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Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

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Friday 25 November 2022

Project Guide - Counselling Executives who have taken VRS

Mr. P.K. Mukherjee                                                                                                                        August 9, 2001

Santacruz (W)

 

 

 

Dear Mukherjee,

 

Counselling L&T Executives

 

I refer to our visit to Powai to meet Mr. Vivek Mehta and our subsequent discussions.

 

In this connection, I enclose a folder, with a request to quickly glance thru its contents (Especially the ANNEXURES) before you meet these executives on Saturday, August -11.  Your meeting-Schedule is incorporated in the folder.

At the end of each meeting, please provide for 5 minutes to fill-in an Interview Evaluation Sheet (Sample enclosed) for each executive. Please feel free to phone me for clarifications needed, if any.

 

With Regards,

Hemen Parekh

 

 List of Executive Search Assignment Currently Pending with Us.

(This could be Foldable A-3 Size page)

 

Fields (JOB – RELATED)

1.       Serial No.

2.       Industry

3.       Function

4.       Designation-level (or Actual Designation)

5.       Posting City

6.       Approx. Salary offered

7.       Keywords (to describe Job)

 

Fields (MAN-SPECIFICATIONS)

 

1.       Edu-Quali (ind-Branch / Discipline)

2.       Age (MAX)

3.       Exp. (Min)

 

-          No where, we should reveal identity of our client

-          Perhaps such a statement is reading available in OES ( or can be compiled using basic data available in OES)

Why should we include a statement of “Our own current pending vacancies” in the folder to be given to L&T executives?

 

1.       If one of them thinks he is suitable for any of these vacancies, he could contact us. This is the “SUPERFICIAL” objective!

2.       But, he could talk to some of his other colleagues ( who are not offered VRS) if he thinks one of them may be suitable / interested in those positions.

 

Idea is to “Spread the Message”!

 

VIRAL - MARKETING!!

3.       Such a list may give “ideas” to Vivek Mehta himself! He could start identifying “not so excellent” performers against our vacancies-those whom, he may be considering in SECOND ROUND of VRS! They maybe better than the first lot!

4.       Such a consolidated, ready-made list would certainly help AMB/HCP/ Mr. P.K. Mukherjee, while talking to L&T executives.

5.       Nirmit may “Consider” Circulating such a statement to HR Consultants / other Exe-Search firms/ other “jobsites” to recommend “executives” ( on a fee sharing basis)

6.       Some 30 placement agencies have already tied-up with us (under our Partner Program).

We could consider circulating such a statement ( thru email of course) to those agencies, asking them to send us resumes of suitable executive registered with them. They should send thru OFFLINE RESUME ENTRY CD (Sent to them) Only let us resort to “NETWORKING”.

7.       Under the guise/pretense of our “desire to help-out” , we could “email” this statement to HR Managers of those companies, who are reported to be “downsizing” their managerial staff!

This is a very “Legitimate” & “honorable” objective to which, they cannot find fault!

 

Once such a statement (E-mail) reaches a company’s mail-box, it is found to be “copied” & got circulated” like wild-fire!! – Prompting “good” candidates to approach us.


PROJECT “GUIDE”

 

Contents of folder to be given to each employee

 

 

Sanjeev. 1. Resume CD for entering personal resume far uploading on WWW.3pjobs.com

 

Prats. 2. List of leading Indian jobsites

Sanjeev

Robin. 3. List of Indian Executive Search Firms with with names of contact-persons/phone no’s/email address etc.

Robin. 4. List of newspapers/magazines where “job-advts” are published

Prats. 5. Examples of typical resumes

-          Indian style

-          American style

Prats. 6. Tips on preparing of resumes

-          Electronic submission

-          Hardcopy submission

Robin. 7. Tips on “How to prepare/appear for an interview”

            8. Interview dress-code.

            9. List of Books?

           10. Where to invest your savings?

           11. List of Indian search-engines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Process

Ø  A batch of 7 executives would together, attend “Counselling/Training” Session, which would start at 10 a.m.

We may seriously consider requesting their “Spouses” to join, since family understanding/support during the next 2/3 months is very vital for an executive to go thru this traumatic experience with confidence.

Ø  2/3/ Counsellors will conduct different “parts” of the session & impart “training” where necessary.

Ø  During the afternoon session, the executives would be encouraged to

-          Submit the resume on internet

-          Prepare list of “Target” companies

-          Make phone-calls to executive-search firms & fix appointment

-          Draft “Covering-letters/Approach-letters

-          Prepare a personal “ACTION-PLAN”

-          Prepare “POWERPOINT” presentation of their skills/achievements (if they have personal laptops)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROJECT HELP COUNSELLING SESSION

 

TIME TABLE

 

9:30                        Assemble & Register / Tea

10:00                     Introductory Remarks ………. Vivek Mehta

10:30                     Info. On local Employment Market……………………..Nirmit Parekh

11:00                     Business & Consulting opportunities…………………..Om Kaul & Dr. Krishnamurthy

12:00                     Where/How to search for job opportunity (online / Offline) …….. Anant Bedekar

12:45                     Where to invest? ………………………………..Salil Gandhi

1:00                        Lunch-Break

2:00                       Practice – Session – I                                                       Session Guide

-          Submit Resume on jobsite                                   Sanjeev Tiwari

-          Conduct “Job-search” on jobsites

3:00                        Practice-Session – II

-          Prepare Resume                                                      Mitchelle & Usha

