Hi Friends,

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

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

www.ResumesExchange.com

28th Feb 2010

Dear ( Colleague ) :

Some 2 / 3 years back, I have already penned some thoughts on this subject - even prepared a U / I  for a web page

But , during these 2 / 3 years , many things have changed , eg :

*  Web has expanded many fold

*  Google has launched " Google Search Appliance ( GSA ) "

*  We launched... www.IndiaRecruiter.net... and  made available ( for free download from Cnet.com / Download.com etc ), " RESUME  RATER " tool of which , more than 13,000 copies have got downloaded from various web sites.

*  We launched ..www.CustomizeResume.com... on 14 Nov 2009 , which incorporates the RESUME RATER and arranges the resumes in the descending order of the Raw Score . It also develops Personal Analytics Graphs of resume-owner.

*  We are in the process of cleaning-up ISYS database to ensure that it contains , nothing but " resumes "

*  By subscribing to FileFactory.com , we enabled visitors ( of IndiaRecruiter.net ) , to download over 3 lakh text resumes ( in batches of 1000 at a time )

*  We have already uploaded approx  2.5 lakh text resumes on CustomizeResume.com , which are freely downloadable

*  3P are using " InBox Reader " developed by Vikram , 3 years ago

*  We have downloaded a software , some 2 weeks back , which converts all kinds of ( resume ) documents into PDF format

*  Alex has developed a software which detaches all attachments from incoming emails ( which are mostly resumes )

*  We have processed 14 PST files to separate out unsolicited resumes received at " Contact@3pjobs.com " , during last 10 years

Lastly ,

*  We have thought of developing a ( freely downloadable ) S/W TOOL ,
 " EXCHANGER ",

 which will,

#   Read all incoming emails

#   Separate " Resume containing " emails
#   Detach resumes

#   Clean-up

#   Convert to PDF

#   " Rate " the resumes ( using RESUME RATER , developed by us earlier ) and
     assign Raw Score / Function Category ( Sales / Mktg / Production / Finance etc )

#   Arrange the resumes in descending order of Raw Score / Percentile Score

#   Index all keywords ( after removing all junk words )

#   Make all these text resumes " SEARCHABLE " on chosen keywords, in a manner

     similar to ISYS

    (  this to be done by plugging in Google Search Appliance API )

#   Incorporate " RESUME PARSER  " which we  incorporated in our earlier
      portal ....www.RecruitGuru.com ...for converting a text resume into a database

#   Incorporate following tools which we have already developed :
      *  " GuruSish " ( Resume Search-in-Search-Results ) , and
     "   " GuruCast "  ( Broadcasting resumes )

#   Make U / I , somewhat similar to " LONG  TAIL   RESUME " interface as per my yesterday's note

We may , at first , develop such a tool and use it OFFLINE , using ISYS database to establish that ,

*  It works better / faster than ISYS

*  It is more user-friendly

If it does , then the next question is :

Can we develop it ( using Google Search Appliance API & in ASP 3.5 ) and make it freely downloadable for anyone ?

If possible , can we use it to " disrupt " the current online / offline Recruitment Industry  ?

In itself , " disrupting an industry " cannot be a worthy goal  !

What good is an " Innovation " , ( whether  disruptive or otherwise ) , unless it benefits the entire society ?

If such a tool has to benefit the " Entire Society " , ( - even at the cost of one industry , viz: Online Recruitment ) , then such a tool , must facilitate ,
"  JOBS  FOR  ALL  =  PEACE  ON  EARTH  "

This has to be the " Super-ordinate Goal " behind the development of such a tool
A somewhat subordinate goal can be ( to copy Google's terminology ) ,
"  Organize Resumes & Job-related Info of the World "
-  which ( info ) is a tiny fraction of , " All the information of the World "


And this is how I propose we will do :

#   Launch.........www.ResumesExchange.com...

#   From this portal , allow users to freely download a tool ( " EXCHANGER " ) - but after due ' registration ' and clicking of " Activation " link . We want to capture all future activities of each user

#   The tool will lock-in ( integration ? ) with the MAIL BOX of each user
    
This will ensure that each & every text resume ( resume attachments arriving into that user's mail-box , irrespective of email ID ), gets CAPTURED & PROCESSED , by the tool

    The user cannot selectively " process " only some resumes arriving into his mailbox . He will have no control over the processes of the tool

#   The tool will need to be " activated " every morning , by linking up with,

#   The activation will consist of ,
     *  an UPLOAD button ( The DONATION button )

        -  clicking on which will automatically " upload " onto our server database , all the text resumes processed by the tool since the previous instance
      
     This action will force the user to " donate " ( to the Central Database ) , all the incoming resumes into his mail-box . This is the " price " he pays
    
 Of course , we must make an " enabling " provision in the tool , whereby the user can ,
     "  Add  /  Process  /  Upload  ",

 thousands of resumes received by him over the years and lying on his hard-disk ; that is resumes received before the installation of the tool .

