayed to the jobseekers. This ensures
better recall value and helps in brand building.
Collect responses on multiple e-mail ids A Hot Vacancy listing on the site entitles
you to use multiple email ids to access responses /CVs for vacancies posted on
naukri.com. This way, several people within your organization can independently
post jobs on naukri.com for their respective departments. You also have the option
of using our Response Management softwares that allow you to collect
applications online against each job posted. There are many more features that
come along with it and help you streamline your entire recruitment process.
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Comparative Analysis
Comparative analysis allows one to examine the features of all the major job portal on a
single platform. Compatitive analysis can also be seen as a tool to checkout which job
portal is the best and what features should be incorporated in its competitor so that it can
gain market share. Here we are going to make a comparative analysis between
naukri.com, monster.com and timesjobs.com.
Let us make a comparative analysis on the basis of design and layout:
(i) Naukri.com
Visual hierarchy-clear
Use of colors - light blue and white
Margins around the image- small
White space- Efficiently used
Navigation- Various sources of giving direction to the user
Design and Layout
Naukri.com Monster.com Timesjobs.com
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Administrative elements- at the bottom
(ii) Monster.com
An Absolutely Clutter-free Homepage that is pleasing to the eye and easy to use.
Use Of Colors- Orange And White.
Header Of The Home Page Has Its Logo.
Navigation Area Is At The Center Of The Body And
On Its Right Side But For Other Pages, It Uses
Header Based And Left Hand Navigation
Administrative Elements At The Bottom
(iii) Timesjobs.com
Administrative elements at the bottom
All links in blue
All information on homepage
Jobs can be browsed according to functional areas
All special features on same page.
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(i) Naukri.com
E-application software to manage responses online in an efficient manner
Innovative mailing-the brochures with themes like stress ball campaign
First to offer really simple syndication (RSS) feeds of relevant jobs
Oldest in the category
Challenges to have most number of active resume.
(ii) Monster.com
Flagship Brand Of Monster worldwide Inc.
Leading Online Global Careers Network With Sites In 26
Countries Around The World
Monster Introduced Magic Search, A Revolutionary And
Innovative search tool for the employers to enable accurate search for high quality
resumes.
Competitive Advantage
Naukri.com Monster.com Timesjobs.com
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Has Been Rated As The Best Job Site On The Basis Of
Site Technology, Design, Usability And Content,
According To The PC World Web Awards 2007 & 2008.
Launched A New Video Profile Service For Employers.
Recently, The Site Also Announced The Launch Of A
Video Resume For The Jobseekers.
(iii) Timesjobs.com
It has entered into a strategic partnership with NowPos Online Services Pvt. Ltd.,
a niche premier Voice Technologies Products Company based in Hyderabad, to
launch the world’s first voice resume service .
Available as a seamless service on www.TimesJobs.com, potential and existing
BPO employees can now “speak and record” their resumes.
Timesjob.com collaborated with the Indian Army Placement Agency (APA) in
2005, to leverage the skills of the retiring army personnel in facilitating their entry
into the corporate world.
Offline Business - Job Fairs
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(i) Naukri.com
Prominently placed jobs by category section
A clearly visible top employer section catches attention
BPW section with the names of the companies gives a feel of lots of opportunities
Easy navigation
New user can easily apply without registering
(iii) Monster.com
A Very Tidy And Confusion Free Homepage.
Easy Navigation
More Specific Search Options
Guided Search On The Second Page With Top Employer
Section, Job By Salary, Experience And Location
Structure of Site
Naukri.com Monster.com Timesjobs.com
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(iv) Timesjobs.com
All the value added services on right side link(BCZ, Campus Direct)
Bifurcated as per IT, Non-IT employers on homepage
Easy navigation due to sector wise distribution of different functions
Neat and tidy looking homepage
There are some facts and figure which shows why Timesjobs.com has an edge over
competitors:
• Fastest growth rate
• Association with Times Ascent (Part of largest media conglomerate i.e. Times of
India)
• Exclusivity of Job Fairs
Timesjobs.com run over 200 job fairs Pan India and Jumbo Job fairs all
year around
Job Fairs are one of the medium to acquire fresh CV’s
• Expansion through acquisitions
Timesjobs.com has recently acquired cybermedia.com,an online portal
which caters to IT jobs
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Records and Statistics for the market leader
Naukri.com preferred Job Site by 48% recruiters
A Market Research study conducted by HT Careers in association with NFO-MBL-India
has confirmed that naukri.com dominates online recruiting with a market share among
recruiters of 48 percent as compared to Jobsahead with 30 percent, Jobstreet with 9
percent and Monsterindia with 4 percent. The study confirmed that naukri.com is the
preferred job site used by corporates and is a clear market leader with a market share that
is greater than all the other leading job sites put together in India. The survey was
conducted amongst leading companies, from across industrial sectors in New Delhi,
Mumbai and Bangalore.
A report also showed the following trend:
Reports and statistics shows that Naukri.com is the undisputed market leader with
maximum market share. It shows difference on different reporting sites but more or less
they are the same. All the ststistics are present below:
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According to global internet information provider ComScore, Naukri.com, garnered a
record online traffic share of 61 per cent in February, while Monster.com and
Timesjobs.com had a traffic share of 27 per cent and 8 per cent, respectively in the
month of March 2010.
According to comScore, Naukri.com received over 30 lakh unique visitors in February
2009, ahead of Monster.com by 34 per cent, widening the gap from 20 per cent in
February 2008. The site got over 106 million page views as compared with Monster.com
which had 48 million page views in Feb 2009, widening the gap from 65 per cent in Feb
2008 to almost 120 per cent in Feb 2009.
All these reports show that Naukri.com is leading in terms of traffic on the web site and
the usage. It is having the maximun database of students too.
(According to the India Online 2009 survey report by JuxtConsult)
There are also some data which will give a good vie of comparative analysis.
Naukri.com: 20 million reachable resume with 15000 added per day
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Monster.com: 1.2 crore resume with 20000 resume added per day
Timesjobs.com: 13 million job seekers 8000 resume added per day
This is a trend which shows a hierarchal order of market share, database strength and
popularity among the users of the job portals. Clearly, Naukri is at top spot, followed by
monster and timesjobs. This data also shows that naukri is the oldest and most
experienced player in its market segment.
