A
Concept Note for a Portal
Feb 28 ,
2010
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Dear (
Colleague ) :
Some 2 / 3
years back, I have already penned some thoughts on this subject - even prepared
a U / I for a web page
But ,
during these 2 / 3 years , many things have changed , eg :
* Web
has expanded many fold
*
Google has launched " Google Search Appliance ( GSA ) "
* We
launched... www.IndiaRecruiter.net... and made available ( for
free download from Cnet.com / Download.com etc ), " RESUME RATER
" tool of which , more than 13,000 copies have got downloaded from various
web sites
* We
launched ..www.CustomizeResume.com... on 14 Nov 2009 , which
incorporates the RESUME RATER and arranges the resumes in the descending order
of the Raw Score . It also develops Personal Analytics Graphs of
resume-owner
* We
are in the process of cleaning-up ISYS database to ensure that it contains ,
nothing but " resumes "
* By
subscribing to FileFactory.com , we enabled visitors ( of IndiaRecruiter.net )
, to download over 3 lakh text resumes ( in batches of 1000 at a time )
* We
have already uploaded approx 2.5 lakh text resumes on CustomizeResume.com
, which are freely downloadable
* 3P
are using " InBox
Reader " developed
by Vikram , 3 years ago
* We
have downloaded a software , some 2 weeks back , which converts all kinds of ( resume
) documents into PDF format
*
Alex has developed a software which detaches all attachments from incoming
emails ( which are mostly resumes )
* We
have processed 14 PST files to separate out unsolicited resumes received at
" Contact@3pjobs.com " ,
during last 10 years
Lastly ,
* We
have thought of developing a ( freely downloadable ) S/W TOOL ,
" EXCHANGER ",
which
will,
#
Read all incoming emails
#
Separate " Resume containing " emails
#
Detach resumes
#
Clean-up
#
Convert to PDF
#
" Rate " the resumes ( using RESUME RATER , developed by us earlier )
and
assign Raw Score / Function Category ( Sales / Mktg / Production / Finance etc
)
#
Arrange the resumes in descending order of Raw Score / Percentile Score
#
Index all keywords ( after removing all junk words )
#
Make all these text resumes " SEARCHABLE " on chosen keywords, in a
manner
similar to ISYS
( this to be done by plugging in Google Search Appliance API )
#
Incorporate " RESUME PARSER " which we incorporated in
our earlier
#
Incorporate following tools which we have already developed :
* " GuruSish " ( Resume
Search-in-Search-Results ) , and
" " GuruCast " ( Broadcasting resumes )
#
Make U / I , somewhat similar to " LONG TAIL RESUME
" interface as per my yesterday's note
We may , at
first , develop such a tool and use it OFFLINE , using ISYS database to
establish that ,
* It
works better / faster than ISYS
* It
is more user-friendly
If it does
, then the next question is :
Can we develop
it ( using Google Search Appliance API & in ASP 3.5 ) and make it freely
downloadable for anyone ?
If possible
, can we use it to " disrupt
" the current online / offline Recruitment Industry ?
In itself ,
" disrupting an industry " cannot be a worthy goal !
What good
is an " Innovation " , ( whether disruptive or otherwise ) ,
unless it benefits the entire society ?
If such a
tool has to benefit the " Entire Society " , ( - even at the cost of
one industry , viz: Online Recruitment ) , then such a tool , must facilitate ,
"
JOBS FOR ALL = PEACE ON EARTH "
This has to
be the " Super-ordinate
Goal " behind the
development of such a tool
A somewhat
subordinate goal can be ( to copy Google's terminology ) ,
"
Organize Resumes & Job-related Info of the World "
-
which ( info ) is a tiny fraction of , " All the information of the World
"
And this is
how I propose we will do :
#
From this portal , allow users to freely download a tool ( " EXCHANGER
" ) - but after due ' registration ' and clicking of " Activation
" link . We want to capture all future activities of each user
#
The tool will lock-in ( integration ? ) with the MAIL BOX of each user
This will ensure that each & every text resume ( resume attachments
arriving into that user's mail-box , irrespective of email ID ), gets CAPTURED
& PROCESSED , by the tool
The user cannot selectively " process " only some resumes arriving
into his mailbox . He will have no control over the processes of the tool
#
The tool will need to be " activated " every morning , by linking up
with,
#
The activation will consist of ,
* an UPLOAD button ( The DONATION button )
- clicking on which will automatically " upload " onto our
server database , all the text resumes processed by the tool since the previous
instance
This action will force the user to " donate " ( to the Central
Database ) , all the incoming resumes into his mail-box . This is the "
price " he pays
Of course , we must make an " enabling " provision in the tool ,
whereby the user can ,
" Add / Process / Upload ",
thousands
of resumes received by him over the years and lying on his hard-disk ; that is
resumes received before the installation of the tool .
