Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Wednesday 14 May 2014

New Features For File Finder


Mitchelle
Find below a draft of an email that I would request you to send out to the concerned person in File Finder
Feel free to make any changes that you consider appropriate

hcp

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File  Finder  Features

( Draft of Email to be sent to Webinar Conductor : April 16, 2014 )
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Dear.............

Sub : New Features of File Finder

We look forward to attending tomorrow , the Webinar on the new features of File Finder
Perhaps you are aware that we have created in our FF , profiles of some 54,000 executives
Over the coming years , we would like to increase this database to over 500,000
But even with 54,000 records , the real problem is to keep these records up-to-date
This appears an impossible task considering that 2 research-assistants can , between them , update no more than 50 profiles per day
At this rate , it would take 3+ years , to update all  !
By that time , once again , 95 % of the profiles would have become obsolete  !

As in case of LinkedIn / Facebook etc , profiles can remain up-to-date , only if the executives themselves update their own profile , whenever they wish

This can only happen if :

>  Executives " see " some benefit in doing so
    ( " What is in it for me ? " - type of motivation )

>  They have some " method " to update their profiles thru login
   (not just email latest text resume but EDIT a structured form )

Here are our suggestions for your consideration :

A... WHAT IS IN IT FOR ME  ?

      Not only in India but all over the World , executives at all levels are very keen to know their own " Market Value "

They are anxious to know , how their current salary compares with the salaries of their Co-Professionals , in the economy as a whole and in their own Industry - Sector , in particular

If I am a ,

> General Manager ( Designation Level )
> Marketing           ( Function  )
> 45 years old        (  Age  )
> Graduate Engg     ( Edu Qualification )
> working in AUTO industry  ( Industry  )
>  25 years of Experience     ( Experience  )

then ,
how does my current salary compare with " similar " executives elsewhere  ?  ( A true , Apple-for-Apple comparison )

A Salary - Distribution Curve  ( may not be a truly Normal Distribution ) , showing my percentile position amongst ( say ) , 435  Co-Professionals , would be of great interest to me  !

In return for such " Analytics " , I would be happy to EDIT my structured profile frequently - and on my own !
We believe , if we can incorporate such a feature in FF and make it " Accessible " to the executives , then they would feel motivated to keep their profiles up-to-date
Some years back ( 2007 ) , we had attempted such a feature in our web site ,
www.IndiaRecruiter.net  ( now de-hosted )
You can find this page at ,
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B...  PERSONAL  ANALYTICS

With the data ( about each executive ) available in FF Database , we would request you to consider introduction of ,
PERSONAL ANALYTICS
This would automatically " generate " , 8 to 9 graphical profiles of an executive
The " sequence " of these profiles can be " customized " by the executive concerned

You can see this feature on our current web site , at ,

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C...  ACCESS TO  FF

We appreciate that it may not be possible - or desirable - to grant direct access to the executives to FF database , in order for them to update / EDIT their structured profiles
However , we think , it should be possible to provide to them , an Interface ( with FF ) , in the form of a web site ( to be called ),


which would carry a STRUCTURED FORM
We may even consider initially " populating " this online database on our own - and programmatically - , by " mapping " with contents of FF
Then send User Name / Password to each executive , to enable him to :
>  Future EDITS
>  Access , " Salary Comparison " & " Personal Analytics " graphs

In turn , his EDITED form would be migrated to FF to update the FF database - again automatically

For executives belonging to
>  HR function
and at,
>  General Manager level ,
we may enable them to access ANY salary - graph of any demographic profile ( any function / designation level / age / marital status / gender / edu quali / industry / exp etc )

This would enable them with following decisions :

>  How are my own Company Executives placed ( salary-wise ) , vis-a-vis the Industry  norms  ?

>  Is there a need for my company to revamp its Compensation Structure  ?

>  Which of my current executive is most likely to resign in near future  ?

>  What salary package I should offer this executive who I just interviewed and found excellent , without upsetting my internal Apple-cart  ?







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