The new advertising campaign by timesjobs.com. In the print and online advertisements
they claim to be the “largest” job portal in India. By their definition “largest” means that
they have the most number of active resumes. Again, they classify active resumes as
resumes that have shown some activity in the last 3 months. Seriously, if I was looking
for a job, in today’s economy, do you think it would take me 3 months to find a job? Well,
that’s beside the point.
So let’s talk about active resumes. When would you consider a resume to be active?
When a person applies to a job online, and,
When modifications are carried out in an existing resume.
What should not be taken as an active resume?
When I log into my account to simply browse.
Automatic logins after being diverted from third party locations.
All facts available to me, point out that timesjobs is doing exactly what is not as
acceptable international standard. Also, there are mails circulating in cyberspace wherein
timesjobs prompts its existing jobseeker base to register their resume with multiple email
ids so that the same persons resume is listed multiple times in the timesjobs database.
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When it comes to rankings, up to 8 different, independent internet ranking authorities,
rate naukri.com as the biggest in terms of traffic, reach, page views and time spent by
jobseekers on the site.
Some time ago monster.com claimed to be No.1, now its timesjobs.com claiming to be
No.1. Both of them claiming to be bigger than naukri.com. Do I detect a little taste of
foot in the mouth for timesjobs.com?
If nothing else, then naukri.com management should thank the timesjobs management for
finally putting naukri’s name in big bold letters in their publications. This is something
that was and still is not allowed by the time group.
Last but not the least, naukri.com continues to demand and get a premium for all its
services. If timesjobs is No.1, as they claim, then why would they see at prices that are
one third of naukri.com rates. This is simply because their products and customer service
simply fails to deliver. Client acquisition for them is only though undercutting and not
through value addition.
Of course, with the backing of big papa TOI, they can afford to sell at throw away prices
indefinitely. Besides, if your product is only good enough to be thrown away, you might
as well sell it at throw away prices.
This is an excerpt of an article which shows the war between naukri and timesjobs. This
also shows that naukri.com is ahead of timesjobs.
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CHAPTER 5
SWOT ANALYSIS
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Now before discussing SWOT Analysis of timesjobs.com let us first discuss in general
that what actually is SWOT analysis and what all factors come under it.
A scan of the internal and external environment is an important part of the strategic
planning process. Environmental factors internal to the firm usually can be classified as
strengths (S) or weaknesses (W), and those external to the firm can be classified as
opportunities (O) or threats (T). Such an analysis of the strategic environment is referred
to as a SWOT analysis.
The SWOT analysis provides information that is helpful in matching the firm's resources
and capabilities to the competitive environment in which it operates. As such, it is
instrumental in strategy formulation and selection. The following diagram shows how a
SWOT analysis fits into an environmental scan:
SWOT Analysis Framework
Environmental Scan / \
Internal Analysis External Analysis/ \ / \
Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats|
SWOT Matrix
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Strengths
A firm's strengths are its resources and capabilities that can be used as a basis for
developing a competitive advantage. Examples of such strengths include:
patents strong brand names
good reputation among customers
cost advantages from proprietary know-how
exclusive access to high grade natural resources
favorable access to distribution networks
Weaknesses
The absence of certain strengths may be viewed as a weakness. For example, each of the
following may be considered weaknesses:
lack of patent protection a weak brand name
poor reputation among customers
high cost structure
lack of access to the best natural resources
lack of access to key distribution channels
In some cases, a weakness may be the flip side of a strength. Take the case in which a
firm has a large amount of manufacturing capacity. While this capacity may be
considered a strength that competitors do not share, it also may be a considered a
weakness if the large investment in manufacturing capacity prevents the firm from
reacting quickly to changes in the strategic environment.
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Opportunities
The external environmental analysis may reveal certain new opportunities for profit and
growth. Some examples of such opportunities include:
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an unfulfilled customer need
arrival of new technologies
loosening of regulations
removal of international trade barriers
Threats
Changes in the external environmental also may present threats to the firm. Some
examples of such threats include:
shifts in consumer tastes away from the firm's products
emergence of substitute products
new regulations
increased trade barriers
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Now basically it is clear and we understand that what all things come under a SWOT
Analysis. So, now let us start with the SWOT Analysis of Timesjobs.com
Strength
Timesjobs comes under the brand name of TBSL (Times Business Solution
Limited) which belongs to the Times of India Group. Operating under such a
good brand name is itself a strength for the company. This at least shows that the
job portal is well established and it is having a good man force.
Strong database of job seekers and employers. Timesjobs is having a strong
database of jobseekers with around 8000 job seekers added per month on an
average. Now, many would say that this is a bit less as compared to naukri and
monster. But if we see the age of all the job portals then the kind of success
stories Timesjob has created in un comparable.
When we talk about the cost, Timesjobs.com is very much cost competitive. As
compared to cost of naukri and monster the cost of all the services of
Timesjobs.com is less than that of its competitors. This definitely gives an edge
over its competitors.
Operates on pan India basis and on Gulf basis too as an added advantage.
Timesjobs is working on a pan India basis and also gives a hell lot of services for
the gulf countries. The number of jobs in these countries are a lot. This provides
a strength for the company.
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The job portal has a variety of value added services and special services such as BCZ,
Campus Direct et al, which really breaks the clutter and differentiates it from its
competitor. This could also be said as a strength for the company.
Weakness
The database of Timesjobs is not bad but when we compare it with others then its
pretty less. The database of job seekers as compares to naukri and monster are
quite less. The recruiters also feel the same and while choosing the job portal
they feel a bit insecure by the fact. This could be due to nascent stage of
Timesjobs.com as compared to other job portals.
Timesjobs is operating on a regional basis and the workforce is not distributed
evenly in all regions. For ex. in the east region there is less workforce for the
small cities like Ranchi and Patna is not available and the recruiter has to consult
the head office of the region to buy the plans manually.
The homepage of the Timesjobs contain all the feature but it looks a bit cluttered
as its has a lots of link and the appearance is a bit hazy. It is both a boon and
curse as a job seeker both want everything on a page but in a simplified manner.
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Opportunity
Lot of development is going on in various sectors. Like, Service Sector ,Power ,
health, Tourism, Hotels and Hospitality, Education, Industry and Infrastructure,
etc and opportunities can be tapped through proper planning. It is implicit that
the jobs in these sectors are increasing and the opportunity in these sectors is also
huge.