If we take
all Recruiting Agencies & Employers , this figure would run into MILLIONS -
thousand times bigger than Monster + Naukri !
* a SYNCHRONIZE button
This can be clicked ONLY AFTER clicking on the UPLOAD button
When the user clicks on this button , he downloads our ENTIRE ONLINE RESUMES (
current ) DATABASE , onto his hard-disk which becomes a part and parcel
of his OFFLINE EXCHANGER TOOL
And now ,
with the in-built " Resume Search Engine " , he can search the
database
on a large
number of " Search Parameters " , since the RESUME PARSER would have
converted those text resumes into a SEARCHABLE database
Will Naukri
/ Monster / TimesJobs allow you to download their Search Engine ?
If they did
, no one would need to visit them / subscribe to them !
With this
click ,
>
our ONLINE database ( on our web server ) - which is growing every minute
- and
>
his OFFLINE database in the tool ,
stand
" Synchronized "
This will
impose a huge load on our server ! We should enable download of "
Incremental " resumes of last 24 hours
And this
will happen , even if no resumes got uploaded when he clicked on the UPLOAD
button !
{
Shall we modify this to say , " No download when there is no upload
" ? }
In fact ,
during the very FIRST operation of the SYNCHRONIZE button , user will get to
download , some 3 / 4 lakh text resumes from our server !
It is
entirely possible that after the first download of 3 / 4 lakh resumes , the
user stops using " EXCHANGER " tool ( - and even switch back to ISYS
? )
It is
possible that after 3 / 4 weeks , he registers once again , under a different
name and repeats the mischief !
We will
need to find a way to prevent this from happening
Eg : Our
S/W finding if there was any previous installation on that hard-disk ?
Our USP (
Unique Selling Proposition ) is :
"
With hundreds / thousands of users , daily uploading lakhs / millions of
resumes , our Online Database is growing phenomenally - bigger than Monster /
Naukri , within a few days !
And you get
to DAILY download this hugely growing database , by donating / contributing , a
few dozen / hundred resumes ! No fees of any kind !
In this
arrangement , every user is contributing a small number of resumes but every
user is getting , in return , a huge number of resumes - FREE OF
COST !
After a
while , you will have no need to subscribe to Naukri / Monster / TimesJobs and
pay a huge monthly / annual fee running into lakhs of rupees
In fact ,
within a few months , your own OFFLINE resume database , will far exceed the
ONLINE resume database of any job portal in the entire World !
If you
think , what resume database you currently have on your hard-disk is UNIQUE and
that no one else has got those resumes, then you are sadly mistaken !
Every
single resume on your hard - disk is also on the hard-disks of 100 other
Recruiters / Corporate and on 5 / 10 job portals !
You are
exchanging these BRICKS for GOLD !
ResumesExchange is designed to distribute
every resume to the farthest corner of the Earth ! "
ADDITIONAL
POINTS :
*
Tool stops working after 24 hours , unless UPLOAD and SYNCHRONIZE buttons get
clicked again
*
We must assume that there will be thousands of small companies who do NOT need
to / care to ,
install " EXCHANGER " tool , because ,
> they hardly receive any text resumes through email
> they do not subscribe to any job portal
> they employ 1 / 2 persons every year
For such users , we will allow to conduct online " resume search "
on
but ,
* they cannot download any resumes , although they can send messages to
those candidates thru ,
" CONTACT ME " button
And
we will let them do this without " Registering / Subscribing / Login
"
This
will ensure traffic to our web site and create buzz
And if U /
I , ( for " Resume Search " ) , is such that every resume becomes
accessible to search-engine spiders to index , we ( our web site ) , will get a
high rank in search results , when anybody types " Resumes " ,
in search bar
*
Registered users ( those who have downloaded & installed the tool ) , may
not use this feature because, for them , there is no particular advantage to
search online
*
By preventing download of resumes from the site itself , we will ensure that
the SAME resumes do not get uploaded after 24 hours !
