| Search Term | Our Rank | Total Results |
|---|---|---|
| Jobs Archive | 4 | 1.2 Billion |
| My Jobs Widget | 1 | 77.9 Million |
| Job Alerts on Smartphone | 9 | 11.5 Million |
| Job Alerts on Tablets | ||
| → AppsZoom.com | 1 | 49.3 Million |
| → Play.Google.com | 5 | ” |
| → Udm4.com | 12 | ” |
| Job Suggest | 2 | 374 Million |
| Resume Archive | 32 | 152 Million |
Points for consideration
Name of App
All screens to read:
At the top: “Developed by IIT-Bombay”
At the bottom: “Powered by RecruitGuru”
To be made downloadable from Google Play / Android Zoom / GetJar
“Submit Resume” Forms
Generation of graphs
Customization of graphs (see “Live Demo” link)
Saving/storing of 3 versions online
Downloading by candidate
I recollect Prof Rahul Deshmukh suggesting:
“This (generation/customization of graphs) is a very interesting/unique feature. We may enable a candidate to generate/customize/download any number of “Customized Versions” on-the-fly, without saving/storing on our server. Candidate may download and save on his PC/tablet. When a candidate “applies” thru widget, our server will email to the concerned employer only the text resume.”
While on the subject of “Submit Resume” forms, shall we add following OPTIONAL fields?
Aadhar Card Number
Permission to “access” Facebook Profile
Reference of 2 College Professors
Uploading of Mark-Sheets (year-wise)
Photo
Admission Procedures
Fees
Disciplines
Hostel Facilities
Promotional Content for IITs via My Job Alerts Widget
Distance Education Programs
Research Programs / Fellowships
Entrepreneurial Development Programs
Mood Indigo / Tech Fest
600 hours of Course Videos … etc.
Even other IITs / IIMs / Colleges can be invited to place their ads on “My Job Alerts” widget.
Clicking / watching / closing these IIT-generated ads by students will create huge awareness about IIT’s activities, not only amongst engineering students but among all 3.5 million students graduating each year from all Indian colleges.
What about “Applied” / “Not Applied” tabs?
Can we eliminate these altogether?
On the Jobs Displayed screen, when a candidate touches either APPLY or EXIT buttons, shall we automatically delete the already displayed jobs?
Point 8: Device Compatibility
A non-commercial version of “My Job Alerts” should be developed for both tablets and smartphones.
Point 9: Full Job Advertisement
IIT version should show FULL job advertisement upon long press.
Point 10: EDIT RESUME Feature
Users of the IIT version would most certainly expect this feature because:
After a few months, a student will pass final year exams and want to update their resume.
After a couple of years, they will no longer be “Fresh Graduates” and will become “Experienced Professionals.”
Point 10 continued: Resume Updates
The user will want to EDIT their resume so that “Matched and Delivered” jobs reflect newly acquired skills.
Point 11: No Employer Features on IIT Website
Post Jobs
Search Resumes
Point 12: Not a Job Portal
Despite displaying “Submit Resume” forms (including EDIT), the IIT website is not a job portal and shall not have other candidate-related features, such as:
Job Search and Apply Online
Blast Your Resume
Job Alert Summary / Details
Point 13: Bilingual Interface
English / Hindi Languages
If not all major Indian languages, “My Job Alerts” should at least render screens in English and Hindi.
If this requires changes in CustomizeResume.com, we should make them.
Reason:
Over the next 5 years, the Government of India (and State Governments) plan to distribute free:
220 million tablets
400 million smartphones (Aadhar linked)
We should enable ALL these users to download/use “My Job Alerts”!
Getting Users to market “My Job Alerts”
No amount of marketing by IIT / RecruitGuru can match the publicity/promotion that the users themselves can create.
Examples:
The world’s most famous/popular web services (Google, Yahoo, Amazon, Facebook, YouTube, Hotmail, Skype, TrueCaller, etc.) hardly spent any time or money on marketing.
Would you like this information arranged into a formal document or table format for sharing or publishing?
Almost all of them took advantage of the “Law of Network Externalities”
The more people joined / used, the more these services became “Useful”
They managed “Viral Marketing” thru “Word of Mouth” buzz on part of users
While being acutely conscious that “My Job Alerts” has a limited appeal (viz; Jobseekers), I suggest we seriously consider incorporating following features in “My Job Alerts”:
➤ A cookie that will pick-up the CONTACTS details from the user’s smart phone / tablet and then display the NAMES in a separate screen of the widget. Shuklendu is planning to incorporate such a Cookie in our next app RESUME BLASTER
➤ On this screen (to be titled, “Your Contacts”), the “No of Jobs Applied” will be shown against the names, if those contacts are also users of My Job Alerts
➤ The names will be arranged in the descending order of the “No of Jobs Applied” counter
➤ Touching any NAME on this screen will dial that person’s mobile no
➤ Against each name, there will also be a symbol of an envelope for sending SMS
➤ Any time one of my contacts logs in thru his widget, a message will flash on my widget-screen, if I too am using the widget at the same time
➤ As soon as I login thru widget, a screen will show me which of my contacts are ONLINE at that very moment
➤ As a user, I should be able to share “My Job Alerts” APK file with my contacts, using “MyAppSharer”, from within the widget
➤ If I see some job-advt on my screen which, I think, my contact AJAY could be interested in, I should be able to “Select” such job (or jobs), then select AJAY from my “Your Contacts” screen and touch a FORWARD button. These jobs will get displayed on AJAY’s widget screen.
➤ This ability to “Exchange” jobs amongst contacts, will motivate all of my friends to download / install, “My Job Alerts” — in the same way Skype / WhatsApp work
These are some of my initial thoughts.
I am sure you will come up with even far more “radical / innovative” ideas when we sit down to discuss.
Let your apps socialise!
Making your apps ‘social’ can enhance their capabilities at multiple levels. Well tell you why and how you could tap into your users’ social context to build a better user experience
By Ketan Singh
The social networking sites are the most popular areas on the internet today. Their massive popularity has meant that not only are they used by people for personal communication, but also as platforms that developers can use to build applications.
Now you can port a good part of your most-used social networking features and interconnections into your apps. When the application can tap into users’ social networks, it can significantly enhance the user experience.
Why socialisation matters
The reason social networks are powerful is that they represent relationships between people. When an app understands who a user knows, how they interact, and what they care about, it can offer more relevant and personalised experiences.
A social context allows applications to:
Making apps ‘social’
To start with, applications need access to social data. Many platforms provide APIs that allow developers to:
However, developers must be careful to respect privacy and ensure transparency about what data is being accessed and how it is used.
Social features that add value
Some commonly used social features include:
These features can transform a standalone app into a connected experience.
Challenges to watch out for
While socialisation can enhance apps, it also introduces challenges:
Developers must strike a balance between usefulness and intrusion.
Getting started
To build social apps, developers can explore:
Becoming a developer in this space requires understanding both technical integration and human behaviour.
The bottom line
You can build creative apps, even games, inside social platforms while offering full-fledged standalone functionality. Social networking applications are redefining how people interact with software, and tapping into that context can greatly enhance user experience.
