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

Thursday 31 August 2017

NEED ENCOURAGEMENT


Dear Amitabh :

Could not reach you on phone since you are tied up at PMO

Would help if you can indicate possibility of Shri Modi being inaugurating www.EmpowerMSME.com

I am meeting L&T officers tomorrow morning

Thanks

With Regards,

hemen  parekh 
( M ) +91 - 98,67,55,08,08


Wednesday 30 August 2017

THIS APPLIES TO ALL BUYER-SELLER PLATFORMS


A  Fool’s  Paradise  ?

==============

Today’s Times of India carries following report :



“ Data Sale :Delhi court orders probe against Monster.com “



In the first such case just days after the Supreme Court held privacy to be a fundamental right, a trial court ordered a probe against online jobs portal Monster.com for allegedly selling data on website users to a third party.



Chief metropolitan magistrate Naresh Kumar Laka said online companies could not share personal information of users to a third party without their "informed consent". The apex court noted that there is an urgent need to restrain online firms from invading the privacy of individuals.



CMM Laka said users agreeing with the portal's terms of use and privacy policy would not automatically mean that companies are allowed to share or sell their personal information.



"At the time of entering personal information or data, job-seekers are not aware that the said data can be sold to any third person or that it can be misused. Accordingly, the said ostensible consent of the said applicant/individual cannot be said to be a free, voluntary or informed consent..." he said.


"It is common knowledge that when a person applies for a job on the internet, s/he feeds personal information which includes name, address and mobile number. In my opinion, the said data being personal information cannot be transferred /shared / sold to some third person without the consent of the said person," the court said.




In its defence, the company said it had told police that it had entered into a lawful contract for selling data. It relied on the clause of acceptance of agreement between job-seekers and the portal and said the terms of the agreements amount to the company taking consent of all users for sharing of their data.




Here are some points that I request Hon Judge Shri Laka to consider :


·         Instead of requiring a jobseeker to just click “ I Agree “ on , “ Terms and Conditions “ , suppose Monster.com ( and a million other similar sites ) were to require the user to CLICK on a clause such as :

     “  I am of sound mind and body and I have read all the terms and conditions of this site and fully understood the same , without any doubt or reservations .

I consciously and deliberately agree and accept that this web site has full and absolute right to sell my data entered here and supplied by me of my free will , to anyone at any time and for any consideration , including , but not limited to , monetary considerations .

I further declare that I have no claim to any part or whole of such revenue that this site might make by selling my personal data , in the aforementioned manner


I further agree that , in this regard , I fully absolve this web site from any liabilities that might arise from someone misusing my personal data sold by this web site “



{  Highly paid lawyers of Monster.com , will certainly improve on this draft !  }



I have no doubt Shri Laka – and the Supreme Court - would find such EXPLICIT CONTRACT , legally valid and binding , within the scope of the proposed DATA PROTECTION LAW



·         All major job portals of India ( such as , Naukri / Monster / Timesjobs ) , provide their “ JOB SEARCH “ and “ RESUME FORWARDING “ services to the registered jobseekers , FREE

Job-portals make their money by charging a monthly / annual SUBSCRIPTION to their Corporate Subscribers ( upto Rs 5 lakh / year ) , often linked to the number of job-postings and resumes downloaded , per year



They do not charge “ per resume downloaded “ !  But annually  ! So , no sale  ?


Nevertheless , it is nothing less than “ selling a resume “ ( - essentially , selling of “ Personal Data “ ! )



They have been “ selling personal data “ of jobseekers ( to Corporate ) , for decades !


I believe , last year , Naukri.com’s revenue was close to Rs 600 crores , from selling such “ personal data “ of some 50 million jobseekers , to some 200,000 Corporate Subscribers !



And close to 6 million new jobseekers registered on Naukri.com during last year !



Was this income , “ illegal / unlawful “ , just because those jobseekers had merely clicked “ I Agree “ on “ Terms and Conditions “ , and not made an “ informed decision “ ?