All the cities are in need of good job fairs under a good brand name incase of
BPO and certain emergency jobs. As Timesjobs is conducting job fairs it has a
good opportunity.
Threat
Competition is continuously rising in this sector and to overcome it Timesjobs has
to come up with several new ideas and methods to implement in its website so tha
it can continuously fight competition. If not it would be a great threat to the
portal.
Rising number of business consultants are are also a threat for the job portal
companies. The consultants provide a direct interface to the job seeker and the
portals provide a virtual interface. People are relying more on consultants as they
provide quick and on target service.
This is SWOT Analysis for Timesjobs.com
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PEST ANALYSIS
It is very important that an organization considers its environment before beginning the
marketing process. In fact, environmental analysis should be continuous and feed all
aspects of planning. The organization's marketing environment is made up from:
1. The internal environment
2. The micro-environment
3. The macro-environment e.g. Political (and legal) forces, Economic forces,
Sociocultural forces, and Technological forces. These are known as PEST factors.
Political Factors: The political arena has a huge influence upon the regulation of
businesses, and the spending power of consumers and other businesses.
Economic Factors: Marketers need to consider the state of a trading economy in the
short and long-terms. This is especially true when planning for international marketing.
Sociocultural Factors: The social and cultural influences on business vary from country
to country. It is very important that such factors are considered.
Technological Factors: Technology is vital for competitive advantage, and is a major
driver of globalization.
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Political (incl. Legal) Economic Sociocultural Technological
Environmental
regulations and
protection
Economic growth Income distribution Government
research spending
Tax policies Interest rates &
monetary policies
Demographics,
Population growth
rates, Age
distribution
Industry focus on
technological
effort
International trade
regulations and
restrictions
Government
spending
Labor / social
mobility
New inventions
and development
Contract enforcement
law
Consumer protection
Unemployment
policy
Lifestyle changes Rate of
technology
transfer
Employment laws Taxation Work/career and
leisure attitudes
Entrepreneurial
spirit
Life cycle and
speed of
technological
obsolescence
Government
organization / attitude
Exchange rates Education Energy use and
costs
Competition regulation Inflation rates Fashion, hypes (Changes in)
Information
Technology
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Political Stability Stage of the
business cycle
Health
consciousness &
welfare, feelings on
safety
(Changes in)
Internet
Safety regulations Consumer
confidence
Living conditions (Changes in)
Mobile
Technology
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The above chart shows the parameters of PEST Analysis
Now, let us give a view on the PEST Analysis of Timesjobs.com:
Political: Timesjobs.com has nothing to do with the environmental rules and regulation
and hence there is no constrain over this factor. But yes, if we talk about taxation policy
then it charges a tax of 10.3 percent and also pays tax to the government. It is basically a
database provider so to provide the database of one country to another is no barriers. The
students if are applying for the jobs need to follow all the policies. If we talk about
political stability then one thing should be kept in mind that it works on pan India basis
and there different political regulations.
Economic: The economic growth of Timesjobs has been good since its inception. Since
2004, it has shown an upward growth. But during the recession the condition was not
good. Timesjobs.com is very flexible and accepts payments in installments. Taxation
policy is also like that it charges 10.3 percent tax. The stage in the lifecycle is of Growth
and I hpoe it will continue for sometime.
Socio-cultural: The life culture and the work culture and the environment of the
workplace is very young and dynamic. The work force is very dynamic and young.
There are various recreational activities in which the people indulge in various stress
relieving sessions. Most of people working here are either content developer or
Marketing guys. The environment is also fresh ang the young guns are promoted in
Timesjobs’ corporate.
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Technological: The Timesjobs’ focus on the technological aspect is also very much. The
content developer team is continuously bringing changes in the look anf feel of the
website and try and make it look user friendly. Job talk and Timesjobs on mobile are also
good features which are paid due attention and are revised at a constant rate. This has to
be kept in pace with the competitor as the lifecycle of each of these technologies is very
short.
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CHAPTER 6
JOB PROFILE
(i)Overview
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The job profile assigned to me was a simple sales model of the company. As told earlier
Timesjobs.com deals inbridging the gap between the job seeker and the employer. So,
job seeker can easily go on the homepage and register to the site. But job seeker has to
be given every bit of knowledge about the product. Now this model is discussed in the
following paragraph
Timesjobs.com is mainly in the business of providing consultancy solution for job and
resume services to the job seekers. The sales process is mainly done by selling resume
making facilities, cover letter facilities via there websites and also through their offices in
major cities across India. The companies also generate revenues by allowing the
employers to post jobs as per the requirements. Thus we can say that they operate in both
the domains of the business i.e. B2B as well as B2C.
In B2B, the sale is mainly done by approaching the prospective employer, and by
convincing him that they will provide the best of the talent for the vacancy the employer
is having in the company. The presales preparation is done by collecting in detail
information about the prospective employer, the type of work the organisation is
performing, the level of hierarchy, the compensation package offered by the employer to
their employees, the information about the offices the company is having the employee
base and other information. Opening of sales is done by contacting the HR personnel of
the firm and convincing him/her about the offer they are providing them. They provide
attractive offers to the companies like the quality database they are having, they provide
the best of the talent at the lowest price possible. They also provide discounts to the
recruiters for posting jobs in there websites for longer periods. If the recruiter finds the
offer of naukri.com representative effective and suitable for their company,
the company gives agreement for posting the job. Sometimes the recruiter himself visits
the site and searches the resume of the suitable candidate on the website. But this facility
is not free naukri.com also charges from recruiters on account of letting them search the
resume on the website.
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(iii) Behaviour/Attitude of companies towards portals
The behaviour of the recruiters In the region where I was doing my summer training was
reluctant to take Timesjobs plan as they were more dependent upon conventional mode of
hiring. Most of the recruiters use two things in common for the recruitment purpose,
print media and job consultancies. Refral was also the third option. They feel the cost
for timesjobs.com is high, and also doubt about the quality of the services given by the
portals. Companies feel that the resume up gradation of timesjobs.com is not up to mark.
Many recruiters were using the job sites like naukri and monster and were pretty
satisfied, but showed a positive sign fir Timesjobs.com Companies in Patna are running
on small basis and hence they do not want to invest in job portals. One of the major
problems that I faced during the training was that the head offices of the corporate were
not present here and thus many of the companies referred us to the head office. The job
consultants showed a great deal of interest in our proposal as they find it really
interesting. Many of them even didn’t knew about the job portals. Companies want a
service which helps them to reduce their time for the recruitment process and makes their
recruitment process very easier. Many of the clients were using Timesjobs and few of
them also show their concern in continuing with the service.
