OUR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

JOBSEEKER SERVICES

Sl No.	FEATURE	Can Monster/Naukri/timesjobs copy/duplicate?	How soon will they try?	What further improvements must we make to stay ahead?
1	Resume Posting	No need. They have better feature.
2	Resume Rewrite (stand taller)	Very Difficult but not impossible. Requires use of Func. Profile Generation	?
3	Resume Courier	Easily—No Problem.	In less than 6 months
4	Resume Blast	No need. They have better feature.
5	ARM	Easily—No Problem.	In less than 6 months
6	Jobsearch—Conventional	No need. They have better feature.
7	Jobsearch—Archival	Easily—No Problem.	In less than 6 months
8	Jobsearch—Benchmark ©	Very Difficult but not impossible. Requires use of Func. Profile Graphs	?
9	JAM / JAB	With some effort/resources. If we tie up with all MSPs—we would have locked their delivery channels. But they can install own SMS server! Billing/collection can pose a problem.
10	You share your Birthday...	Easily—No Problem.
11	J.A.S.	With some effort/resources. They can develop a spider. Our defense lies in tying-up with as many newspapers as possible—before they think of this.

 

JOBSEEKER SERVICES (2)

Sl No.	FEATURE	Can Monster/Naukri/timesjobs copy/duplicate?	How soon will they try?	What further improvements must we make to stay ahead?
12	Recommendation System	Easily—No Problem.	In less than 6 months
13	Instant Gratification (upon posting Job Preferences)	Easily—No Problem.	In less than 6 months
14	Dashboard	Easily—No Problem.
15	"Job Ad Reviewed" Counter	Easily—No Problem.

 

EMPLOYER/SUBSCRIBER SERVICES (1)

Sl No.	FEATURE	Can Monster/Naukri/timesjobs copy/duplicate?	How soon will they try?	What further improvements must we make to stay ahead?
1	Resume Search—Conventional	No need. They have better feature.
2	Resume Search—Archival (Pinpoint)	Easily—No Problem. They can easily display text resumes by this method—but they cannot display Funct. Profile Graphs.	?	Besides matching on "Raw Scores," we will need to introduce factors / weightages to cover: 1. Industry Background, 2. Edu Quali, 3. City Location, 4. Age-band, 5. Exp (yrs)-band, 6. Designation.
3	Resume Search—BenchMark (A) —against a given resume (CLONE)	Very Difficult but not impossible. Requires application of GuruMine.	?	Addition of these factors (and their corresponding "weightages") will dramatically improve the "Relevance/Match-Index" of resumes found.
4	Resume Search—Benchmark (B) —against a given job advt.	Very Difficult but not impossible. Requires application of GuruMine.	?
5	Job Posting—Conventional	No need. They have better feature.
6	Job Posting—Archival (EDIT Method)	Easily—No Problem.	In less than 6 months	Ultimately we must gravitate towards "GuruAd" so that a HR mgr: 1. either types/clicks actual "Designation", 2. clicks on a box on his company's Org. Chart.

 

EMPLOYER/SUBSCRIBER SERVICES (2)

Sl No.	FEATURE	Can Monster/Naukri/timesjobs copy/duplicate?	How soon will they try?	What further improvements must we make to stay ahead?
7	Vacancy Blast—to Search Firms (yet to be introduced)	Easily—No Problem.	In less than 6 months	When a search firm's mailbox receives a "Vacancy E-mail", GuruSearch springs into action to search matching resumes and emails to Job Advertiser with a covering letter. NO manual intervention!
8	Dashboard	Easily—No Problem.
9	Recommendation System	Easily—No Problem.		When an HR mgr clicks on his Company's Org. Chart, GR will search/find/display matching resumes. Org. Chart will be created/maintained on GR by Subscriber.
10	Recharge Your Prepaid A/c	Very Difficult but not impossible. Not possible without first switching over to "Pay Per Click" revenue model—a disaster for them!
11	Download GuruMine / GuruSearch	Very Difficult but not impossible. Developing & then freely giving away will destroy their revenue model—would seem like "suicide."
12	Feedback Form / ARM	Easily—No Problem.	In 6-12 months
13	Harvester—Headhunters' Paradise	Easily—No Problem.	In 6-12 months	Like a spider/crawler, Harvester will keep searching websites of Indian newspapers/magazines and keep downloading "Exec Name/Desig/Company Name" (24x7) and create a NON-MEMBER database.

 

EMPLOYER/SUBSCRIBER SERVICES (3)

Sl No.	FEATURE	Can Monster/Naukri/timesjobs copy/duplicate?	How soon will they try?	What further improvements must we make to stay ahead?
14	Googleset (API) (to be introduced)	Easily—No Problem.	In less than 6 months	Display of "Synonyms/related keywords" the way Visualthesaurus.com shows—when an interviewer clicks on any keyword.
15	Resume Search from Mobile (to be introduced)	With some effort/resources.	In 6-12 months
16	RAM / RAB	With some effort/resources. They will need tie-ups with MSPs—otherwise billing & collection can pose some problem—but not impossible.
17	"Resume Review" Counter	Easily—No Problem.

 

OUR BUSINESS & REVENUE MODEL

Sl No.	FEATURE	Can Monster/Naukri/timesjobs copy/duplicate?	How soon will they try?	What further improvements must we make to stay ahead?
1	Network of Partner Websites	With some effort/resources. Only if they can succeed in installing an "AFFILIATE PROGRAM" that makes money for partner websites.	In 6-12 months	In course of time, we will extend our network to TV channels / IPTV / ISP / Radio channels etc. besides MSPs & Newspapers.
2	.Net Webservices	Easily—No Problem.	In less than 6 months
3	"Pay Per Click" micropayment	Very Difficult but not impossible. Trying to adopt this will destroy their current revenue-model with disastrous consequences—in the short run.
4	Indefinite Validity usage	Very Difficult but not impossible.		Problem with Monster/Naukri/timesjobs is that their current Business Model have made them very profitable. No one in those organisations would dare to ditch this legacy historical baggage!
5	Unlimited Licenses	Very Difficult but not impossible.
6	Link with WWJ (JAM/RAM)	Very Difficult but not impossible. They could setup their own SMS server.
7	ImageBuilder (Func. Profiles)	Very Difficult but not impossible. As our defense, when we permit/enable subscribers to download GuruMine, we must not permit download of our KNOWLEDGE-BASE.
8	Sharing of Job/Resume Databases	Very Difficult but not impossible. Before they can convince other jobsites to share databases, they will need to come up with a revenue-model that benefits partners.
9	Search from Multiple websites	Very Difficult but not impossible.
10	Free Download — GuruMine & GuruSearch	Very Difficult but not impossible. This is our trump-card! If Monster/Naukri try to COPY this, it may well destroy their revenue-model! We intend to replace text resumes (OLD CURRENCY) with ImageBuilder version (NEW CURRENCY).

 

Date on Page: 17-02-06.

Competitive Analysis Table

Sl No.	FEATURE / SERVICE / Busi. Model	Can Monster/Naukri/timesjobs copy/duplicate?	How soon will they try to copy?	What further improvements must we make to stay ahead?
		No need. They have better feature.	Easily - No Problem	With some effort/ resources.
	PARTNER WEBSITE SERVICES
1.	Don't Waste Your Time	{ They don't need to copy these - since they don't have partner websites
2.	Dashboard
3.	Uploading Print Media Job Advts.