In fact , did not those jobseekers  EXPLICITLY  WANT  the portal to send their resumes ( personal data ) , to MILLIONS of EMPLOYERS , without bothering how much money job portal collected from this service  ?


And , does Hon Judge think that those 50 million jobseekers would have refused to “ Submit Resume “ online , if they were required to sign an elaborate “
Acceptance Clause “ , as described earlier ?


And , does Hon Judge think that any Mobile App which , without presenting  to the downloader , such an elaborate / explicit / legally-binding  clause , is also committing a CRIME ? ( all of these are selling data ! )


And , does Hon Judge think that those 127 MILLION , “ Sellers of Private Data in India “ ( type in Google ) , have collected their databases , AFTER obtaining from their SELLERS , such an elaborate / explicit  / informed CONSENT  ? – before selling each data , thousands of times to anyone who pays ?


I am sure legal counsels of Monster.com would want to use these arguments while defending their client


They may also want to consider making Naukri.com / TimesJobs.com and may be other job portals , a “ party to this litigation “ ( - class action suit in reverse ? )


In any case , the Committee constituted under the Chair of Shri B N Srikrishna , should want to consider these points while drafting the DATA  PROTECTION  LAW


It is time to stop living in a FOOL’s PARADISE and provide for a “ Framework for Sale of Private Data “ as outlined in my blogs :







30  Aug  2017

 



FW: Applicant Tracking System


You may want to talk to Kartavya / Shuklendu / Nagle etc


Warm Regards,

Hemen Parekh
+91 98675 50808

From: Hemen Parekh [mailto:hcp@recruitguru.com]
Sent: 30 August 2017 16:37
To: nirmit@3pconsultants.co.in
Cc: mitchelle@3pconsultants.co.in; Prashant Sharma; Hemen Parekh
Subject: FW: Applicant Tracking System

Nirmit,

Prashant told me that Invenea asked $ 5000 to de-encrypt the FileFinder data

I suppose , this too , they would do provided we switch over to Invenea – where we may get “ locked up “ once more !

Then there is no gain !

Should we decide to spend ( any amount now ) to de-encrypt the data , then we must have assurance that we never get “ locked in “ into any ATS service , in future and that we should be able to “ migrate “ to any other ATS provider in future ,without hassle ( whether it is TalentRecruit or any one else )

Instead of paying $ 5000 to Invenea , it might be possible to get some local S/W geek to do this for ( say ) $500

I believe there are sites where you can post your requirement ( as a project ) and ask geeks to quote their price / delivery

May be worth exploring , if we want to get out of the clutches of Filefinder

It may also be possible to post our needs on Linkedin or some similar web site frequented by s/w guys




From: Aditya Chalke [mailto:aditya@talentrecruit.com]
Sent: 29 August 2017 17:45
To: 'Prashant Sharma'
Cc: 'Mitchelle'; 'Deepika Bishwas'; 'Nirmit Parekh'; 'Hemen Parekh'; alok@talentrecruit.com
Subject: RE: Applicant Tracking System

Dear Prashant,

As per our discussion yesterday, please find my response to your queries, in red, as given below.

In case of our subscribing, would your technical team be able to migrate all of our data from File-Finder (which we use now) to your system, within a week? (Do note that our data is in an encrypted SQL format and is password protected by FileFinder)
Data Migration is possible only for non-encrypted data. The effort and duration required will only be confirmed post going through the format of the data by the technical team.
Once migrated , we may still want (as a precaution), to continue using File-Finder parallelly with TalentRecruit , for a few months , till we are completely satisfied with the functioning of TalentRecruit. In such an event , can you assure us that whatever data we continue to enter into File-Finder (during the period of overlap) , will get migrated into TalentRecruit system automatically , so that we do not need to re-enter the same data twice ?
This can be done, but only in case of non-encrypted data.
During the period of overlap – and thereafter – will we be able to take a total DATA-BASE  BACKUP , from TalentRecruit cloud , onto our local server , at predetermined intervals and be able to do this automatically ?
TalentRecruit can provide the data in SQL format. The duration of which we can discuss and confirm.
Can such DATABASE  BACKUP be in non-encrypted SQL format , so that we can use it offline for different types of analytics through an API ?
The SQL Data provided by TalentRecruit will be in non-encrypted format.
Please feel free to reach out to us in case of any queries.

