Jobseekers must be sprinters

Jobseekers must be Sprinters ?

Mumbai Municipal Corporation ( India ) wanted to fill up 4000 posts of street sweepers. So, it advertised in local newspapers, saying applicants should have passed 8^th Standard ( 10^th being school graduation ).

That led to a flood of 300,000 applications.

How can anyone go thru 300,000 resumes to shortlist 4,000 candidates ?

No problem.

Additional “ Eligibility Criteria “ required that candidates must be

Ø  165 cm tall

Ø  capable of running 4 Km in 15 Min ( 16 Km / hour )

Now, if a candidate can sweep 128 Km of roads in an 8 hour shift ( @ 16 Km / hour ), then the Municipal Corporation should need only 32 sweepers to sweep 4000 Km of Mumbai roads !

Why invest in sweeping machines if you can employ 4000 ?

With regards

hemen  parekh

www.CustomizeResume.com

Jobs  for  All  =  Peace  on  Earth

Iceberg  of  Unemployment

In his “ Kotak Institutional Equities “ report,

“ 365 Mn : Can India live up to its demographic dividend ? “

( as reported in DNA / Oct.21,2010 ),

Akhilesh Titolia says :

Ø  23 / 25 million Indians will become eligible for work every year for the next 15 years

Ø  Out of these, 12 / 13 million will actively look for employment every year

Ø  There will be 365 million young Indians by 2025

So, what is India’s score-card for job creation ?

MaFoi Randstad Employment Trends Survey ( as reported in DNA / Dec.16,2010 ) reports that private organized sector in India created following no. of jobs :

               In  2008 …………………………  0.67 Million

               In  2009  ………………………… 0.90 Million

               In  2010  ………………………….1.13 Million

Will India’s Economy sink by hitting the tip of the Unemployment Iceberg ?

With regards

Hemen  Parekh

www.CustomizeResume.com

Jobs  for  All  =  Peace  on  Earth