(iv) Recruitment pattern in Patna
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Most of the recruiters don’t use the mode of e-recruitment in Patna. Well, in Bihar most
of the recruiters go for the following media:
Print: Print media is preferred because every newspaper or magazine has a reach
through out Bihar and the recruiters here need only candidates from Bihar. They
also said that print media is not too costly and the circulation is also good. The
kind of response they get is also good
Electronic: We are talking about electronic media but it is not through internet. It
is through television or FM radio. The companies go for the local television cable
channel and the cost for flashing the advertisement is sub divided into various
categories. So, recruiters prefer this mode.
Referrals: Many of the FMCG and insurance companies do not wish to spend a
single penny on recruitment process. So, the most convinient way they undertook
was of referrals
Job portals: Some top notch consultants and companies use job portals in Patna
and rely upon the. But whoever is using any job portal is satisfied and is planning
to continue with it.
Walk in’s: Walk in’s also a new trend in Bihar. Many new companies are going
for this trend. Many companies with few salary jobs are directly giving job by
short listing the resume.
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CHAPTER 7
FUTURE PROSPECT AND ACHIEVEMENTS
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In the next 5 years (2014), the e-recruitment market will grow in scale and importance.
Key trends will include. The development of more advanced tools such as sifting,
matching, handling management and application service provider type products that sit
on a client's own website, and a growing use of social networking technologies to reach
candidates, especially the passive jobseeker, stronger growth in the specialist sector of the
market — there will be only limited opportunities to launch into the generalist online
recruitment market in the next 5 years and more consolidation and a shakeout of the
smaller players and start-ups that fail to provide a quality value service for either
employers or jobseekers, or that do not invest sufficiently in their business. In addition,
there will be continued integration of offline and online recruitment, both within
recruitment companies and between online jobsites and offline recruitment companies.
This will still mean that the traditional boundaries that existed between print media
owners, job boards, recruitment advertising agencies, recruitment consultancies and
technology companies will be eroded. A new breed of `super suppliers' will develop,
capable of offering employers a range of online and offline resourcing.
A rapidly evolving e-recruitment environment
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A growing proportion of employers are using the online medium to recruit personnel.
Around two-thirds of employers use some form of e-recruitment. This is reflected in the
amount spent on e-recruitment display advertising which has risen strongly in recent
years. In 2006, Key Note estimates that online recruitment display advertising will be
worth £560m, compared with £315m in 2005. Growth in 2006 is expected to slow
compared with 2005, as the Internet market generally matures and as employment
prospects in 2006 worsen compared with those in 2005. The number of Internet
jobseekers continues to grow and will approach 9.5 million at the start of 2007. Based on
annual averages, the number of Internet jobseekers is estimated to have increased
between 2001 and 2006 by 266.7%. In 2006, this report expects jobsites to receive visits
from 23.9 million unique visitors on average per month. (Note: this is not the same as
number of online jobseekers, as one jobseeker might visit more than one site.)
We estimate that 26.5% of those using the Internet to look for work will eventually find a
job via the Internet. This implies that around 2.3 million jobseekers will have found work
via the Internet in 2006. Most applicants make their application by either filling in an
application form online or by e-mailing curriculum vitae (CV) to a potential employer.
We estimates that in 2005, 4.3 million jobseekers applied for a job via an electronic
means, while 1 million used offline means to apply.
In the last 3 years, Timesjobs.com has organized over 600 Job Fairs across the country,
which have succeeded in attracting in excess of 20,00,000 walkins & 2,50,000 'on-the-
spot' job offers. A recent study of 121 most popular websites in the country by online
research firm Juxt Consult has revealed Times Business Solutions brands TimesJobs.com,
SimplyMarry.com & MagicBricks.com as amongst the most User Friendly Sites in India.
With more than 50-lakh job applications floating around in the portal, TimesJobs.com has
been witnessing a record-breaking, mind-numbing
150 million page views a month, beating its nearest competitor hands and resumes down
with 120 million page views.
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While TimesJobs.com has 30.73 lakh active resumes (less than six months old), its
nearest competitor is 3.45 lakh behind with 27.29 lakh resumes. What’s more, the site is
leading across job verticals, including IT, sales, finance & accounting, marketing &
advertising and has become a coveted place to look for new opportunities. More
important, even for senior-level executive recruitment, where you have any number of
big-ticket head hunting agencies, TimesJobs is on the ball.
TimesJobs.com’s stellar performance in such a short period is backed by powerful value-
added services offered to its 20,000-plus clients including blue chip companies from
India and abroad TimesJobs.com, MagicBricks.com & SimplyMarry.com all scored
above 85% percentile based on usability aspects such as navigation structure & clues,
website design, company & contact information, contact responsiveness, branding and
technical parameters, compared across categories and all of them have been adjudged
amongst the most user friendly sites in India TimesJobs.com Wins the Gold and Bronze
at the
AAAI Awards at Goa fest 2006 Timesjobs.com, the fastest growing and most innovative
Indian online recruitment portal won a spate of awards - a Gold and a Bronze at the
recently concluded AAAI Awards In Goa.
Timesjobs.com received the Gold in the Interactive Media Section for its path-breaking
Upload Campaign - ""If you have a resume/reason, we have the job - click and upload
your resume with a single click". The Bronze came through the portal's "Chartbusters"
Campaign - The creative, is a compilation of songs - spoofs on classic hits- by genuine
job seekers who take a break from their routine job search
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Experts believe that increase in Internet population, growth in sectors like software and a
change in the mindset of the audience will drive the future of the e-recruitment market.
Currently, bulk of the Internet recruitment business comes from software companies as
most of the software professionals seek jobs through the Net. As the penetration of
Internet grows rapidly, the profile of the job-seekers will expand and that will drive the
demand from traditional sectors like manufacturing also.
The Internet population in India is estimated to touch 60 million users in the next three
years. Research indicates that 35 percent of all Internet users search for jobs online which
is a good sign for the business. In terms of changing mindset, a large number of
companies have still reservations about the power of Internet to help them in recruitment.
In the next two years, as more and more employers taste success with their Internet
recruitment efforts, the mindset of the late-adopters will change and the market will
explode.
