Monster appoints Tadanki as country manager

Hyderabad: Monster (www.monster.com), the leading global online careers site and the flagship brand of TMP Worldwide, has announced the appointment of Arun Tadanki as country manager for India. In that role, Tadanki will be responsible for the entire operations of Monster in India and will report into Monster Asia Pacific headquarters in Sydney.

Tadanki, 31, a graduate from IIT-Madras and with an MBA from IIM-Ahmedabad, started his career with the Swiss multinational company Nestle, one of the largest food companies in the world, where he worked for eight years. Between 2000 and 2002, prior to joining Monster, Tadanki was with JobsAhead.com as head of sales and marketing.

Welcoming Tadanki on board, Monster (Asia Pacific) president Libby Christie: It is indeed a pleasure to have Tadanki lead the Monster business in India. He has a deep understanding of the Indian market along with excellent knowledge of the e-recruitment business, and has experience in managing large businesses successfully. He shares our vision for India and is committed to the fact that Monster intends to make India a significant market in its global operations.

On his new assignment, Tadanki said: I am simply delighted to be a part of an exciting organisation like Monster. The challenge of replicating in India, the enormous success of Monster globally, is exciting. I am confident that Monster, with its powerful brand equity and high-quality tools for job-seekers and recruiters, will soon be the leader in the Indian e-recruitment market.

Monster India Pvt Ltd (www.monsterindia.com), based out of Hyderabad, is the 15^th member of the Monster global network and a joint venture between Monster (the worlds No 1 career management network) and ecorp Ltd, an Australia-based Internet investment company. Monsterindia.com recorded more than 279,000 unique visitors to the site in April 2002, according to Red Sheriff, an independent traffic-monitoring agency.

Monster, headquartered in Maynard, Massachusetts, is the leading global careers website, recording over 43 million unique visits during the month of March 2002, according to independent research conducted by I/PRO. Monster connects the most progressive companies with the most qualified career-minded individuals, offering innovative technology and superior services that give them more control over the recruiting process.

The Monster global network consists of local content and language sites in the US, the UK, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Belgium, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, France, Scotland, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Luxembourg, India, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, and Finland. Monster is the official online career management services sponsor of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games and 2002 and 2004 US Olympic Teams.

Founded in 1967, TMP Worldwide (www.tmp.com), with more than 11,000 employees in 32 countries, is the online recruitment leader, the worlds largest recruitment advertising agency network, and one of the worlds largest executive search and executive selection agencies. TMP Worldwide, headquartered in New York, is also the worlds largest Yellow Pages advertising agency and a provider of direct marketing services. The companys clients include more than 90 of the Fortune 100 and more than 480 of the Fortune 500 companies. In June 2001, TMP Worldwide was added to the S&P 500 Index.