Antecedent
Check Form / Feature
To:
Rajeev
cc:
Rahul, Saurabh, Pranav
Date:
02-04-06
Subject: Antecedent
Check Form / Feature
Enclosed
find:
→
Concept / Logic
→
UI for Webpage
→
Form Design
It
is interesting to note that nearly 70% of job-ads on job-sites are by
placement agencies.
Which
means, a great majority of resumes (ImageBuilders) will be received by these
agencies.
They will also receive a lot more than Resume Blast.
And
because a number of placement agencies are currently under a cloud / suspicion
for passing off fake / fudged resumes to their corporate clients, they
would want to do everything possible to re-establish their credibility
with their (lost?) clients!
And
what better way to regain their lost prestige/reputation, than to attach with a
resume feedback forms from 2/3 past employers of that candidate?
Antecedent
Check Form / Feature (continued)
(dated
02-04-06)
In
fact,
once
corporate clients (of such placement agencies) come to know of the
existence of our idea/feature,
they may even start insisting upon all their supplier agencies that each
& every resume sent must be accompanied by feedback forms!
This
insistence would work to our advantage!
Then
there will also be a “fear factor.”
If
a placement agency forwards 5 resumes without attached feedback forms,
but its competitor (another agency) attaches the feedback forms, what will
happen?
The first (lazy) placement agency will lose business!
Worse,
if after receiving 5 resumes, the corporate client manages to obtain the
feedback forms (by using our software) and these give negative / poor
ratings —
then
what happens?
The
agency gets blacklisted forever!
Let
us do!
(Signed)
02-Apr-06
Notes
/ Logic
- If
a HR manager clicks on the very first (top) employer name, the following
message shall flash:
Dear
Sir/Madam,
Sorry!
Reference check is not possible with the current employer as it may place the
executive in jeopardy.
– Rahul
Write-up
in the form:
We
are considering this person
☐ for employment with us
☐ for recommending to our
corporate client
One
of the check-boxes must be ticked; otherwise, an appropriate reminder
message must flash.
If
the lower box is clicked, it is a clear indication that the sender is a recruiter
/ consultant / placement agency / head-hunter.
Over
a period of time, we would be able to segregate our “Advertiser Database” into:
→ End Employers
→
Placement Agencies
Notes
/ Logic
- If
a HR manager clicks on the very first (top) employer name, the following
message shall flash:
Dear
Sir/Madam,
Sorry!
Reference check is not possible with the current employer as it may place the
executive in jeopardy.
– Rahul
Write-up
in the form:
We
are considering this person
☐ for employment with us
☐ for recommending to our
corporate client
One
of the check-boxes must be ticked; otherwise, an appropriate reminder
message must flash.
If
the lower box is clicked, it is a clear indication that the sender is a recruiter
/ consultant / placement agency / head-hunter.
Over
a period of time, we would be able to segregate our “Advertiser Database” into:
→ End Employers
→
Placement Agencies
Page
4/2 — Logic continued
- When
the respondent hits the “bounce-back” button, the duly filled form will
get emailed back to the requester. Simultaneously, one copy must come to
us without the knowledge of either the requester or the respondent.
We
will attach this copy to the concerned PEN in our database;
however, it will not be visible or accessible to any corporate subscriber or
even to the concerned candidate – avoiding editing.
Once
several dozens of such feedback forms (say, 50 or so) are received for any
given candidate (PEN), we will carry out very interesting statistical analysis
and develop for each candidate an:
EMPLOYABILITY
SCORE
The
higher the score, the more employable — or the more desirable — the candidate!
We
would become the very first website in the world to offer such a score!
This
is precisely the “social consensus rating” which Yahoo is trying
to develop — as against the Google model of ranking.
Logic
Continuation
The
real difficult part is (will be) to figure out the true / real
respondent company
based on the click on “Employer Name” in the Experience box.
Because
jobseekers may type an employer name in many different ways — it is free text
typing.
I
don’t see any easy or quick solution, except to develop a:
List
of Synonyms (different ways of typing) → Standardized Company
Name
We
have discussed such a modification of the Verifier Tool.
How
soon can you modify?
Additional
points:
- Ten
credit points to be deducted the moment requester (HR mgr.) clicks on
“Employer Name” (except the top one).
- Thereafter,
whether he sends the request or not, or whether respondent fills in and
returns or not — is not our concern.
- Our
bother is only with his intention.
Handling
Missing Employer Data
What
happens when a HR manager clicks on a “Company Name” for which we have no
database / no details such as email ID?
Obviously,
in such cases, we will not be in a position to forward the Antecedent Check
Form.
In such cases, the following message should flash:
Dear
Sir/Madam,
We regret we do not have contact info for this employer.
We
are therefore unable to forward your request.
Of
course, you will not be charged for this case.
–
Rahul
We
should “store” all such failed attempts in a separate database so that
we can later try to obtain the relevant data (from various sources) and update
our database.
P.S.
