MATCH MAKER ( MM )

FUNCTIONAL  SPECIFICATIONS

28   Feb  2008

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Rahul  /  Shalaka / Shubhangi / Poonam :

*  MM will be an ONLINE tool which can be freely downloaded from our web site and also from other web sites such as Download.com

*  It should be a small tool ( 4 / 5 Mb ), with dot net framework which can be either embedded into the tool or will get automatically downloaded on user's harddisk, without his being aware

*  A person who has downloaded MM ( from anywhere ),should be able to email it to any no of people

*  After downloading, MM will get " activated " only after the User ,

#  uploads his text resume into the tool

#  selects his " Primary Function / Skill " ( any one only ) , from the drop-lists in the ACTIVATE page

#  selects " date " of activation from calendar

   (  It is quite possible that the " No of Tools Activated " may far exceed the " No of tools downloaded " , due to copying / emailing )

#  Upon activation , our server will,

   >  assign a unique " User No " to that user

   >  store his text resume as well as his " Function/Skill " selection against

       this " User No "

   >  In course of time , when we develop a robust " Parsing " software , we

       will parse the text resume and store all personal data about that user

       into a database

#   There should be a facility for the user to edit his ,

    >  Text resume

    >  Function / Skill , selected earlier

     when he does , our database too will get updated simultaneously

#  By comparing with our Server Database , MM will find / extract the Keywords from the text resume ( for the Function / Skill earlier selected by that user ) , and

calculate the Raw Score , as per the Weightage assigned to each keyword

This will be stored ( semi-permanently )

Of Course , this will change if User edits text resume at anytime

#  Working like MYRIAD , MM will extract the job advts behind each link on a job-search page

Unfortunately, a job-search page contains many links other than job advts links

In fact, non job-advt links far exceed the job advt links !

For our purpose , we have to avoid / ignore / eliminate , these non jobadvt links

MYRIAD has provision for user to select , values from

*  " FROM LINK " drop list

*  " TO LINK " drop list

This adds one manual intervention / selection . It would be ideal if we could avoid this . If not , we follow the same procedure

#  Once the job advts hiding behind the job advt links are " harvested " ( usually 10 to 50 per page ) , MM will try to find Function / Skill related Keywords - " relevant " to that candidate's resume - and COMPUTE the SCORE

#  MATCH INDEX can be calculated as per a tabulation of :

*  Column 1............. Advt Number ( 1 , 2 , 3 etc )

*  Column 2.............. Raw Score of Job Advt ( 32, 45 , 61  etc )

*  Column 3............... Raw Score of Text Resume ( 60 , 60 , 50 )

*  Column 4............... Match Index ( 32/60 ; 45 / 60 : 62 / 60 )

*  Column 5 ............  % Percentage ( 52 % / 33 % / 102 % )

The advts will then get displayed in the descending order of % , as shown below  tabulation :

*  Column 1........ Advt No

*  Column 2........ Advertise Company Names

*  Column 3 .......  Position / Vacancy Name

*  Column 4.......  Posting City Name

*  Column 5 ........ Match Index ( 102 / 52 / 33 etc )

*  Column 6........ Select ( Check Boxes )

May be we should try to extract the email ID from eacj job advt ( if given in the advt )

Naukri  provides email IDs but Monster / Timesjobs / Jobsdb etc do not

We should not display the email Ids in the tabulation

#  Select ( tick in Check Box ) , will open that job advt . After reading , candidate can decide to " Apply Online " and click relevant button

Of course , this would require him to earlier deposit his resume on that job site

This would also require that , before starting the job search , he would need to log in as a " Registered User "

#  As of now , I am unable to think of a foolproof method which will allow a user to ,

>  " Apply Online " against any job advt in Naukri , but with his PROFILES developed on our web site ( - not the text resume deposited in Naukri )

If we can pull this off , it would have a great marketing advantage !

You may consider the following possibility :

*  We also display email ID of the job advertisers in the search results table

If a candidate decides to click on any email Id ( of a job advt ) , then our software picks up that email ID and inserts it in

RESUME  COURIER

A candidate , then , can surf pages after pages of Naukri job search results ( displayed in descending order in MM )

From each page , he may click on 1/2/3 email IDs , which keep getting accumulated in into our RESUME COURIER

When he has gone through 24 pages ( of job search results ) and selected ( say ) 43 job advts worth applying , he moves to RESUME COURIER page , logs in ( with his User Id / Password ) and clicks SUBMIT

At one go , our RESUME COURIER software will pick up his PROFILES and forward it ( with appropriate covering letter , similar to what I have given for Resume Blast ) to all 43 advertisers !

As against this , should he decide to click open each select job advt on Naukri and decide to " Apply Online " ,

>  he can only send his " text " resume

>  he will need to click " Apply Online " 43 times !

This seems such a great idea , if it can be successfully executed !

We are giving the candidate , a far superior option , but , we are not forcing him to register on our web site

Once again , MM will " market " IndiaRecruiter.net in a very subtle fashion - and very indirectly

If a job advt does not contain email Id , a candidate can always click ( check box ) to apply online with his text resume

In fact , this will be the case , with most of the web sites - since these do not display the email Ids

Another bye-product ( of candidate applying through RESUME COURIER method ) :

We will be able to compile a very comprehensive " APPLICATION HISTORY " of each user candidate as shown in a tabulation as below :

CANDIDATE NAME :........  Unique No ............... Activation Date :...........

Col 1......... Serial No

Col 2......... Date Applied

Col 3........  Company Name

Col 4........ Vacancy Name

Col 5........ Posting City

Col 6........ Match Index

Col 7........ Response ( can be entered by candidate )

We can make available such HISTORY to a registered candidate in his own ,

ADMIN PAGE,

where he can then fill up " Response Details " in the last column , on his own , at any time

In the above tabulation , may be we can even provide a column for the job advertiser's email Id

By clicking on this email Id , Outlook will open and the candidate can send a REMINDER to that job advertiser , to inquire about his application !

This could be a great " Follow Up " tool for the candidate

He does not even need to remember to WHOM he has applied , WHEN and for WHAT position !

Let us do this !

HCP / 23 Feb 2008