Rahul → Shalaka
30/08/08
Harvester → GuruGem → Headhunter’s Paradise
Last week I spoke to Shalaka about developing an ONLINE search application,
which would solve headhunters' major problem viz:
Where and how to find “LEADS” for contacting potential candidates for filling up
a specific “search assignment” for a client?
When any search assignment is given to any headhunter, client specifies many criteria.
Two important criteria are:
► Function
► Designation
} of position to be filled
Again, client company itself belongs to a particular “Industry”. Therefore, client would prefer candidates currently working for its
COMPETITOR-COMPANIES. (our Archival search).
So, we can add one more criteria, viz:
► Industry (Industry-Name).
So, for a headhunter, main selection/search criteria become:
Select Any One from each:
[ Industry ▼ ] [ Function ▼ ] [ Designation ▼ ]
[ Submit ]
We can insert these into the
“Advanced Search bar” of Google,
Find webpages that have all these words: [______________________]
By default, we should search for results in
⊚ India Pages
In case of:
Industry = Automotive
Function = Sales
Designation = “Vice President”
Pages = India Pages
Google returned
20,200 results
Even if only 25% of the results are genuine enough to qualify as “Leads,” that would make for
≈ 5000 executive names!
I suspect that no. is bigger than the combined database (of resumes of such executives) on Naukri / Timesjobs / Monster!!
Now remember,
You will hardly find “actual resumes” of such senior executives on any jobsite. I have a feeling that headhunters would even ignore such a resume!
Headhunters are only looking for “Leads” (to such senior executives) – which can be researched & tracked down & “wooed” into giving their resume.
So, Google produced 20,200 leads!
Even the most conscientious headhunter does not have time to go through so many leads.
Then, a headhunter would want to take a look at search-results, only if all the verbose “garbage” is removed and the results are presented as shown in ANNEX: A
We can truncate the tabulation, even if ONE column data is missing.
From each search result, it is not difficult to pick up
▶ Designation
▶ Function
Being “search-criteria,” these will almost always be found inside each search-result.
How to find “Company Name”?
How to find “Executive Name”?
I believe, I have provided some logic in my earlier notes (especially “Harvester” folder).
There is one more note as well, to figure out a “candidate name” from the “probability of occurrence” within a given sentence – at a particular “position” in that sentence.
Of course “Company Name” can be found by “comparing” with our online database of (industry-wise) company names in Resume Blast.
We have also “parsed” company names in 2.98 lakh job-advt database, created for JAM / WWJ. That would cover 99% of companies.
We will allow only “Registered Corporates” to use this.
That would automatically grow our “Company Name Database.”
✍️ 30/08/08
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