Notes: 2012

Tuesday, 6 November 2012

Shuklendu

www.OnlineJobsFair.com

08 Nov. 2012

We have already booked this URL
Enclosed, find my drafts for:
• UI
• Concept Note
• FAQ
• Process Flow Chart etc.
A few things remain, such as:
• Terms & Conditions / List of Messages
• Metatags / Counters etc.
which are low priority – can be done later
After you / Nitin had time to study these pages, pls. list your questions (some of which may not have even occurred to me). Then, I can visit your office for discussion.
I am sending a copy of this to my ex-L&T colleague (also ex-RecruitGuru), Inder Sethi, who was deeply involved in creation of my earlier job-portals.
I would like to launch this site on 15 April 2013
(3P Founders Day)

Concept of "VIRTUAL INTERVIEW CABINS"

(VIC/1)

Any ground-based, physical facility for interviewing has limitations of “space.”
Some big companies do have 3/4 interview cabins in their Recruitment Dept. (L&T had 3, at one time)
Sometimes, interviews for different positions are going on in different cabins.
But, occasionally, interviews for SAME position are going on simultaneously in all 3 cabins, e.g.:
➤ Data Entry Operators
➤ Machine Operators
➤ Graduate Engineer Trainees
etc.
When a very large number of suitable applicants have to be interviewed, in such a case, multiple “Interview Panels” are constituted.
Candidates are NOT assigned to any particular Interview Cabin / Interview Panel.
All candidates come in, register with the receptionist and wait in the waiting hall.

(VIC/2)

As soon as an interview gets over in any particular cabin, panel member presses the green button on the wall, and a green light comes up above the door of that cabin, indicating it is ready to receive the next candidate.
As soon as Receptionist notices this green light (Annunciator) on cabin, she directs the next (scheduled) candidate to that cabin.
Idea is:
Interview Panel’s “time” is the most precious “resource,” and must not be wasted.
So,
who-so-ever (of the scheduled) candidate is present, is pushed into the cabin!!
Physical cabin space is also precious.
It must be used to the max. limit.
It must not remain “Unoccupied,” even for a minute!
But, in a virtual world, it is a very different situation.

VIC/3

There is no "space" constraint!
Any number of VIRTUAL CABINS can be instantly "created" and "allotted" to any number of "Interviewers".
Only limitation is:
For interviewing a large number of suitable candidates for any given vacancy, how many "interviewers" can one find/assign to conduct interviews simultaneously in different VIRTUAL CABINS?
Hence, "cabins" can be created depending upon the "No. of Interviewers" available, at a given point of time.
Of course, if an employer is not in a great hurry to fill up the vacancies, he can choose to spread out the interviews over a number of days, with just ONE Interviewer.
(Maybe, I forgot to provide for this particular scenario in my UI for allotting "Interview Dates" (i.e., more than one date). UI will need to be modified to take care of this.)
Now, in a Virtual World, there is no receptionist to "guide" a waiting candidate to enter (say)
• A cabin, or
• B cabin

VIC/4

I am sure, it is only a matter of time before a VIRTUAL RECEPTIONIST (an AVATAR-like software), can do this efficiently.

Till such time:

Employer/Recruiter will need to "pre-assign" different Cabin Nos. to different SETS (Groups) of candidates.
Recruiter will also assign these Cabin Nos. to his own several interviewers (if interviews have to take place simultaneously).

(Diagrams below show examples)

Interviewer: Pradip Mhatre

→ Cabin 123

→ PEN 43864 (Patel)

→ PEN 23947 (Panchal)

→ PEN 84366 (Dighet)

Interviewer: Raghavendran

→ Cabin 463

→ PEN 12124 (Ajay)

→ PEN 32633 (Venkat)

→ PEN 89184 (Sharath)

VIC/5

Assigning / Creating "VIRTUAL CABINS"
Easiest thing (for software) is to keep assigning the "NEXT" Number

Disadvantage:

After 3 years, that "NEXT" Cabin No. could well be:
CABIN NO: 2369483
Very difficult for either candidate or recruiter to remember/enter in some UI, to connect up.

Alternate Method

Let software create 1000 cabins, numbered 1, 2, 3, ... 1000.
Out of this inventory, assign whichever "Number" is FREE at the moment.
Obviously, out of 1000 cabins, some are bound to be FREE when recruiter is scheduling Interview Date / Generating Interview Time Schedule (using ADD CABIN button); much like ADD EDU. QUALL. button in Submit Resume.