Making
Global Recruiter FUN
Date:
30-01-06
Circulation:
Rahul → Vikram → Rajeev → Abhi
Concept
Overview
I
have a book titled “Dictionary of Dates” — it has one page for each
date.
For
example:
- Jan
1
- Jan
2
- ...
- Dec
31
That’s
365 pages in all, one for each day of the year.
On
each page, there are 5–15 names of eminent, well-known persons who were
born on that date — maybe about 3,000 persons in total (for all 365
days).
I
have underlined these names and given them to Pande to create a date-wise
database.
Implementation
Plan
Then
we will write a small piece of software that will do the following:
On
the “Submit Resume” page, we ask a candidate to enter his birthdate,
as:
BirthDate:
[DD]
[MM] [YYYY]
As
soon as he enters DD and MM, a popup window will appear as
follows:
Dear
Rajesh,
Here
are some other great persons who were born on your birthdate:
(---
List of names ---)
Some
other variations (for additional fun) are possible — which I have
mentioned in a separate note (Version 2.0).
Reference
& Inspiration
But
the purpose of this note is to request you to visit:
🌐 www.museumofconceptualart.com
and
click on:
“Things
Other People Accomplished When They Were Your Age.”
Their
idea is very similar — or rather, our idea is very similar to theirs.
But
it is a lot of FUN!
If
we succeed in incorporating our idea on Global Recruiter,
we
could expect candidates (registering) to start talking to their friends — even
asking them to come/visit and try out.
We
may succeed in creating a BUZZ!
And
if we can get an API to link up with the database of
🌐 www.museumofconceptualart.com
—
that
would really set our site apart!
Once
we implement our idea, Rahul should approach this website and request
for the API.
(Signed)
30/01/06
Making
Global Recruiter FUN
A. Note
to Abhi
B. Date:
10-01-06
The
online “Games” market is exploding — both on PCs and on mobile phones
(apart from devices like Xbox, PlayStation, etc., which are exclusively devoted
to games). Most of these are video/image-based games.
Whereas
I am unable to conceptualize a video-type game on Global Recruiter,
I do see a clear possibility of a text-based game, by modifying our “Submit
Resume” page (as shown in the annex),
and
adding a database/search software in the background (created from an
enclosed book, Dictionary of Dates).
Human
beings like to compare themselves with others —
especially
very ordinary human beings.
like
to compare themselves with famous / extraordinary / celebrity persons. Like
benchmarking.
Even
if the only thing / aspect that they can compare / benchmark is
–
Birth Date (day / month)
–
Birth year
(eg.
I was born in the same year as Helen Keller!)
Or
that was the year in which Albert Einstein fled to USA!
I
have a feeling that modifying “Submit Resume” form, as shown, would “vastly
differentiate” our form from similar forms on thousands of websites.
It
will be FUN and it will set us apart!
All
“Submit Resume” forms, on all job sites are SO BORING!
By
making the form interactive, we will make it interesting!
In
course of time, following new features can be added:
▶ New Person-Name
being suggested by candidates
→
Also type, what was he/she famous for?
▶ How many candidates
registered on GR network share the same birthdate / same birth year —
without revealing identity — just the “No.”
▶ Clicking on FAMOUS Person’s
name enters into Google Search bar & displays search results.
▶ Who (which registered
candidate) suggested whose (which famous person’s) names? Giving CREDIT for
suggestions.
|
Name
of Famous Person |
P
/ N / Y |
Name
of Suggestor |
▶ Turning this into a blog.
→
Adding names / birthdays of friends / relatives to send campaign birthday
greeting messages, which says,
Dear
________,
Happy
Birthday.
As
you know,
Besides
you, other great / famous persons who were born on this day are:
There
is no doubt, someday your achievements will compare with theirs and others will
take inspiration from you.
(Signature)
10/01/03
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