Thousands throng recruitment fair

Thousands throng recruitment fair

JAKARTA (JP): Thousands of people showed up at the opening of
job recruitment fair "Career 2000" at Bapindo Plaza on Wednesday
to try their luck at finding a job or furthering their careers.

While some of them came armed with CVs for the 600 jobs on
offer. Others (above picture) brows vacancies on the Internet
using 24 computers made available at the fair.

The two-day fair, organized by Asia Expo and sponsored by PT
Jobs DB Indonesia, involved some 20 major companies, including
Standard Chartered Bank, ABN Amro Bank, Toshiba, Super Italia,
Lippo Land Toyota Astra Motor and the recruitment offices of
Auditsi Personnel and Kemala Global International.

The fair attracted people from various backgrounds and not
just the professionals targeted by the organizers.

JobsDB also launched its Indonesian website advertising
vacancies in Indonesia and all over the world.

The launch was witnessed by Yudo Swasono, head of the Ministry
of Manpower's Planning and Development Agency Yudho Swasono,
JobsDB Inc. chairman Samuel Sung and JobsDB managing director for
Indonesia Eddy S. Tjahja.

JobsDB and its website JobsDB.com is an internet recruitment
media founded in 1998 in Hong Kong. It now has 10 offices around
the world, including one in Jakarta.

"Indonesia is a very important country. With India and China
it makes up about a half of the world's population," Sung said.

Although internet users in Indonesia are still few, the
potential for job recruitment is very high, he said.

Sung said Singapore needs a lot of talent from overseas and
with JobsDB, the process for overseas recruitment is much
simplified.

Representatives of some 300 companies were also invited to
attend the fair and to register for a free three-months corporate
membership trial with JobsDB.com.

Under the terms of the trial, companies can advertise on the
site for up to 48 job openings. (10)