Abhi
cc: Kartavya
cc: Inder/ Pooja
To become the Industry - standard, you need to get
the industry to adopt your "forms" & your "business -
processes".
So that you control the forms/ processes.
Whenever, you come out with a new/ revised, form or
a process, the industry has got to "adopt" the same. Otherwise that
company stands isolated. You systems cannot exchange data with the rest of the
world.
If we reach such a stage, it gives us virtual
monopoly - a very desirable situation from the view point of competition.
Q. And
"why" should industry adopt out "forms/ processes"?
Ans:
- If
these are easy / simple to use
- Require
less effort / time
- Help
you do more work in less time (productivity)
- Avoid
duplicate entry of same data
- Reduce
process - costs / Manpower (data - entry)
-
Automate "Communication" amongst "parties"
- Improve
"Quality" of your decisions
- Enable
"data - processing" on a "MASSIVE" scale
- Vastly
extend you "reach" thru networking
- Help
you "globalize" your business operations. etc.
If we want to make "Global Recruiter" to
become, The world standard, (as far as Recruitment Processes are concerned),
then
BUTTERFLY RESUME is the first step in that
direction.
Today, there are hundreds of "versions"
of resumes.
# 1 - Those "unique" ones, dreamed - up
by Jobseekers
# 2 - These "recommended - for - use" by
management Consultants and authors of "Recruitment Books"
# 3 - Those designed by Jobsites as structured/
partially structured FORMS on their websites.
# 4 - Those (digital) forms, which corporate
websites as you to fill - up, online, while applying.
# 5 - Those printed "Hard - copies"
handed - out by corporate to eager jobseekers to fill - in, when they appear
for an interview (Quite common procedure amongst Indian Corporate)
To get all of these parties, to sit around a table
and agree upon a SINGLE/ STANDARD resume - form, is impossible!
We won't be able to get them to agree to even
"sit - around - a - table" !
Does this mean that our effort to get all concerned
to agree - upon / accept ONE standard RESUME - FORM, is doomed?
Perhaps not.
Perhaps our Butterfly Version is an answer!
The secret would be to get the millions of
jobseekers around the world to adopt the
BUTTERFLY VERSION. Strike at the root.
If all of them use the SAME/ STANDARD form,
corporate Recruiters cannot refuse to accept such resumes.
If, on top of this (situation), if butterfly
version, makes a Recruiters job easy & lessens his burden & speeds - up
his process, he would be more than
happy to receive / accept such butterfly version.
If he is extremely happy with Butterfly version, he
may even insist that in future, this is the ONLY version, in which he would
accept resumes!
So, the obvious FIRST STEP is to get the jobseekers
change - over to the Butterfly version.
. Reduces
their time/ effort to apply (to hundreds!)
. Gives
them a distinct "Competitive Advantage" over other candidates, who
are using plain/ unstructured email resumes (Eg. Functional Profiles)
.
Improves their "Probability" of getting short - listed/ getting
interviewed / getting appointed.
. Enables
updating/ editing appointed.
. Enables
updating/ editing with very little effort
. Gives
them a better "Bargaining Power" (eg : Salary / Designation Profiles)
And
. All of
these are FREE!
. I have
tried to address (these) concerns of a jobseeker while designing enclosed
BUTTERFLY version. Some issues will get addressed in future versions only (eg :
Salary/ Designation Profiles), So I have mentioned these under "Instructions".
. Thru
first page (Interactive Response Module), I am trying to achieve the following.
. Boost
Jobseeker's ego, by providing space where he can attach his colour photo (JPG?)
. Making
it easy for the Recruiter to record his decisions (Rating/ calling or Not /
Remarks) while the (digital) resume is still in front of his eyes & his
memory is VIVIDLY FRESH as to the candidates suitability". (Whether hard
copy or digital, no information must require to be handled again & again.
Information must not be "put down/ filed away", without taking a
DECISION on the spot, once - and - for all !
. Utter
shy simplifying emailing of "Interview - calls" (Telescoping the
process). This feature along will ensure many more candidates getting called
for interview - than otherwise, under the old / manual process. To that extent,
this becomes a "SELF - FULFILLING" Prophesy ("Get an Interview
call, Today !) & re - in forces the process to repeat again & again.
. The
page - design (esp. ADVERTISER'S SPACE), gives the jobseeker an impression that
the Advertiser will definitely rate him (A) / definitely cal him for interview.
. If the
(first - page) design succeeds in creating this last - mentioned
"impression" in the mind of the jobseeker, he is bound to use
Butterfly version.
. And if this impression, proves
"Correct" in case of even 10% of the candidates, the Butterfly
version would catch - on like a wild fire, by word - of - mouth.
. And if
millions of job - seekers start using Butterfly version, Corporate have got to
fall in line & accept it as THE Industry Standard! They don't have a choice!
. So,
entire Global - Recruiter, rides piggy - back on the Butterfly Version & on
our ability to convince the
-
60,000 candidates to edit & then use it
-
60,000 candidates to "Talk - about - it" to 10 friends each, each of
whom, would, in turn, talk to author 10 friends / colleagues each.
. Once,
we attain a "CRITICAL MASS" of ONE million Butterfly Versions, we
would become "Unstoppable"
. Then
becoming INDUSTRY - STANDARD is a more question
. It is
therefore CRUCIAL that, we spare no effort, in design / development of
Butterfly version, even if it means delaying launch of Project EGO, by 2/3
days. We must "GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME".
There may not be a second time!
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