The verticals, which will witness a growth are IT and IT related categories, Banking and
Financial Services (BFSI) segment. “The Indian e-recruitment market will grow to Rs
400 crore by the year 2010 and there will be further consolidation in it, with one or two
jobsites dominating the category. In addition, contrary to popular belief, placement
agencies will benefit from the growth of jobsites to provide value-added services to their
clients. Earlier e-recruitment was considered as a competition by placement agencies,
today there is a change in the market perception. Placement consultants can immensely
benefit through this mode on account of faster reach, and also fast-mover advantage.
Future of e-recruitment industry
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Experts believe that increase in Internet population, growth in sectors like software and a
change in the mindset of the audience will drive the future of the e-recruitment market.
Currently, bulk of the Internet recruitment business comes from software companies as
most of the software professionals seek jobs through the Net. As the penetration of
Internet grows rapidly, the profile of the job-seekers will expand and that will drive the
demand from traditional sectors like manufacturing also. The Internet population in India
is estimated to touch 60 million users in the next three years. Research indicates that 35
percent of all Internet users search for jobs online which is a good sign for the business.
In terms of changing mindset, a large number of companies have still reservations about
the power of Internet to help them in recruitment. In the next two years, as more and
more employers taste success with their Internet recruitment efforts, the mindset of the
late-adopters will change and the market will explode. The verticals, which will witness a
growth, are IT and IT related categories, Banking and Financial Services segment. “The
Indian e-recruitment market will grow to Rs 400 crore by the year 2010 and there will be
further consolidation in it, with one or two jobsites dominating the category.
In addition, contrary to popular belief, placement agencies will benefit from the growth
of jobsites to provide value-added services to their clients. Earlier e-recruitment was
considered as a competition by placement agencies; today there is a change in the market
perception. Placement consultants can immensely benefit through this mode on account
of faster reach, and also fast-mover advantage.
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ACHIVEMENTS
Awards and recognition
Times Business Solutions leads amongst the most User Friendly Sites in India
A recent study of 121 most popular websites in the country by online research
firm JuxtConsult has revealed Times Business Solutions brands TimesJobs.com,
SimplyMarry.com & MagicBricks.com as amongst the most User Friendly Sites in
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India. TimesJobs.com, MagicBricks.com & SimplyMarry.com all scored above
85% percentile based on usability aspects such as navigation structure & clues,
website design, company & contact information, contact responsiveness,
branding and technical parameters, compared across categories and all of them
have been adjudged amongst the most user friendly sites in India.
14 February, 2007
TimesJobs.com, the only Indian entrant for the Cyber Lion at The Cannes Lions
International Advertising Festival 2006
TimesJobs.com is the Only Entry from India to be nominated for The Cyber Lion
at Cannes Lions 2006 Advertising Awards for its "ChartBusters" Campaign - The
creative, is a compilation of songs - spoofs on classic hits- by genuine job
seekers who take a break from their routine job search.
22 June, 2007
TimesJobs.com the only Indian Portal nominated at the International Online
Recruitment Awards
A recent study of 121 most popular websites in the country by online research
firm JuxtConsult has revealed TimesJobs.com as one of the most User Friendly
Sites in India.
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20 January, 07
TimesJobs.com Wins the Gold and Bronze at the AAAI Awards at Goafest 2006
Timesjobs.com, the fastest growing and most innovative Indian online
recruitment portal won a spate of awards - a Gold and a Bronze at the recently
concluded AAAI Awards In Goa. Timesjobs.com received the Gold in the
Interactive Media Section for its path-breaking Upload Campaign - ""If you have
a resume/reason, we have the job - click and upload your resume with a single
click" . The Bronze came through the portal's "Chartbusters" Campaign - The
hits- by genuine job seekers who take a break from their routine job search
01 May, 2006
TimesJobs.com's "Chartbusters" Campaign fetched Silver at the Asia Pacific Ad
fest 2006 in Thailand
TimesJobs.com's "Chartbusters" Campaign fetched Silver at the Asia Pacific Ad
fest 2006 in Thailand. The creative, is a compilation of songs - spoofs on classic
hits- by genuine job seekers who take a break from their routine job search. The
campaigns were done by Tribal DDB the Interactive Media Division of Mudra
Marketing Services. The Award Winning "ChartBusters" Campaign.
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Next up on the cards, was Global Connect. Launched in October 2009, it allowed
candidates to connect their social media links to their resume. With TimesJobs
GlobalConnect, users have the option to link their professional online identities and work
to their TimesJobs.com resume.
The concept behind this new feature is that a candidate can link their chat ID’s, work
samples, professional profiles, etc, and by viewing the candidate’s GlobalConnect profile,
a recruiter will be fully informed of the candidate’s strengths and achievements before
they contact them for future interviews, thus reducing the interview time by half.
With the application of GlobalConnect on TimesJobs, candidates were able to project to
potential employers a comprehensive resume which – apart from the TimesJobs resume –
would also intelligently put his profile and work from sites like Linkedin, PeerPower,
Blogs, Slideshare , YouTube, Google docs etc, on the same platform. Global Connect also
enabled candidates to do such things as:
Connect Via Chat
Candidates can now chat with recruiters directly by simply adding their Gtalk, Yahoo,
MSN, ICQ, AIM, and Skype to their TimesJobs GlobalConnect profile.
Adding their messenger ID to your profile also allows them to cut their future in-person
interview in half. This is because when they add their messenger ID, it allows recruiters
to directly chat with them online while their resume is viewed.
Link A Site
Candidates can link a site to their very own TimesJobs resume! They can even add their
professional blog and/ or the websites of the companies they have worked for or
contributed toward.
This is an important feature through which recruiters can view samples of their work, and
see what they are like professionally.
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Showcase Your Work
Youtube videos, Slideshare and Google Docs can also be added to a TimesJobs resume!
Any types of samples of their work, a video resume, a voice clip (if they’re looking for a
voice-centered job), seminars they conducted, conferences they participated in, etc, can
also be added.
With these brand-new TimesJobs features, candidates were then able to professionally
connect to recruiters and allow them to view their professional profile without leaving
their workplace for a minute! Candidates who used Global Connect were able to give
recruiters an idea of who they were and what they could do before their interview call.