-          Prepare Covering-Letter

-          Prepare list of “Target” Companies

4:00                        Phone & fix-up “Appointments” with other Executive-Search firms       Venkat Iyer

5:00                        Concluding Remarks / Q&A ………. P.K. Mukherjee

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

TRAINING MODULE / COUNSELLING MODULE

 

Ø  How to submit Resume on a website

Ø  How to prepare a list of target companies

Ø  How to conduct yourself in an interview

Ø  Presentation Skills

Ø  Investment Avenues

Ø  Compensation Analysis & impact of revised treatment of allowances/perks/benefits

Ø  How to conduct “job-searches” on jobsites & apply online (use of resume-forwarding services offered by many websites)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROJECT HELP

Contents of folder to be given to each employee:

 

1.       Resume CD for entering personal resume for uploading on www.3pjobs.com

2.       List of leading Indian jobsites

3.       List of leading Indian Executive search firms with names of contact-person/phone no’s/email addresses etc.

4.       List of newspaper/magazines where “job-advts” are published

5.       Examples of typical resumes

-          Indian style

-          American style

6.       Tips on preparing of resumes

-          Electronic submission

-          Hardcopy submission

 

7.       Tips on “How to prepare/appear for an interview”

8.       Interview Dress-code.

9.       List of Books

10.   Where to invest your savings?

11.   List of Indian Search-engines

12.   CD containing “Industry-Wise” list of Indian Public Limited Companies with their contact info. (including email addresses)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOLDER TO BE SUBMITTED TO L&T

(Once Counselling-sessions are over)

 

Content

Ø  Assessment sheets (to be designed) only filled-in, for each employee

Ø  Our recommendations for “retraining/new skill acquisition” of the employees. (Self-development)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MODUS OPERAND

 

PHYSICAL – SUPPORT:

 

Ø  Use L&T guest House (Hiranandani ?) for “PROJECT HELP”

Ø  Guest-House should be equipped with a server (proxy) and 4/5 nodes having internet connection (preferably DSL) – one node per participant

Ø  2 additional phone-lines for contacting prospective employers / executive search firms

Ø  LCD projector with screen connected to a computer for accessing internet

Ø  Arrangement for Lunch / Tea / etc.

Ø  A laser printer to print-out hard-copies of resumes

Ø  General-purpose stationery

Ø  Computer stationery

Ø  A subscription to CMIE’s CAPES / PROWESS database (online access).

Ø  Overhead Projector

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MISC

 

Ø  PKM will be assisted by

-          Maggi (Secretarial help)

-          Robin (Content creation / Data Compilation

-          Pande (errands)

Ø  If we are able to organize the seminar well – and impress L&T- we would have got an excellent “starting” reference.

 

This would help us to

-          Offer same package to other units of L&T

-          Offer similar package to other companies going thru the process of “down-sizing”

 

Ø  In future, we could conduct such seminars, entirely on our own

 

 

OR

 

Conduct in “collaboration / Co-branding” with organisations such as

 

·         NIPM   

·         Indo American Society

·         CII

·         Bombay Management Association

·         FICCI

·         Indian Merchants Chamber

·         ASSOCHAM

·         BCCI

Etc. etc.

In case of such “co-branding” we have to prepare a detailed list of “COSTS” such as.

 

 

 

To be borne by

Total Cost

 

?

3P

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Hall charges

 

 

-

Lunch / Tea charges

 

 

-

Equipment rental charges

 

 

-

Speakers Fees

 

 

-

Advertising Expenses

 

 

-

Folders / other Handouts

 

 

-

Taxi / Travel Costs

 

 

-

Banner charges

 

 

-

Brouchers / Regis. Forms

 

 

-

Staff Expenses (own/hired)

 

 

 

             Total Cost

 

 

 

In such “Co-branding” cases, it would be necessary to

-          Fix “Per Participant” fees (depending on VENUE)

-          “Break-Even” NO & COST

-          Desired no. of. Participants

 

We should also develop separate

-          “Strategies (of approach)”

-          No. of participants to be targeted, depending upon,

-          Private Affair ( all participants from same Company)

-          Public Affair (Participants “sponsored” by a no. of companies)

We should also consider whether, we should allow participation by executives who are NOT sponsored by their current employers. This ((decision) is important, considering that a large no. of executives, who are no more “in employ”, may also want to attend / benefit from such seminars.

 

Ø  We must prepare, for every subject/topic, a list of 5/6 speakers, who will “Speak” in rotation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“CHAPTER” OF P.K. MUKHERJEE

 

Ø  Prepare folders for handing-over to Executives.

(one-time activity)

Ø  Get “Speakers / Session-Guides” to prepare (and get approved), their

-          Hardcopy “hand-outs” (on 3P stationery)

-          Slides for OH Projector

-          PowerPoint presentations (if any)

Ø  Conduct a “Rehearsal” (full day) of the seminar & give “feedback” to all speakers / session-guides

Ø  Get each participating executive to fill-in a “Self-Assessment” Sheet.

Add to this, own “assessment” Notes

(These sheets will form part of folder to be submitted to L&T, at the end of the Project)

Ø  Prepare “Folder” for handing-over to L&T.

Ø  Look-after physical arrangements & Co-ordinate with L&T personnel.

Ø  Overall Co-ordination.

 

 

 


















 

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