PEN PORTABILITY

Kartavya

26/02/2003

ULIN

The Ultimate Lock-In

Currently there is a lot of talk in the media re: "portability of telephone No."

If the "ownership" of the phone no. is with the user/subscriber, that number need not have to change, every time a subscriber,

→ switches from one service-provider to another service provider

→ switches from landline to cellphone & vice-versa

→ moves/travels from one city to another city or (even) one country to another.

So, he is free! He is not locked-in by

• Competitors

• Mode (landline vs. cellular)

• Geography

• Technology (GSM - GPRS - CDMA) etc.

Everyone is forced/obliged to provide him service on the SAME number – number which HE owns!

And because the NUMBER remains SAME, throughout the WORLD and throughout his LIFETIME, he does not have to end up informing his friends/relatives/customers etc., again & again re: new number!

The subscriber has the ultimate power – by not being "locked in." He has no "change-over" cost, in case he decides to change the "service-provider."

Could we, conceivably, give similar "FREEDOM" to jobseekers, thru our Webservice?

I assume that, over a period of time, our webservice will be used by

→ Corporates

→ Placement Agencies

→ Jobsites

for converting email resumes being received by them – then storing these in databases – and then "searching" these, once-in-a-while, using our RESEARCH search-engine.

Now let us imagine a situation, where our Web Server, allots/assigns

PEN (Permanent Executive No.)

to each & every incoming resume being "converted" in RESUMINE, irrespective of the source.

And let us assume that all PEN being allotted are given-out SERIALLY & that each no. is UNIQUE. No duplication.

(I don’t know, how our server can manage this feat, if, at a given point of time, 1000 subscribers are trying to convert 10,000 resumes!)

So, each jobseeker receives ONE/UNIQUE PEN, irrespective of:

→ "how" he sent his email resume

→ "To whom"

– as long as the Company/Placement Agency/Jobsite concerned, is our subscriber.

In case, he sends his email resume,

(same/identical) thru multiple “sources”, our software should be capable of “spotting” the duplication & avoid allotting another UNIQUE PEN!

Instead, a message should go out, both to our subscriber & to the jobseeker, saying,

“Dear ______,

Thank you for sending your resume, thru our Webservice Subscriber,

[Name]

We have already received your resume earlier, thru other sources, when we have already allotted/assigned to you, following Permanent Executive Number (PEN)

PEN: [ ]

Your USER ID / PASSWORD, also remain unchanged as follows:

USER ID: [ ]

Password: [ ]

Regards

3P Webservice

If enough jobsites become our Subscribers, then, no matter which jobsite a recruiter conducts a "Resume-Search," when he clicks on the "Short Display," he gets to see/view IDENTICAL resume of a given candidate!

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[Sketch/Diagram: Resume Text]

Resume Text                                 PEN: -------
----------------------------------------------------------
Name    |                                  Competence Profile     | Keywords
Add     |  -------------------------------> --------------------  | ---------
DOB     |  -------------------------------> --------------------  | ---------
        |  -------------------------------> --------------------  | ---------

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We already know that most of the Indian jobseekers have deposited/posted their (identical) resumes on several jobsites (Jobstreet/Jobsdb/JobsAhead/Naukri/Monster etc.).

Due to vastly SUPERIOR features of our RESUMINE & RE-SEARCH, even if we get just ONE (maybe smaller) jobsite to subscribe to our Webservice, others will have to follow suit – in order to keep up! When that happens, our DISPLAY & our PEN in effect become the INDUSTRY STANDARD!

With one/same PEN, a jobseeker can upload his EDITED resume on any website without having to worry on which website he originally posted! Our existing PARTNER WEBSITES program works on this rule.