There is one more article which shows the achievement of timesjobs.com:
The battle for the number one position in online recruitment classifieds market has taken
a new turn. TimesJobs.com has taken out an advertisement saying “Everyone is quitting
naukri”, probably a pun-intended campaign against Naukri.com. TimesJobs claimed
3.075 million resumes which are 0-6 months old, while it said the the nearest rival (read
Naukri) has only 2.73 million active resumes.
In a page one article (a plug job for the group company) in The Economic Times,
TimesJobs.com has claimed that it is the number one jobs site with 150 million page
views a month, while the nearest competitor has only 120 million page views a month.
The article quotes Vineet Jain, MD of the Times Group: “We just put our heads down and
worked hard. A smartly differentiated product, backed by a great team, cutting edge
technology and superb communication did the trick for TimesJobs.com. Our
understanding of new media helped us cracking the market in less than three years.”
Now the battle for number one position is being hijacked by TimesJobs. It used to be
Naukri versus Monster India earlier. Sanjeev Bikhchandani, MD of Info Edge Ltd, the
owner of Naukri.com, could not be reached for comments. However, our sources suggest
that Naukri is “reviewing the matter, and will come out with a response in a few days
time”. A rival of TimesJobs told ContentSutra that the company has encouraged
duplication of resumes.
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What are the options for Naukri now: It can either come up with its own campaign with
their own set of numbers to counter TimesJobs claim. Or Naukri can take TimesJobs to
court for using the phrase “Everyone is quitting naukri”. An industry source told
ContentSutra: “The latter option is a possibility but may not be the smartest option,
though.” So it’s likely Naukri will come up with a counter campaign. Watch this space.
Sanjeev Bikhchandani, MD of Naukri.com, responds:
1. As per Alexa and Comscore, Naukri remains by far the leading job site in India. On
Alexa the three month reach of Naukri at 855 today is thrice that of TimesJobs which is at
257. According to Comscore, Naukri got more than 2.3 million unique users in February
as compared to slightly more than 1.3 million of Timesjobs.
2. In fact, as per Alexa, TimesJobs has slipped to fourth place behind Clickjobs.
3. The statistic that TimesJobs is referring to is “Active” resumes in the last six months,
not total resumes. Here TimesJobs has a different definition of “Active” as compared to
Naukri. In TimesJobs, if you open a job alert email and click on a job in the email to go to
the site you are treated as an active user. In Naukri, you are an active user only if you
update your CV or apply for a job or are a new registrant. We do not count clicking on a
job in a job alert as being “Active”.
LAUNCHED IN MOBILE VALUE ADDED SERVICES TO BE INDIA
TBSL, with its joint venture partner, Stanton Technologies, has launched the world’s first
ever IPTV services targeting millions of mobile subscribers across the globe and offering
complete IPTV solution.
TIMEBROADBAND Services Private Limited (TBSL), with its joint venture partner –
Stanton Technologies Sdn Bhd, announced the launch of the world’s first internet
protocol television (IPTV) over 2.5G mobile platform to target the estimated United
States Dollar (USD) four billion mobile IPTV market on Friday (March 21). The joint
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venture also announced signing of contracts with DiGi in Malaysia, and China Mobile
and China Unicom in China.
Through an exclusive deal with the Chinese government owned entity, TBSL – Stanton
joint venture will have access to provide IPTV to over 500 million mobile subscribers in
China, the largest in the world.
TBSL recently got funded by Dubai Ventures, the equity investment arm of Dubai
Investment Group, a company owned by the ruler of Dubai – His Highness, Sheikh
Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Dubai Ventures played an active role in bringing
Stanton and TBSL together to form the unique partnership that will enable the two
companies to offer a complete IPTV solution, (technology and content) to global mobile
telecom industry.
TBSL is one of India’s first companies to demonstrate live IPTV on fixed line telephony.
TBSL is an integrated IPTV solution provider with access to content, skilled human
resources and requisite digital technology for re-purposing content and for providing
high-end IPTV solutions. Stanton Technologies has a unique compression technology to
deliver mobile IPTV on the existing 2.5G platform and standard handsets. TBSL signed
the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian music industry to be the
license content provider for IPTV on various platforms and also empower the TBSL–
Stanton joint venture. Present on the occasion were Sujata Dev, chief executive officer
and managing director, TBSL; Mervin Nevis, chief executive officer, Stanton
Technologies, Malaysia; Rajat Jhunjhunwala, managing director, Dubai Ventures; D S
Rawat, secretary general, Association Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
(ASSOCHAM); Supran Sen, secretary general, Producers’ Guild; Shyamal Ghosh,
president, IPTV India Forum, apart from other guests and dignitaries.
Speaking on the occasion, Dev said, “TBSL-Stanton joint venture is the stepping stone
for global expansion of digitally re-purposed Indian and other content for multiplier
effect of IPTV, where mobile IPTV is one of the platforms. With continued support from
our investor, we are confident that this joint venture will become one of the top mobile
IPTV service providers globally.”
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Nevis expressed, “After our joint venture with TBSL and Malaysia launch, we have been
able to jointly explore the Chinese market with Potevio, which gives us an access to 600
million subscribers of China Mobile and Unicom. We are excited to enter the Indian
market through this joint venture. We appreciate the effort put in by Dubai Ventures to
put this partnership together and have no doubts that together we will be able to bring
about a revolution in IPTV experience of mobile consumers globally.”
With this new high-end technology, subscribers can now view the latest entertainment
news, drama series and special episodes from the top studios of Bollywood, while on the
move. Mobile customers will have in their hands held 2.5G devices, the ultimate mobile
entertainment experience through their handheld devices.
About Time Broadband Services Ltd (TBSL)
TBSL is all geared up to meet the requirements of the Indian IPTV industry through its
extensive research. TBSL plans to introduce a bouquet of services, including new film
releases, interactive TV and on-demand services. New developmental research has been
aimed to integrate IPTV platform with existing 2.5G mobile delivery to facilitate broad
basing of content to large growing base of mobile customers. TBSL has signed MOU in
March 2008 with ASSOCHAM and Producers’ Guild for creating India’s first ever single
window content licensing centre. It will facilitate Video VAS on multiple telecom
platforms, especially to 120 new licensees of Indian telecom domain.
