amitabh.kant@nic.in
Dear
Amitabh ,
Even
as MakeinIndia initiative has already
started creating thousands of new jobs , the problem of making available , job related info to jobseekers located in the farthest
corners of India , still remains
To-day
, there is no " Level Playing Field
" , between city-based jobseekers and their poor country-cousins , without
access to PC / internet connection
In
light of this , you may like the suggestions contained in my today's blog below
With
regards,
hemen
(M)
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National Career Service
Portal
On
20 July 2015 , our PM , Shri Narendra Modi-ji launched a career portal ,
NCS
claims to bring together on a single platform , Career Centers ( re-named Employment
Exchanges ? ) / Jobseekers / Employers /
Career Counselors / Skill Providers / Local Service
Providers etc
Whereas
this is a great initiative , it seems the web site has got launched despite any
number of glitches , such as :
>
" Site Map " missing
>
Links not clicking
>
Pages not loading
>
Databases missing
>
Content confusing
>
Naming misleading... etc
As
if this is not enough , most of the Registration Forms , carried unnecessary
and irrelevant data-fields , such as :
>
Aadhaar Number for Employers / Placement Organizations !
>
Employer Company Executive to provide personal Aadhaar Number !
>
Employer Company Executive to provide , Gender / DOB /
Father's Name !
A
Local Service Provider does not need to select ( from a drop-list ) , what kind
of service does he provide ! But he must mention his " Affiliation
" !
A
Jobseeker does not need to provide :
>
Edu. Qualifications / Institute attended / Exams passed - and when
>
Previous Employment History ( for experienced jobseekers ) / Exp Years
I
suspect , there is some another form hidden somewhere , which , a jobseeker
will be asked to fill in later , just when he is ready to click " Apply
" against a job searched after several hours !
But
, these are minor defects that can be rectified soon - and without much
difficulty
But
here is the worst part !
Apparently the web site does NOT want jobseekers and
employers to get motivated enough to register !
Here
is how :
#
EXPERIENCING THE FEATURES
Job portals all over the World , enable any casual jobseeker to be able to
search the online database of posted / live jobs , even if he is not registered
But
he cannot " Apply Online " , unless he is registered and logged in
It
is no different than a shop-keeper allowing you to roam free thru the entire
shop , without asking to see your Credit Card !
He
knows that a customer gets motivated to " Buy " , only if he gets to
see the goods on sale !
Ditto
with a casual Employer Visitor
Job
portals allow anyone to search and look at resumes
But
he can download only if he is registered / logged in
Usually
, job portals " hide " contact details on the resumes , when viewed
online but downloaded resumes carry full contact details
This
is because , job-portals , make their money from Subscriptions from Employers (
usually 95 % of the incomes of Indian Job Portals )
They
cannot afford any casual visitor to reach out to the jobseekers , bypassing
them ! They make their money , by acting as " Gate-keepers "
between the jobseekers and the employers
I am sure , this ( making money by acting as an intermediary
) , cannot be the intention of National Career Service !
I
believe NCS intention is ensure that no vacancy remains un-fulfilled for more
than a few hours !
#
JOB / RESUME ALERTS ON
MOBILE
On
the web site , I could not find any provision ( downloadable Mobile App ) thru
which ,
>
A jobseeker can " pull " job alerts " matching his resume and
can apply online , directly , from his mobile
>
An Employer can pull " resume alerts " matching his posted job and download
those resumes with just one click on his mobile
We
must remember that millions of jobseekers in remote corners of India have no
access to a PC
But
, soon , all of them will have internet-enabled smart phones !
#
JOB FAIRS
On
the site , there is a provision to search for info on ground-based Job Fairs
taking place in different parts of India
But
, for a jobseeker located in Coimbatore , there is no use getting info about a
job fair taking place in Kolkata !
Same
with an Employer
Why
have portal designers shied away from a " Virtual
Job Fair " , where both , the jobseekers and the employers can
conduct Online Interviews , using Video ?
Not
difficult , considering that all mobile phones / tablets carry a camera and
Skype / Face Chat are free !
A million online interviews can take place simultaneously , with no
constraints of either time or of space !
#
COMMON SHARED DATABASE
Today
, in India , there are hundreds of job-portals , each having its own database
of Jobs and Resumes
And
, barring a few big ones , most of these offer FREE service to both , the
jobseekers and the employers
Many
have only " local clientele " ( both jobseekers and employers )
But
a jobseeker who is registered on portal A , can search only those jobs which
are posted on that portal
Same
with employers searching for resumes
Neither
resumes , nor jobs posted on portal B can be accessed by visitors of portal
A !
This
severely limits their usefulness
NCS
should enable ALL such job portals to ,
>
Deliver their jobs and resumes , into the CENTRAL
DATABASE of NCS
>
Deliver / display all of these to any visitor of
any participating partner portal
Then
there are many other features that can bridge the DIGITAL DIVIDE between the
jobseekers and the employers
If
desired , I would be happy to share my thoughts with NCS or Ministry of Labour
and Employment
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hemen
parekh
21
July 2015
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