FW: A SINGLE CENTRAL DATABASE OF JOBSEEKERS / VACANCIES

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Subject: A SINGLE CENTRAL DATABASE OF JOBSEEKERS / VACANCIES
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TOWARDS  A    NATIONAL    JOB    PORTAL  ?

Economic Times ( 06 Feb 2016 ) carried a news report titled :

 " Labour Ministry Ties Up with Cos for National Career Portal (

www.ncs.gov.in ) "

THE  REPORT :

Says , the Ministry has signed MOUs with :

Uber / Monster.com / Quikr Jobs / Babajob.com / Tech Mahindra / Indian

Staffing Federation ( ISF )

( Strangely , I failed to find any mention of these MOUs on NCS /

MonsterIndia / Babajobs web sites ! )

PURPOSE  ?

" It will provide its partners with the huge Aadhar-verified database of

authentic job seekers "

HOW MANY ?

" 35 million authentic jobseekers and 900,000 employers have registered on

the portal so far "

WHAT ELSE ?

" The government has taken the initiative to link all 878 employment

exchanges on a national platform "

MY  TAKE :

This is a step in the right direction

I hope , it will lead to the creation of a SINGLE / CENTRAL  database  ( of

jobseekers' resumes and employers' vacancy announcements ) , which can be

freely " accessed " from ANY job portal of India , by anyone , any time

*  By  Jobseekers ,

    #  to search online job advts posted by ANY Employer ( Indian or

Foreign ), on ANY Indian Job Portal, ANY-time

    #  to be able to apply against ANY jobs , directly from mobile or online

    #  to be able to REGISTER ( Submit Resume ) on ANY Indian Job Portal

*  By  Employers / Recruitment Agencies,

    #  to be able to post their Vacancies from ANY of hundreds of Indian

Job Portals ( after registering )

    #  to be able to search resumes and download any number , without

restriction

    #  to be able to shortlist candidates and send Interview Calls,

directly from ANY Indian Job Portal

    #  to be able to conduct online Video-Interviews of ANY number of

jobseekers from ANY Indian job portal

On  22 July 2015  , I had sent following email to :

*  Shri Bandaru Dattatreya ( Minister for Labour ) ('bandaru@sansad.nic.in'

)

*  Secretary , Labour ('secy-labour@nic.in' )

*  Directorate General of Training ('feedback.dget@nic.in' )

*  Chief Ministers of all the States

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Dear Sir :

On 20 July 2015 , our PM , Shri Narendra Modi-ji launched a career portal ,

www.ncs.gov.in

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 )

>  Years worked / salary drawn / designation held , in each previous job

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 - since , rightly , it is FREE for

employers as well !

I believe NCS intention is to 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 !

Technically , it is a simple task to create a million Interview Cabins

online , which any registered Employer can " book " for a specific date /

time / period and conduct  online interviews

A million online interviews can take place simultaneously , with no

constraints of either time / space / distance !

That would encourage even employers located anywhere in the World to

conduct interviews of Indian jobseekers

If , India wants to train 40/50 million youth who will constitute " Export

Surplus " , as per Shri Modi-ji , then this feature is a must

#   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  !

Like a MTNL subscriber not being able to dial anyone other than another

MTNL subscriber  !

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

Within a short period , this feature would generate a database of millions

of jobs and hundreds of millions of resumes , accessible from a thousand

partner job portals

Just imagine the exponential increase of usefulness thru " Network

Externality "

#    MOBILE  APP - " JOB-POST "

Today , NCS web site boasts of only 1684 registered employers  !

India's 3 major job portals show some 50,000 + registered employers

Then there are approx 50 million MSME , who have never advertised their

vacancies on any job portals  !

May be because they don't have PCs / broadband connections

Let NCS web site enable them to post their jobs , using a simple Mobile App

, " Job-Post "

There is no reason why their 12 million vacancies every year , should

remain " Un-Announced "  !

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 / notes / codes etc with

NCS or Ministry of Labour and Employment , drawing upon my past efforts at

designing of following job portals :

RecruitGuru.com / GlobalRecruiter.net / IndiaRecruiter.net /

World-Wide-Jobs.com / CustomizeResume.com

And the following for which designs are ready for sharing :

 ResumesExchange.com / OnLineJobsFair.com

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hemen  parekh

22  July  2015