Global delivery of Indian content via international promotion in relevant festivals, trade
shows and bilateral deals were initiated in Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) and GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) regions through local partners. The first
step towards this is the joint venture with Stanton Technologies, Malaysia. TBSL has
built up its own in-house technical expertise for implementation, maintenance and after-
sale services of the IPTV platform. TBSL has its world-class network operating center
(NOC), which is co-located with development wing and call-centre support and research
facility in south Delhi. Harnessing the power of ICT is the key objective of the company
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for supporting the front-end partners through a knowledge process outsourcing (KPO)
route.
About Stanton Technologies Sdn Bhd
Leading in integrated digital media delivery solutions (iDMDS), Stanton Technologies
has launched itself into the forefront of mobile TV (IPTV), a projected US four billion
industry. Besides being an iDMDS provider, Stanton Technologies, an MSC status
company, is currently a major distributor of computer and mobile communication related
products in western Europe through its distribution networks in Denmark, Germany,
Lithuania and Switzerland. The company has recently achieved further advancement in
mobile value added service segment through its joint venture with Time Broadband
Services, India for comprehensive end-to-end capability.
Armed with the latest technology, Stanton Technologies is all geared up towards
delivering digital media content to mobile phones and devices through the mobile
connectivity of Edge, 3G, HDPA, 4G, Wi-Fi and Wimax. A patented and fully functional
IPTV mobile server solution, when integrated with the Telco’s’ infrastructure and
distribution gateway, enables the delivery of audio and video to mobile devices. A first of
its kind, IPTV mobile solution will enable numerous users and customers to have the
option to enjoy targeted mobile TV content services instead of the generally available
content in current broadcasting world. The success achieved in China and Malaysia
would soon be replicated across multiple deals with leading global telecom service
providers.
TIMESJOBS.COM LAUNCHES SMS XPRESS HIRE
A service that enables recruiters to send SMS to targeted or even multiple candidates at a
single click and receive their responses and applications.
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Using XpressHire recruiters can send SMS to selected multiple candidates with a single
click through TimesJobs.com. The recruiter can also send SMS to candidates from their
own databases i.e., even to non-TimesJobs.com registered users.
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In the region where I was doing my summer training was reluctant to take
Timesjobs plan as they were more dependent upon conventional mode of hiring.
Most of the recruiters use two things in common for the recruitment purpose, print
media and job consultancies. Refral was also the third option.
They feel the cost for timesjobs.com is high, and also doubt about the quality of
the services given by the portals.
Companies feel that the resume up gradation of timesjobs.com is not up to mark.
Many recruiters were using the job sites like naukri and monster and were pretty
satisfied, but showed a positive sign fir Timesjobs.com
Companies in Patna are running on small basis and hence they do not want to
invest in job portals.
One of the major problems that I faced during the training was that the head
offices of the corporate were not present here and thus many of the companies
referred us to the head office.
The job consultants showed a great deal of interest in our proposal as they find it
really interesting. Many of them even didn’t knew about the job portals.
Companies want a service which helps them to reduce their time for the
recruitment process and makes their recruitment process very easier.
Many of the clients were using Timesjobs and few of them also show their
concern in continuing with the service.
All the companies entertained the proposals of timesjobs, and nobody saig a big
no to us. The proposal suited everybody’s pocket and hence it was out of
nobody’s reach.
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Companies want a customized or tailored solution which should be a
technologically sophisticated service.
Companies feel that they can’t spend much for recruitment process and the
attrition rate is also very low. That is the reason why they prefer to have an instant
solution like reference, consultants and newspaper advertisement.
Only upper and middle class people are enjoying with the timesjobs.com services.
So jobsites find solutions to join lower class people with the services given by e-
recruiters.
The job seekers in Bihar were more interested in job consultant rather than going
for a job portal as they were not too sure about the service.
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SUGGESTIONS
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Need of advertisement is lacking in cities like Patna. The people are reluctant to
invest in job portals and are not sure about its services.
It should identify the actual needs of the society and make efforts to identify their needs.
The advertisement should be in print media so that the viewers can read all the
details in a detailed manner.
A regional centre of Timesjobs.com should be opened in cities like Patna so that a
better control of the region should be in hands of the company.
Company should attract more consumers to lead in the market
In order to give awareness, timesjobs.com can conduct various types of seminars
in educational institutions so that they can know about it and can update their
resumes.
Timesjobs.com conduct job fair for medium town or cities also because there is a
huge potential in these town and cities.
A voice customer care centre should be there for its client or customers. Presently
it is providing online solution
Visit by technical specialist or auditor should be must at least twice in a year.
Companies confuse about the services provided by the timesjobs.com.
Job fairs can create more databases for each job seekers and job provider.
Some job seekers don’t have proper ideas about companies for their jobs and also
some companies are facing problem with recruitment. So timesjobs.com can
provide solutions for their problem with the help of job fair.
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CONCLUSION
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Job portals industries yet to capture the recruitment market, but it are in growing stage. The
growth of the industry in developing developed and under developed countries is directly
proportional to the internet penetration across the globe. Now a day’s people prefer online
recruitment solutions. A growing use of social networking technologies reach candidates,
especially the passive jobseeker, stronger growth in the specialist sector of the market. Patna e-
recruitment market is also looking for a tremendous growth. Various players are in the market
and also internet penetration is also getting higher. The Internet population in India is estimated
to touch 60 million users in the next three years. Research indicates that 35 percent of all Internet
users search for jobs online which is a good sign for the business. According to a recent report,
which shows the Indian e-recruitment market will grow to Rs 400 crore by this year 2010. So
there is a huge growth for e-recruitment industry and which will make the recruitment process
easier.
Patna has a potential market for timesjobs.com but due to lack of awareness job provider
do not use it. Timesjobs.com is in growing stage in Patna hence to provide information
about it job fairs help a lot. In the coming future due to increase of internet user’s
timesjobs.com user will increase hence to maintain this increment after sales services is
must. To provide more information about this like technical and non technical customer
care should be must.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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In January 2004, TimesJobs.com, the fastest growing and most innovative Indian online
recruitment portal, was born with a mission to reach out to all Indians in the country and
abroad and provide them with the best career opportunities available. Its focus was to
ensure their skills were showcased and matched suitably with the HR requirements of
employers from diverse industries, in a timesaving and cost-efficient manner. Its
concentrated approach has made TimesJobs.com the blue-eyed boy of recruiters and
aspirants alike.