With best regards,
ADITYA CHALKE     l    AGM-BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
  
M : +91 9820664112            
E : aditya@talentrecruit.com        www.talentrecruit.com
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From: Aditya Chalke [mailto:aditya@talentrecruit.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2017 10:41 AM
To: 'Prashant Sharma'
Cc: 'Mitchelle'; 'Deepika Bishwas'; 'Nirmit Parekh'; 'Hemen Parekh'; 'alok@talentrecruit.com'
Subject: RE: Applicant Tracking System

Dear Prashant,

Thanks for your mail and for your time on the call.

We will get back to you on this shortly.

With best regards,
ADITYA CHALKE     l    AGM-BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
  
M : +91 9820664112            
E : aditya@talentrecruit.com        www.talentrecruit.com
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From: Prashant Sharma [mailto:prashant@3pconsultants.co.in]
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 2:04 PM
To: Aditya Chalke; alok@talentrecruit.com
Cc: Mitchelle; Deepika Bishwas; Nirmit Parekh; Hemen Parekh
Subject: RE: Applicant Tracking System

Dear Aditya and Alok,

While awaiting suitable assignment, we have few queries before we decide to subscribe to TalentRecruit software:

In case of our subscribing, would your technical team be able to migrate all of our data from File-Finder (which we use now) to your system, within a week? (Do note that our data is in an encrypted SQL format and is password protected by FileFinder)
Once migrated , we may still want (as a precaution), to continue using File-Finder parallelly with TalentRecruit , for a few months , till we are completely satisfied with the functioning of TalentRecruit. In such an event , can you assure us that whatever data we continue to enter into File-Finder (during the period of overlap) , will get migrated into TalentRecruit system automatically , so that we do not need to re-enter the same data twice ?
During the period of overlap – and thereafter – will we be able to take a total DATA-BASE  BACKUP , from TalentRecruit cloud , onto our local server , at predetermined intervals and be able to do this automatically ?
Can such DATABASE  BACKUP be in non-encrypted SQL format , so that we can use it offline for different types of analytics through an API ?

Many thanks and I look forward to hear from you.

Warm regards,

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Prashant Sharma
Senior Resaearch Associate
Three P Consultants Pvt. Ltd.

Direct    : +91 22 6707 0383
Mobile  : +91 9867550832

301 Hyde Park, Saki Vihar Road, Andheri East, Mumbai-400072, India 

Members of AESC, Penrhyn International & SpenglerFox
Excellence in Retained Executive Search Consulting since 1990

From: Aditya Chalke [mailto:aditya@talentrecruit.com]
Sent: 22 August 2017 18:19
To: 'Prashant Sharma' <prashant@3pconsultants.co.in>
Cc: mitchelle@3pconsultants.co.in; 'Hetal Haria' <frontoffice@3pconsultants.co.in>; alok@talentrecruit.com; 'Nirmit Parekh' <nirmit@3pconsultants.co.in>; 'Hemen Parekh' <hcp@recruitguru.com>
Subject: RE: Applicant Tracking System

Dear Mr. Prashant,

Thanks for your prompt response.

Looking forward to hear from you at the earliest.

With best regards,
ADITYA CHALKE     l    AGM-BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
  
M : +91 9820664112            
E : aditya@talentrecruit.com        www.talentrecruit.com
Description: Event Signature



From: Prashant Sharma [mailto:prashant@3pconsultants.co.in]
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 6:11 PM
To: Aditya Chalke
Cc: mitchelle@3pconsultants.co.in; Hetal Haria; alok@talentrecruit.com; Nirmit Parekh; Hemen Parekh
Subject: RE: Applicant Tracking System

Hi Aditya,

I hope you are doing well.

We are still awaiting a suitable assignment where your product could be tested.  

Allow me sometime and I will get back to you at an opportune time on next steps.

