Thousands throng IT job fair at BASIS SoftExpo

Thousands of IT graduates and professionals yesterday visited a technology fair in the capital where firms offered on-the-spot hiring opportunities. 

The "ICT Career Camp and Job Fair" was held at the BASIS SoftExpo 2023 at the Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center in Purbachal.

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The fair, which was supported by the country's top job portal bdjobs.com, was aimed at helping information technology firms recruit IT professionals.

IT graduates and IT professionals from various universities across the country applied for jobs at the event.

Rifaz Nahiyan, a computer science and engineering graduate from the United International University, visited the fair with the hope of getting a job at a software firm.

"I am a full-scale web developer and applied to 30 companies. It's really amazing to find many firms at a single venue and it's a big opportunity for me," he added.

AKM Fahim Mashroor, chief executive officer of bdjobs, said: "We received an incredible response from recruiters and job-seekers."

"We hold job fairs at the district level throughout the year. But this was the first time a job fair was arranged in a completely paperless way."

More than 5,000 job-seekers applied for employment opportunities using QR codes against 500 positions. Besides, over 100 IT companies organised on-the-spot tests of the candidates who took part in the process using their mobile phones.

Of the job-seekers who participated in the largest-ever tech job fair in Bangladesh, about 90 per cent were fresh graduates. At least 1,000 are expected to be hired within the next few weeks.

Prokash Roy Chowdhury, marketing director of bdjobs.com, said: "There is a lot of demand for skilled IT professionals in the growing information technology sector."

"So, we organised this fair keeping the needs of the industry in mind."