You would be within your rights to insist that any resume sent to you by an
executive search firm / placement agency / headhunter / HR consultant be
accompanied by relevant Antecedent Check Forms.
It is precisely this value addition that you have employed their
services for — not for acting as a mere post office!
Security
Against Form Tampering
One
very important functionality is that, once the respondent fills in and
returns (bounce-backs) the Antecedent Form,
no one (absolutely no one) should be able to alter or modify the contents
of this form.
If
not, another kind of “fraud” may start, viz:
A
placement firm gets a poor/negative opinion (from past employer) about a given
candidate.
Obviously, they dare not forward such a form to their client company — the
candidate will certainly get rejected!
So,
the agency may resort to alter/modifying the form!
Draft
Email Template (indiaRecruiter.net)
indiaRecruiter.net
Dear
HR Manager / Recruiter,
Before
interview or before issuing appointment letters, you would like to check out
the antecedents of the candidates.
With
thousands of fake resumes floating around, antecedent checking has become an
essential step in your selection process.
And
what is better than a response from another HR professional who knows about a
given candidate?
This
is where our Antecedent Check feature comes in.
Where
the candidate claims to have worked in the past — say, in 300 HR managers’
databases —
you can get 300 HR managers to respond instantly, online!
No
problem, when you use our Antecedent Check feature. Here is how it
works:
- From
ImageBuilder (version) of a resume received by you earlier, enter
here the Personal Executive Number (PEN) of the candidate.
- You
will see the same ImageBuilder form online in a separate window.
- Review/verify
it.
- Click
on the company name for which you wish to send an Antecedent Check Form.
- Enter
your remarks and rating.
- Then
click SEND.
The
system will email the form to the concerned HR manager, who will hopefully fill
in his views/opinions about the candidate and bounce it back to the system.
Terms
(P.S.)
- You
will need to be a Corporate Subscriber of any partner website of Global
Recruiter Network to use this service. No separate registration is
required.
- For
each usage (per employer name clicked), 10 credit points will get
deducted.
(Each credit point is currently priced at ₹1.)
Request
for Candidate Antecedents
Request
To (Respondent):
Name: _______
Designation:
_______
Company:
_______
E-mail:
_______
(Click
after filling form → “REQUEST RETURNED (Bounceback)”)
Fill
up your own name / designation below before sending.
Dear
Sir / Madam,
I
request you to furnish information on your opinion about candidate whose resume
is attached and who claims to have worked in your organization.
We
are considering this person for employment with us / for recommending to our
corporate client.
We assure you that your opinion will be treated in strict confidence and
shall not be revealed to the candidate.
- On
a reciprocal basis, I promise to provide you with feedback / views about
any executive who has worked with us in the past and who has applied for
employment with you.
Hence,
kindly help us by filling this Antecedent Check Request Form at GlobalRecruiter.net
Specific
Inquiry (Request to Respond):
In
case you do not wish to put your views in writing, I would appreciate if you
could provide your valuable inputs by telephone.
Thanking
you in anticipation,
Request
From (Requester):
Name: _______
Designation: _______
Company: _______
E-mail: _______
Phone: (STD) ___
[SEND
REQUEST]
Feedback
Form
Feedback
for:
(Executive Name)
From: (Company Name)
PEN: _______
Your
feedback is requested on the following aspects of the candidate:
|
Parameter |
Accurate |
False |
|
Period
of Work (No. of Yrs) |
☐ |
☐ |
|
Designation
Held |
☐ |
☐ |
|
Salary
(C.T.C.) |
☐ |
☐ |
Resume
Facts
|
Parameter |
Accurate |
False |
|
Period
of Work (No. of Yrs) |
☐ |
☐ |
|
Designation
Held |
☐ |
☐ |
|
Salary
(C.T.C.) |
☐ |
☐ |
B.
Attributes
|
Attribute |
High |
Average |
Unsatisfactory |
|
Professional
Integrity |
☐ |
☐ |
☐ |
|
Leadership
Quality |
☐ |
☐ |
☐ |
|
Self-Motivation |
☐ |
☐ |
☐ |
|
Discipline |
☐ |
☐ |
☐ |
|
Initiative |
☐ |
☐ |
☐ |
C.
Attitude
|
Attribute |
Exemplary |
Adequate |
Antithesis |
|
Friendly |
☐ |
☐ |
☐ |
|
Teamworker
/ Collaborative |
☐ |
☐ |
☐ |
|
Mature |
☐ |
☐ |
☐ |
|
Hard-working |
☐ |
☐ |
☐ |
Knowledge
/ Skills
|
Skill |
Cutting
Edge |
Enough
for the Job |
We
were not happy |
|
Functional
Expertise |
☐ |
☐ |
☐ |
|
Industry
Knowledge |
☐ |
☐ |
☐ |
|
Information
Technology |
☐ |
☐ |
☐ |
|
Conceptualization
Skills |
☐ |
☐ |
☐ |
Overall
Performance with Us
☐ Excellent ☐ Average ☐ Poor
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