The Chennai JOB Fair (March 29th)

It was sure having a serpentine Queue of Job Seekers, which candidly the organizers had not anticipated at the Chennai Job Fair conducted by IFA consultants (albeit under the political aegis of DMK), but despite the political cloud surrounding the entire area there were a few things that you get to learn and appreciate being part of the on-the-day coordination.
1) Dream BIG and also anticipate Bigger
What ever be the flaws of the entire show, what should be appreciated is that it brought together 24 companies and a minimum of 3000 deserving candidates in a single platform.

Bringing across companies across the diaspora such as L&T, Hyundai, Orchid Pharma & Sutherland.. but this indeed was their Achilles heel as they did not categorize the companies and as a result the candidates were at total loss to decide where to go....

2) The business of Politics
As the minister M.K.Stalin started his speech i could really appreciate how similar are the workings of both a politician and a businessmen; while his speech peppered with lavish praise on his own accomplishments was met with rapturous applause of his party cadres but it was quite insightful as the politicians play the role of the pied piper luring all Companies into Chennai



3) The forbearance of a south-korean
This was the position of the Hyundai Chief right from the beginning till the ceremony ended.... frightfully rigid.





4) The power of networking
We utilized the entire oppurtunity to speak to all the head HR and VPs of the 24 companies and show-cased our model for a sustainable & scalable rural employment; and it really gave us lot of key insights from the corporate perspective on their requirements and their commitment to their employees as a responsibility.


Now we have deep insights from 24 top companies, formulation of a process for organizing the Job Fair and a full-day appointment with the Vice President of L&T...



For the Press review of the Job fair click here HINDU