Almost 100 companies from Coimbatore and its environs are recruiting candidates at a two-day job fair that started on Thursday at the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI).
K. Annamalai, vice president of the Chamber, and Rajesh B. Lund, president of the Chamber, told The Hindu that the second edition of the job fair organised by the ICCI, Coimbatore, will see close to 3,600 candidates attending interviews of nearly a 100 companies under the Tamil Nadu government’s Naan Mudhalvan scheme.
The fair, organised in partnership with NSE Academy, is for students in the arts, commerce, and management streams. The government provides 60 hours training for college students under the Naan Mudhalvan scheme. The companies that are recruiting candidates include e-commerce giants such as Flipkart, local companies in logistics, finance management firms, and retailers.
“The number of vacancies that will be filled totally will be known on Friday. Last year, the Chamber organised a similar job fair in which 30 companies offered letters of employment to 242 candidates. They were selected from 700 students who participated in the fair,” said Mr. Annamalai.
The event got bigger this year with participation of 100 companies, said Mr. Lund.
Each candidate who registers can select the company for the interview. “Though there is no restriction on the number of companies, a candidate will have time to attend the interview of only one company,” said Mr. Annamalai.
Trade sources pointed out that currently, attrition rates were high. If a company recruits 10 candidates, especially those who passed out of colleges in the recent months, just one or two candidates remain at the company for a year. This should be addressed in any training programme for students, they added.
Published – May 22, 2025 05:21 pm IST
