TimesJobs.com nominated at the Online Recruitment Awards

TimesJobs.com is the only recruitment portal from India to be nominated for Awards at The OnRec Awards 2007 being held in the UK for their path-breaking campaigns and applications.

The first award being The Best Technical Innovation for the recently launchedñ TimesJobs Talkies ñthe First Voice Resumes in the World. This Path-breaking innovation offered only by TimesJobs.com, cuts recruitment cycles, reduce cost, time and manpower involved in recruitment and facilitate candidates by improving their chances of post interview selection. ìTimesJobs Talkiesî allows candidates to record, store and place their voice in their resumes for job applications. TimesJobs Talkies is empowered by NowPos patent-applied voice technology.

Mr. Ayyappa Nagubandi, Leader (title equivalent of CEO), NowPos speaking about TimesJobs Talkies said, ìThe partnership with TimesJobs.com creates several unique solutions, where CVs, first round short-listing and subsequent interviews, empowered by NowPos patent-applied voice technology, will change the way jobs are to be found, and people recruited.î

The second being The Innovative Online Marketing Award nomination for TimesJobs.comís Chartbustersî Campaign - The creative, is a compilation of songs ñ spoofs on classic hitsñ by genuine job seekers who take a break from their routine job search. Tribal DDB, the Interactive Media Division of Mudra Marketing Services, did the creatives for these campaigns.

Mr. R. Lakshminarayanan, Mudra Marketing Services added, ìIn the interactive space, any communication must be simple, easy and quick. By integrating the browsing and uploading of resumes, TimesJobs.com reflected a fine understanding of consumer needs and online behaviour and a refreshing approach to capturing their profiles with the least effort on their part.

Mr R. Sundar, President Times Business Solutions, observed ìThe major victory, we feel, with these prestigious recognitions is that, these campaigns have not only been great creatives ñ as adjudged by these Juries, but great products as well. Through these, TimesJobs.com has achieved more than 25 thousand registrations a day, resulting in over 5.5 million active jobseekers on our site. This shows the strength of TimesJobs.com in delivering results to candidates, who place their faith and trust in us by posting their resumes on our site and makes TimesJobs.com ñ the Jobsite of First Preference.î

TimesJobs.com has won a spate of awards for its Interactive Campaigns ñ a Gold and a Bronze at the Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) Awards in GoaFest 2006 and fetched a Silver at the Asia Pacific Ad fest 2006 in Thailand.

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