Warm regards,

Description: cid:image001.jpg@01D31815.39E49D60
Prashant Sharma
Senior Resaearch Associate
Three P Consultants Pvt. Ltd.

Direct    : +91 22 6707 0383
Mobile  : +91 9867550832

301 Hyde Park, Saki Vihar Road, Andheri East, Mumbai-400072, India 

Members of AESC, Penrhyn International & SpenglerFox
Excellence in Retained Executive Search Consulting since 1990

From: Aditya Chalke [mailto:aditya@talentrecruit.com]
Sent: 22 August 2017 15:46
To: 'Prashant Sharma' <prashant@3pconsultants.co.in>
Cc: 'Mitchelle' <mitchelle@3pconsultants.co.in>; 'Ms Hetal Haria' <hetal@3pconsultants.co.in>; 'Alok Nidhi Gupta' <alok@talentrecruit.com>; 'Hemen Parekh' <hcp@recruitguru.com>; 'Nirmit Parekh' <nirmit@3pconsultants.co.in>
Subject: RE: Applicant Tracking System

Dear Mr. Prashant,

Greetings from TalentRecruit!!!

I was trying to connect with you on call, but owing to your busy schedule, I wasn’t able to get through.

Kindly advise for a suitable time to connect and take this forward.

With best regards,
ADITYA CHALKE     l    AGM-BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
  
M : +91 9820664112            
E : aditya@talentrecruit.com        www.talentrecruit.com
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From: Aditya Chalke [mailto:aditya@talentrecruit.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2017 8:09 PM
To: 'Nirmit Parekh'
Cc: 'Mitchelle'; 'Prashant Sharma'; 'Ms Hetal Haria'; 'Alok Nidhi Gupta'; 'Hemen Parekh'
Subject: RE: Applicant Tracking System

Dear Mr. Parekh,

Thanks for your and your teams’ time and coordination with the session today.

As discussed, we will arrange for a trial link for your team to utilize the work on the application.

I will connect with Mr. Prashant for taking this forward.

Please feel free to connect with us in case of any queries.

With best regards,
ADITYA CHALKE     l    AGM-BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
  
M : +91 7021148612            
E : aditya@talentrecruit.com        www.talentrecruit.com
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Description: Description: photo “Best Applicant Tracking System” at the 25th World HRD Congress 2017
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Featured under10 Most Promising Talent Management Solution Providers" by CIOR Magazine - May 2017 Edition

Talent Recruit Software Pvt. Ltd.
Head Office : No. 163, 3rd Floor
Amar Jyothi Layout, Intermediate Ring Road, Domlur
Bangalore - 560031, INDIA

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From: Aditya Chalke [mailto:aditya@talentrecruit.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2017 9:12 PM
To: 'Nirmit Parekh'
Cc: 'Mitchelle'; 'Prashant Sharma'; 'Ms Hetal Haria'; 'Alok Nidhi Gupta'; 'Hemen Parekh'
Subject: RE: Applicant Tracking System

Dear Mr. Parekh,

Thanks for your mail.

We can block the schedule for Tuesday at 3 PM.

Please feel free to connect with us in case of any queries.

With best regards,
ADITYA CHALKE     l    AGM-BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
  
M : +91 7021148612            
E : aditya@talentrecruit.com        www.talentrecruit.com
Description: Description: photo “Best Applicant Tracking System” at the 25th World HRD Congress 2017
  Description: Description: Description: Description: CeBIT Winner of “Innovation Challenge for Start-ups & SMBs” at CeBIT India 2016
Description: Description: Description: hr-tech-logoFeatured as “20 Most Promising HR Tech Solution Providers” & subsequently
Featured under10 Most Promising Talent Management Solution Providers" by CIOR Magazine - May 2017 Edition

Talent Recruit Software Pvt. Ltd.
Head Office : No. 163, 3rd Floor
Amar Jyothi Layout, Intermediate Ring Road, Domlur
Bangalore - 560031, INDIA

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From: Nirmit Parekh [mailto:nirmit@3pconsultants.co.in]
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2017 7:30 PM
To: Alok Nidhi Gupta; Hemen Parekh
Cc: aditya@talentrecruit.com; Mitchelle; Prashant Sharma; Ms Hetal Haria
Subject: RE: Applicant Tracking System

Dear Aditya,


Could we schedule this demo @ 3 pm on Tuesday?