In January 2004, TimesJobs.com, the fastest growing and most innovative Indian online
recruitment portal, was born with a mission to reach out to all Indians in the country and
abroad and provide them with the best career opportunities available. Its focus was to
ensure their skills were showcased and matched suitably with the HR requirements of
employers from diverse industries, in a timesaving and cost-efficient manner. Its
concentrated approach has made TimesJobs.com the blue-eyed boy of recruiters and
aspirants alike.
As part of our CSR activities, TimesJobs.com also forged alliances with The Indian Army
- TimesJobs.com was the only website with the wherewithal and credentials to tie up with
their placement agencies. TimesJobs.com collaborated with the Indian Army Placement
Agency (APA), to leverage the skills of the retiring army personnel in facilitating their
entry into the corporate world, and successfully established the website solution -
www.apa.co.in in 2005.
In February 2006, the company launch of its Gulf portal, ae.TimesJobs.com, becoming
the first Indian job site with an international footprint. The Gulf portal is intended as a
platform where companies based in Bahrain, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Qatar,
Saudi Arabia and UAE, converge with talent from India to satisfy their HR requirements.
Not only that, residents of this region can apply for jobs in Gulf countries and India,
through ae.TimesJobs.com.
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Most recently in October 2009, TimesJobs Global Connect was launched that enabled
users to link all their professional online identities and work to their TimesJobs.com
resume. A candidate can link their chat ID's, professional profiles, websites, blog links,
embed work samples, etc. in their TimesJobs.com Resume.
Timesjobs has been an achiever since its inception. There has been major key events
which timesjobs.com conducted and there are also various milestones which it passed.
Not very old but it showed its competitor that having a great database and concentrated
team can easily climb the ladder of success. The events are in the form of job fairs such
as North Region, East Region, West Region and South Region
A Market Research study conducted by HT Careers in association with NFO-MBL-India
has confirmed that naukri.com dominates online recruiting with a market share among
recruiters of 48 percent as compared to Jobsahead with 30 percent, Jobstreet with 9
percent and Monsterindia with 4 percent. The study confirmed that naukri.com is the
preferred job site used by corporates and is a clear market leader with a market share that
is greater than all the other leading job sites put together in India. The survey was
conducted amongst leading companies, from across industrial sectors in New Delhi,
Mumbai and Bangalore.
The services offered by the company are:
Database Service
Job Posting Service
HixeXS International and Gulf
Visibility Services
Other Services
Job Refresh Packages
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User License
Other Rec Visibility
Non Rec Visibility
These are a variety of services and provides a complete solution to the customers need.
The economic growth of Timesjobs has been good since its inception. Since 2004, it has
shown an upward growth. But during the recession the condition was not good.
Timesjobs.com is very flexible and accepts payments in installments. Taxation policy is
also like that it charges 10.3 percent tax. The stage in the lifecycle is of Growth and I
hpoe it will continue for sometime.
Timesjobs.com has nothing to do with the environmental rules and regulation and hence
there is no constrain over this factor. But yes, if we talk about taxation policy then it
charges a tax of 10.3 percent and also pays tax to the government. It is basically a
database provider so to provide the database of one country to another is no barriers. The
students if are applying for the jobs need to follow all the policies. If we talk about
political stability then one thing should be kept in mind that it works on pan India basis
and there different political regulations.
Timesjobs comes under the brand name of TBSL (Times Business Solution Limited)
which belongs to the Times of India Group. Operating under such a good brand name is
itself a strength for the company. This at least shows that the job portal is well
established and it is having a good man force.
Strong database of job seekers and employers. Timesjobs is having a strong database of
jobseekers with around 8000 job seekers added per month on an average. Now, many
would say that this is a bit less as compared to naukri and monster. But if we see the age
of all the job portals then the kind of success stories Timesjob has created in un
comparable.
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The database of Timesjobs is not bad but when we compare it with others then its pretty
less. The database of job seekers as compares to naukri and monster are quite less. The
recruiters also feel the same and while choosing the job portal they feel a bit insecure by
the fact. This could be due to nascent stage of Timesjobs.com as compared to other job
portals. Timesjobs is operating on a regional basis and the workforce is not distributed
evenly in all regions. For ex. in the east region there is less workforce for the small
cities like Ranchi and Patna is not available and the recruiter has to consult the head
office of the region to buy the plans manually.
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LITERATURE REVIEW
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The economic growth of Timesjobs has been good since its inception. Since 2004, it has
shown an upward growth. But during the recession the condition was not good.
Timesjobs.com is very flexible and accepts payments in installments. Taxation policy is
also like that it charges 10.3 percent tax. The stage in the lifecycle is of Growth and I
hpoe it will continue for sometime.
Timesjobs.com has nothing to do with the environmental rules and regulation and hence
there is no constrain over this factor. But yes, if we talk about taxation policy then it
charges a tax of 10.3 percent and also pays tax to the government. It is basically a
database provider so to provide the database of one country to another is no barriers. The
students if are applying for the jobs need to follow all the policies. If we talk about
political stability then one thing should be kept in mind that it works on pan India basis
and there different political regulations.
Timesjobs comes under the brand name of TBSL (Times Business Solution Limited)
which belongs to the Times of India Group. Operating under such a good brand name is
itself a strength for the company. This at least shows that the job portal is well
established and it is having a good man force.
Strong database of job seekers and employers. Timesjobs is having a strong database of
jobseekers with around 8000 job seekers added per month on an average. Now, many
would say that this is a bit less as compared to naukri and monster. But if we see the age
of all the job portals then the kind of success stories Timesjob has created in un
comparable.
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The database of Timesjobs is not bad but when we compare it with others then its pretty
less. The database of job seekers as compares to naukri and monster are quite less. The
recruiters also feel the same and while choosing the job portal they feel a bit insecure by
the fact. This could be due to nascent stage of Timesjobs.com as compared to other job
portals. Timesjobs is operating on a regional basis and the workforce is not distributed
evenly in all regions. For ex. in the east region there is less workforce for the small
cities like Ranchi and Patna is not available and the recruiter has to consult the head
office of the region to buy the plans manually.
BIBLIOGRAPHY/ANNEXURE
Text Book: Kotler Philip 13 edition (South Indian Perspective)
Internet:
www.timesjobs.com
www.google.com
www.yahooindia.com
www.tbsl.in
www.erecruitment.com
www.timesofindia.com
www.wikipedia.org
www.jobsahead.com
www.jobssdb.com
www.jobsstreet.com
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www.monster.com
www.yellowjobs.co.in
www.shine.com
www.naukri.com
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