If we take all Recruiting Agencies & Employers , this figure would run into MILLIONS - thousand times bigger than Monster + Naukri !


   *  a  SYNCHRONIZE button
       This can be clicked ONLY AFTER clicking on the UPLOAD button

       When the user clicks on this button , he downloads our ENTIRE ONLINE RESUMES ( current ) DATABASE  , onto his hard-disk which becomes a part and parcel of his OFFLINE EXCHANGER TOOL

And now , with the in-built " Resume Search Engine " , he can search the database

on a large number of " Search Parameters " , since the RESUME PARSER would have converted those text resumes into a SEARCHABLE database
Will Naukri / Monster / TimesJobs allow you to download their Search Engine ?
If they did , no one would need to visit them / subscribe to them !

With this click ,

>  our ONLINE database ( on our web server ) - which is growing every minute -  and

>  his OFFLINE database in the tool ,
stand " Synchronized "

This will impose a huge load on our server !  We should enable download of " Incremental " resumes of last 24 hours

And this will happen , even if no resumes got uploaded when he clicked on the UPLOAD button  !

{  Shall we modify this to say , " No download when there is no upload "  ? }

In fact , during the very FIRST operation of the SYNCHRONIZE button , user will get to download , some 3 / 4 lakh text resumes from our server  ! 

It is entirely possible that after the first download of 3 / 4 lakh resumes , the user stops using " EXCHANGER " tool ( - and even switch back to ISYS ? )
It is possible that after 3 / 4 weeks , he registers once again , under a different name and repeats the mischief !

We will need to find a way to prevent this from happening
Eg : Our S/W finding if there was any previous installation on that hard-disk ?

Our USP ( Unique Selling Proposition ) is :

"  With hundreds / thousands of users , daily uploading lakhs / millions of resumes , our Online Database is growing phenomenally - bigger than Monster / Naukri , within a few days !

And you get to DAILY download this hugely growing database , by donating / contributing , a few dozen / hundred resumes  ! No fees of any kind  !
In this arrangement , every user is contributing a small number of resumes but every user is getting , in return , a huge number of resumes - FREE  OF  COST  !
After a while , you will have no need to subscribe to Naukri / Monster / TimesJobs and pay a huge monthly / annual fee running into lakhs of rupees
In fact , within a few months , your own OFFLINE resume database , will far exceed the ONLINE resume database of any job portal in the entire World !
If you think , what resume database you currently have on your hard-disk is UNIQUE and that no one else has got those resumes, then you are sadly mistaken !

Every single resume on your hard - disk is also on the hard-disks of 100 other Recruiters / Corporate and on 5 / 10 job portals !

You are exchanging these BRICKS for GOLD !

ResumesExchange  is designed to distribute every resume to the  farthest corner of the Earth !  "

ADDITIONAL   POINTS  :

*   Tool stops working after 24 hours , unless UPLOAD and SYNCHRONIZE buttons get clicked again

*   We must assume that there will be thousands of small companies who do NOT need to / care to ,

     install " EXCHANGER " tool , because ,

     >  they hardly receive any text resumes through email

    >   they do not subscribe to any job portal

    >   they employ 1 / 2 persons every year

    For such users , we will allow to conduct online " resume search " on    

   but ,

   *  they cannot download any resumes , although they can send messages to those candidates thru ,

     " CONTACT  ME  " button

  And we will let them do this without " Registering / Subscribing / Login "
 This will ensure traffic to our web site and create buzz

And if U / I , ( for " Resume Search " ) , is such that every resume becomes accessible to search-engine spiders to index , we ( our web site ) , will get a high rank in search results , when anybody types " Resumes "  , in search bar

*  Registered users ( those who have downloaded & installed the tool ) , may not use this feature because, for them , there is no particular advantage to search online

 *  By preventing download of resumes from the site itself , we will ensure that the SAME resumes do not get uploaded after 24 hours !
We want to avoid CLOSED LOOP situation - which is very dangerous and could overload / crash the site

