The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's seventh 3-day job fair commenced at St. Xavier's College, Palayamkottai, on Friday with 11,500 engineering, arts and science graduates participating.
Addressing the candidates, Rajya Sabha MP K. Kanimozhi appealed to them to perform in the best possible fashion in the interview so that they could select the best offers from the 168 companies waiting with 11,156 vacancies.
“We've brought to Palayamkottai the leaders of various industries including information technology. Make use of this great opportunity (job fair) to grab the best offer by aptly projecting yourself and your knowledge. After getting a job in a leading company, be a motivation and role model to other job-seekers of this region,” she said.
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Representing the companies , executives Nithin of Infosys, Vishwanath of Wipro, Ramkumar of TCS and Srinivas of TV Sundaram Iyengar and Sons too encouraged the aspirants to be positive and make use of this great opportunity.
Ministers T.P.M. Maideen Khan, Thangam Thennarasu and Poongothai Aladi Aruna, MLAs M. Appavu, V. Karuppasamy Pandian and N. Maalairaja, Vice-Chancellor of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University R.T. Sabapathy Mohan, principal of St. Xavier's College, Rev. Fr. Alphonse Manickam SJ and Deputy Mayor K. Muthuramalingam participated.
The organizers had hired good number of vehicles to carry the differently-abled and pregnant candidates and women aspirants with babies from the ‘pandal' to the stalls.
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An ambulance from Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital with a medical team was stationed near the waiting area. The organisers could not give the exact number of successful candidates, who received the offer letters on day one.