Warm Regards,

Nirmit Parekh
+91 98924 77778
3P Consultants\ Strategic Human Resources Consultants

From: Alok Nidhi Gupta [mailto:alok@talentrecruit.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2017 10:21 AM
To: Hemen Parekh
Cc: aditya@talentrecruit.com; Mitchelle; Nirmit Parekh; Prashant Sharma; Alok Nidhi Gupta
Subject: Re: Applicant Tracking System

Dear Sir,

It was indeed wonderful and inspiring meeting you...amazed to learn that you have worked and conceptualised an advanced recruitment platform much before many thought globally. 

Great to see your passion and knowledge of technology...it's hugely inspiring for us.

Appreciate that you have shared some of your thought process. I will surely look upon those details you have shared. 

After our meeting, I shared the attached pic of ours with my team and talked about you. They were all happy to know about you and your work.

Aditya will meet you on Tuesday and walk you once again with detail of our product and also snapshot of new version on which we are working.

Looking forward to work together.

With best regards
Alok Gupta
image2.JPG

Sent from my iPhone

On 11-Jun-2017, at 9:31 AM, Hemen Parekh <hcp@recruitguru.com> wrote:
Alok / Aditya :

One more suggestion ,

In OES , we had following feature :

As soon as a recruiter / consultant logged into the system for the first time in the day, the first page greeted him / her with the following display,

“ Here are the stages/ activities,  for each of your assignment , where you are running late – and by how many days “

There will be a tabulationimage1.JPG of stages / activities ( mandate wise )

The concerned consultant can proceed to the next page , only AFTER he clicks , NOTED

This was like an “ automated reminder system “ which ensured that everyone tried to catch up with the schedule

And , of course , the boss ( admin ) saw this tabulation at any time for any consultant and could phone him or post his comment / suggestion  

Warm Regards,

Hemen Parekh
+91 98675 50808

From: Hemen Parekh [mailto:hcp@recruitguru.com]
Sent: 10 June 2017 10:05
To: alok@talentrecruit.com; aditya@talentrecruit.com
Cc: hcp@recruitguru.com; Mitchelle; nirmit@3pconsultants.co.in; Prashant Sharma
Subject: Applicant Tracking System

Alok / Aditya :

It was nice meeting you and seeing the demo of your ATS
I look forward for Aditya’s next visit to our office ( on Tuesday ) when Mitchelle / Nirmit would join us

I was very happy to see the similarity of Concept and Execution of your ATS with the OES ( Order Execution System ) that we had developed in 2001/02


Since an online service like yours is a continuous “ Work in Progress “ , you may want to CONSIDER following suggestions :



  • Introduction of “ SUPER MENU “ to make the system “ User Friendly “
( on Monday , I will courier to you, photo-copy of the relevant notes )

I have already couriered to you yesterday , following folders :

1) Requirement Catalogue for order Execution Version 1.1

2) Functional Specifications Order Execution System Version 1.0 For 3P consultants Pvt. Ltd. 

  • Clicking on highlighted keywords in a resume to pop up , keyword definitions / interview questions – and answers – as we had done in our earlier pages :
  •  
  • Interviewing using SKYPE

  • Arranging incoming resumes in the descending order of their “ Raw Scores “ . See ,


  • I believe your ATS has a facility for the Interviewers to fill in an “ Online Interview assessment “ form, which can be filled in by several interviewers ( interviewing the same candidate simultaneously , from different physical locations )

  • You are only a small step away from met morphing into ,
        OnlineJobsFair ( see attachment )
  • And two step away from constructing an INTERVIEW BOT  !


With Regards,

hemen  parekh 
( M ) +91 - 98,67,55,08,08