A job mela was organised on 9 August 2008 in Nagercoil as part of the 85th Birthday Celebrations of the Chief Minister M Karunanidhi. Member of Parliament Ms K Kanimozhi inaugurated the job mela and gave the inauguration speech. Minister for School Education Thangam Thennarasu and Tourism Minister N Suresh Rajan were present. Rev Jegath Gaspar Raj, the Managing Trustee of Tamil Maiyam, the organising partner of the job mela, gave the welcome address.
Responding to the call for action in providing employment, The Sanmar Group among other corporates, participated in the event. A team from The Sanmar Group was present at the mela scouting for suitable candidates.
About 15,000 candidates turned up on the day and many received job offers.
K Kanimozhi, MP, addressing a function on the
sidelines of job mela in Nagercoil.
Encouraged by the success, a second job mela was organised from 28 to 30 September 2008 in Vellore. On the first day totally 8,000 candidates turned up. Sanmar, is an active participant this time round as well. The HR team interviewed and screened candidates and short-listed several of them for a final interview in the respective locations.