We want to
avoid CLOSED LOOP situation - which is very dangerous and could overload /
crash the site
*
Each registered user will be assigned a UNIQUE ID . Each resume that gets
uploaded from this user , will carry that UNIQUE Id - so that we know which /
how many resumes came from where
*
Allowing casual / online visitors to search resumes and send CONTACT ME
messages will also serve as ,
LIVE DEMO /
FREE TRIAL
to explain
the concept of EXCHANGER
*
I suggest we allow a new user to download our entire online database of resumes
along with the downloading of EXCHANGER tool
We will go
one step further and place a prominent message ( next to " DOWNLOAD "
button ), which reads :
" Dear
Visitor :
When you
click on the DOWNLOAD button , along with the EXCHANGER tool , you will be
downloading , our entire current database of.............. resumes - absolutely
FREE "
I think ,
this will be a powerful incentive to join
*
With each jobseeker sending his resume to 100 recruiters and 200 employers,
without doubt , we will get hundreds of resumes - may be millions ! , which are
DUPLICATE
This is
inevitable - almost certain, for each and every resume that gets uploaded /
donated
Should we
try to remove the duplicates ?
I don't
think we should ; for the following reasons :
>
We want to keep count of " No of Resumes donated / contributed " by
EACH USER of EXCHANGER tool ( daily and cumulative ) - in ADMIN tool
>
We want to make our Online Database look big / huge , eg:
No of Resumes ( Total )...................
No of Resumes Contributed today..................
*
In " Our Subscribers " list , against each registered user's name ,
we want to show dynamically , the " No of Resumes Contributed "
We may even
consider listing of the Subscriber-Names in the descending order of the
" No of Resumes Contributed "
This is our
method of " recognizing " the most generous subscribers . Not only will
this be a big ego-booster but also act as a motivator to others
* Not
only on our starting database of 3 / 4 lakh resumes but on each subsequent
resume contributed by any user , we must stamp :
( - like
what HOTMAIL did when they enabled free use of their email service )
*
After getting uploaded , each and every resume gets downloaded
Can we place , " CONTACT ME " button / software on each ? - so
that , even after downloading , every user can use it to send messages to
candidates ?
This can
pose an enormous load on our server . But on other hand,we can capture ,
>
WHO is contacting WHOM ?
>
WHICH candidate is getting most messages ?
-
even if we don't care about the content of the message
*
Every morning , when a user clicks on SYNCHRONIZE button , his entire resume
database residing in the EXCHANGER tool , will get totally replaced by the new
online database getting downloaded
This is
because , he will be downloading may be 80 % - 90% of the resumes , again
and again , everyday !
{ I don't
think this will work due to huge upload / download . We will have to make this
" incremental "
for
last 24 hours }
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Following
could well be the LIST of the WEB - PAGES for
*
The Premise
*
How ?
*
Download Exchanger
*
Register
* FAQ
*
Contact Us
* Our
Subscribers
*
Live Demo
*
Site Statistics
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MAST-HEAD :
ResumesExchange
Donate a
Resume : Download A Thousand - FREE
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The Premise
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Dear
Visitor :
This site
is about exchanging of Resumes
You donate one
and download a thousand !
If one
thousand Users donate just ONE resume everyday , each can download a thousand ;
what everyone else has donated
And if each
User donates just 100 daily , then you can download 100,000 ( - if you too are
a User ) daily
That is 3
million resumes each month . 36 million in a year !
Soon , your
hard-disk would have a SEARCHABLE resume database which is bigger than the
biggest job portal !
Experience
the Power of Sharing
The Power
of Networking
The Power
of Enabling
Unleash your
Potential
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How ?
Dear
Visitor :
Here is how
you can download absolutely FREE - thousands of resumes , everyday :
*
First REGISTER as a User
* You
will receive an Activation Link in your email . Click to activate your account
*
Then Login at page EXCHANGER to download ( FREE ) , that software tool
*
Install this tool as per instructions
* In
the tool , click on button " ACTIVATE " ( You will need to be online
)
*
When you click " ACTIVATE " , you get connected to our server and our
entire Resume Database ( as on that moment ), gets downloaded on your hard-disk
The counter on your tool will show the no of resumes that you downloaded
*
Once-a-day , you will need to be online and first click on your tool , "
UPLOAD " button
That will upload on our server , all the resumes which EXCHANGER has received
from your Mailbox , indexed and created a SEARCHABLE database
* Next you click the button " SYNCHRONIZER " .
This action will download onto your hard-disk, resumes uploaded by ALL other
Users , since you last clicked the " SYNCHRONIZER " button
hemen
parekh
Marol
, Mumbai , India
(
M ) +91 - 98,67,55,08,08
