“In the middle of difficulty lies an opportunity”
Job fairs are becoming a more common method of entry level recruiting and initial screening. It is the opportunity to reach interviewing the highest possible number of prospects in the shortest possible amount of time. For many students, job fairs provide an opportunity to meet with multiple employers in the same day.
Such was the job fair 2007, organised by the University of Mauritius Information Systems Society, ISS, on the 5th to 8th September at the auditorium Octave Wiehe.
The job Forum, though organised by IT students, did not target only IT-related companies but others as well. There were about 20 booths in this job space and all most all of them were looking for people for immediate recruitment.
The exhibitors for the Job Fair 2007 were:
Name of the Exhibitors:
§ Accenture
§ The0Finance
§ Ceridian
§ Anglo African
§ Huawei Techologies
§ DCDM Consulting
§ Orange Business Ltd
§ Posterita (Tamak ICT)
§ Airmate / Air Mauritius
§ Service Bureau Ltd
§ Linkbynet Indian Ocean
§ State Informatics Limited (SIL)
§ Teleforma
§ Heaven Multimedia Telecommunication Portal Company Ltd
§ Netgroup
§ Rogers Outsourcing ltd
§ Infinity BPO
§ Euro CRM
§ Barclays Bank
Media :
§ Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation
§ Le Matinal
Lan Game :
§ Kaira ( Mauritius) Pvt Ltd
This forum was open not only to UoM students but also to all secondary and other tertiary students.
It was a matchmaking platform between the companies and the students, whereby, Cellplus was our Platinum Sponsor and they distributed FREE STARTER PACKS to all newcomers.
Without also forgetting that, the awarding ceremony for the ESSAY COMPETITION- marked by Mr Kavi Khedo- was also held on the opening, where the winners won MOBILE SETS & STARTER PACKS by Cellplus.
To enhance the atmosphere of the job fair, the MBC was there, with its breath taking stand. It also contained a mini radio studio, whereby, the job fair was being discussed LIVE.
Well many of the attendees at the job fair were “window shoppers” who were just browsing to see what is available. But the fact is that many students have been recruited or have been called to interviews in these companies.
In other words the ISS has been instrumental in helping out the students to open themselves to the job market and building up contacts with the companies
