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

Friday, 29 August 2003

PAYMENT OPTIONS BRAND AMBASSADOR

Kartavya
cc: Sanjeev

Further to my yesterday’s note (Parta System), following points need to be considered:

  • We have already agreed to offer to our subscribers, both options of payment, viz.:

(1)    By Credit Card / Wire Transfer

(2)    Most foreign subscribers will prefer this.

(3)    By Cheques / Demand Drafts

(4)    Most Indian subscribers will prefer this.

For both options of course, client MUST enter relevant data ONLINE, even as he asks his clerk to post the cheque / DD. Only problem is that cheque / DD may arrive after 15 days! — or may never arrive (cheques) — or may get lost (genuine issue of duplicate) — or may bounce!

Parta statements (A & B) must clearly highlight:

(1) What “monies” have been “realised”

(2) What “monies” are in “transit”

Suggest you discuss with Asutosh.

cc: Asutosh

Kartavya / Abhi

cc: Sanjeev

Brand Ambassador

Sure, we would like ImageBuilder to become our brand ambassador.

But even Sachin Tendulkar would wear a branded T-shirt only on the cricket ground. He gets Rs. 5 crore to do that!

Even if Raymond were to “gift” him a Rs. 5 lakh worth business-suit, he would not wear it as he goes about his daily work, if on the back of the suit, the words “RAYMOND” are printed in 2 inch high letters!

So, whereas we want others to “notice” that we are wearing the most expensive suit ever made, we do not wish to become a “Walking–Talking” advertisement for the product!

Especially if we are a professional executive with a load of self-respect/ego.

But this human psychology is what we overlooked while designing ImageBuilder.

Right at top of ImageBuilder, we put

“www.Recruitguru.com” and our logo in big size!

I have a feeling that this is what must be putting off the executives from using ImageBuilder, even if he is impressed with the Functional Profile graphs.

Perhaps he is getting a feeling that he is being “taken for a ride” — “that he is being used” to promote Recruitguru!
And that is not a good feeling. It’s most certainly not an “emotion” that we intend to arouse.

So, as a first step, let us delete these from both pages of ImageBuilder, whether as seen on Computer Screen or as downloaded/printed.

Let us also immediately delete the notes at the bottom of both pages viz:

“From a plan …”

Only thing that we shall retain is small font on top of each Function Profile which says in very small fonts:

Developed by: (www.Recruitguru.com)

[to add]

Remove this line too: RESUME – SUMMARY

MY FUNCTIONAL EXPOSURE PROFILES

[Sample Size: No. of resumes selected for profiling (by Recruitguru) as on ———]

Add these words in small fonts.

We have discussed — and you have confirmed — that a Placement Agency subscribing to our service can replace top part of ImageBuilder with its own logo/address/name e.g.

www.Recruitguru.com

(to be replaced by e.g.)

Mastermind Network

14, Lajpat Nagar, S. S. Bhakari Complex, New Delhi – 6

Tel.: 26167077

Email: careers.mastermind@softtouch.com

Even a Corporate Subscriber or an HR Consultant Subscriber would like the ImageBuilder to carry his own name/add/logo.

We have following choices:

#1
By default a subscriber sees/gets an ImageBuilder with OUR name & logo, which he can delete/replace with his own.

By default this space is left blank with appropriate instruction:

In this space, you can paste your Company’s

Name/Addr/Logo by doing ____________

Obviously a subscriber would need to do this once at the beginning. Thereafter, automatically every ImageBuilder would carry this change.

This option is MUCH BETTER.

In second stage, please consider following:

Any ImageBuilder is made up of several frames/blocks/sections etc.

Both Corporate Subscribers as also jobseekers want to express their individuality (just like two ladies are awfully embarrassed if found in identical sarees at a party!).

This aspect of a “customization” is much more important for a jobseeker.

We can provide a feature whereby a jobseeker can move around these blocks/sections (like a game of LEGO) to “customize” his “ImageBuilder”! Please consider. Ask, why people hate uniforms?

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