Saved by the skin of my teeth

Shuklendu  /  Nitin  /  Hardik

I must be getting old [ no secret this ! ]

I , nearly failed to see the obvious disaster !

What would have happened if we had started blasting promo emails ? – of course, after widgets got modified ?,

Ø  Hopefully, lakhs would have visited our website / downloaded and installed widgets / used widgets to “ apply “ against thousands of job alerts

And our server would have delivered their ( so-called ) “ resumes “ to recruiters

Resumes consisting of 6 fields in 2 blocks !

Result ?

Not a single of those candidates would have even received an “ interview call “ – let alone a job offer !

And those recruiters would have thought this as some kind of a “ joke “ – a clear indication that the candidate is obviously NOT interested in the job !

Thereafter, employers would start deleting every single “ resume “ arriving from RecruitGuru – even without opening

Even “ blacklist “ RecruitGuru !

And, as far as candidates are concerned, they would have lost all “ faith “ in RecruitGuru’s ability to get them interview calls !

Or, worse, think of CustomizeResume as the biggest “ Online Fraud “ ! – possibly started by Mobile Service Providers to earn some extra revenue on the sly !

That would have compelled them to start a “ Negative / Abusive Buzz “ !

In light of the foregoing, I have decided to postpone promo email blast till

Ø  Modified widgets are ready and thoroughly tested

Ø Hardik modifies script which will enable Kailas to re-upload those 47 lakh records with all those 25 fields

Ø Kailas re-uploads those records

Ø Hardik tests that the NEW “ Review Resume “ shows up in 5 blocks with all 25 fields

Ø Hardik also writes that script to find out ( from the back-end ), how many candidates have “ Zero “ job alerts / how many have “ One “ job alert / how many have “ Two “ job alerts etc [ frequency distribution of no of candidates vs no of job alerts ]. This will tell us whether everyone gets some minimum no of job alerts AND whether a great majority gets 10 / 15 job alerts ( Normal Distribution )

So , starting tomorrow, Hardik’s top priority will be to modify re-uploading script and , if possible, make it available to Kailas on Wednesday so that re-uploading can start in full blast

If , I am overlooking some more “ obvious “ things, please do bring to my notice

Regards

hcp