A two-day job fair organised by the Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry and the technical education, training and skill development of the Bengal government received good response from large and medium corporate houses with one out of two candidates receiving offers or being shortlisted for further selection.

Companies such as ITC, Tata Motors, Exide, Reliance Jio and many more turned up at APC Ray Polytechnic in Jadavpur and ITI, Tollygunge, where the fair was organised.

The total number of candidates who appeared in the fair stood at 7,054. While 1,803 candidates were selected from polytechnics and ITIs, the number of shortlisted candidates were 1,853.

Organisers say the shortlisted candidates will go through further rounds of the selection process before they are finally absorbed.

Buoyed by the response from the job fair, the government has planned to hold such events in every district of Bengal to build a bridge between the job aspirants and established companies that are looking for the right human resource for their business.