*  Each registered user will be assigned a UNIQUE ID . Each resume that gets uploaded from this user , will carry that UNIQUE Id - so that we know which / how many resumes came from where

*  Allowing casual / online visitors to search resumes and send CONTACT ME messages will also serve as ,
LIVE DEMO / FREE TRIAL
to explain the concept of EXCHANGER

*   I suggest we allow a new user to download our entire online database of resumes along with the downloading of EXCHANGER tool

We will go one step further and place a prominent message ( next to " DOWNLOAD " button ), which reads :

" Dear Visitor :
When you click on the DOWNLOAD button , along with the EXCHANGER tool , you will be downloading , our entire current database of.............. resumes - absolutely FREE  "

I think , this will be a powerful incentive to join

*  With each jobseeker sending his resume to 100 recruiters and 200 employers, without doubt , we will get hundreds of resumes - may be millions ! , which are DUPLICATE
This is inevitable - almost certain, for each and every resume that gets uploaded / donated
Should we try to remove the duplicates ?

I don't think we should ; for the following reasons :

>  We want to keep count of " No of Resumes donated / contributed " by EACH USER of EXCHANGER tool ( daily and cumulative ) - in ADMIN tool

>  We want to make our Online Database look big / huge , eg:
   No of Resumes ( Total )...................
   No of Resumes Contributed today..................

*   In " Our Subscribers " list , against each registered user's name , we want to show dynamically , the " No of Resumes Contributed " 
We may even consider listing of the Subscriber-Names  in the descending order of the " No of Resumes Contributed "
This is our method of " recognizing " the most generous subscribers . Not only will this be a big ego-booster but also act as a motivator to others

*  Not only on our starting database of 3 / 4 lakh resumes but on each subsequent resume contributed by any user , we must stamp :
( - like what HOTMAIL did when they enabled free use of their email service )

*  After getting uploaded , each and every resume gets downloaded
   Can we place , " CONTACT  ME " button / software on each ? - so that , even after downloading , every user can use it to send messages to candidates ?
This can pose an enormous load on our server . But on other hand,we can capture ,

>  WHO is contacting WHOM  ?

>  WHICH candidate is getting most messages  ?

-  even if we don't care about the content of the message

*  Every morning , when a user clicks on SYNCHRONIZE button , his entire resume database residing in the EXCHANGER tool , will get totally replaced by the new online database getting downloaded

This is because , he will be downloading  may be 80 % - 90% of the resumes , again and again , everyday !

{ I don't think this will work due to huge upload / download . We will have to make this " incremental "
 for last 24 hours }
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Following could well be the LIST of the WEB - PAGES for

              www.ResumesExchange.com  :

*  The  Premise
*  How  ?
*  Download Exchanger
*  Register
*  FAQ
*  Contact Us
*  Our Subscribers
*  Live Demo
*  Site Statistics
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MAST-HEAD :

ResumesExchange

Donate a Resume : Download A Thousand -  FREE
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The Premise
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Dear Visitor :

This site is about exchanging of Resumes

You donate one and download a thousand  !

If one thousand Users donate just ONE resume everyday , each can download a thousand ; what everyone else has donated

And if each User donates just 100 daily , then you can download 100,000 ( - if you too are a User ) daily

That is 3 million resumes each month . 36 million in a year !

Soon , your hard-disk would have a SEARCHABLE resume database which is bigger than the biggest job portal !

Experience the Power of Sharing

The Power of Networking

The Power of Enabling

Unleash your Potential
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How  ?

Dear Visitor :

Here is how you can download absolutely FREE - thousands of resumes , everyday :

*  First REGISTER as a User

*  You will receive an Activation Link in your email . Click to activate your account

*  Then Login at page EXCHANGER to download ( FREE ) , that software tool

*  Install this tool as per instructions

*  In the tool , click on button " ACTIVATE " ( You will need to be online )

*  When you click " ACTIVATE " , you get connected to our server and our entire Resume Database ( as on that moment ), gets downloaded on your hard-disk
       The counter on your tool will show the no of resumes that you downloaded

*  Once-a-day , you will need to be online and first click on your tool , " UPLOAD " button

   That will upload on our server , all the resumes which EXCHANGER has received from your Mailbox , indexed and created a SEARCHABLE database

   *  Next you click the button " SYNCHRONIZER " .

   This action will download onto your hard-disk, resumes uploaded by ALL other Users , since you last clicked the " SYNCHRONIZER " button


hemen  parekh
Marol , Mumbai , India 
( M ) +91 - 98,67,55,08,08