My name is Narayan and Iam heading a consulting firm called EPRO in Bangalore, and subscribed for times jobs. we were very reluctant to go for the portal but we thought this could be useful for our entry level openings where the bulk is there. We also had to deliver to our clients and the pressure was more to go for the portal.
Our First problem is that the quality of resumes is poor, their search engine will throw hundreds of irrelevant resumes once you give a search.
Since there are hundreds of resumes that gets listed you will not have the time to search and download the correct resumes, and the only option will be to go for mass mailing. This feature worked for some time, here also we faced lot of of problems. You cannot compare to Naukri, they have be best user interface.....timesjobs is really pathetic in this regard.....
If you succeed from here then you can send mass email to about 6 - 7 pages and the drama starts. You will be prompted with a funny cryptic word, they call it security validation page, I dont understand why??? even they say it is for safety. once you enter that password you may be happy to send mails to another 5 pages and again the validation page erupts, and from here you are bound to get these validation pages randomly from 1 page to 3 or 4 pages.
In today’s fast paced life who has the patience to enter passwords for every mail you send ????
Most beautiful problem that you are sure to encounter is that the entire portal is slow, they have oversold and there is no bandwidth.... you are dead once you realize this because you will not be able to use the portal at all :-). We use monster and naukri and manage. The thought of times jobs and its slow response...it really sucks man. The only time we felt the speed is better is during night past 11pm, you will have to work night shift entering validation passwords to use this portal..... thats the hard reality ???
We have paid two instalments 17k and 10 k, and we had subscribed for 1 year. We have used for 2 months and we want to stop their payment. Loss of 27K is better than 1Lac.
If someone wants to really check the correctness of my clain then call me on 95902 83636 or email me vlnarayan@epro-mpc.com.
FINALLY THE INDIAN WAY OF HANDLING customtakeoutERS, WE DONT CARE !!! THATS OUR customtakeoutER CARE POLICY, WE HAVE BEEN SENDING MAILS AND CALLING THEM SINCE ONE MONTH AND THERE IS NO SOLUTION TO OUR CONCERNS........
Regards,
Narayan.