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

Wednesday 3 July 2013

An Honest Decision ?

Right  Decision  ?   Wrong  Decision  ?



No doubt , there will be endless debates whether Food Security Ordinance was a right decision or a wrong decision

Let no one fool himself by believing that he could have come up with the right decision

There are , simply , neither " Right " nor " Wrong " decisions

Every decision has inbuilt flaws and seeds of failures ; even partial

You , just cannot predict the future !

To the extent of the data available ( at the time of taking a decision ) , you try to " anticipate " what might possibly " go wrong " - and try to build safeguards

Then be prepared to make course-corrections , as you go along

Most important question to be asked - and answered - at this stage is :

Is this an " honest " decision ?

By cheaply - and quickly - distributing grains ( millions of tons of which are rotting under the rains ) , if we can save those 3165 + children ( under age 5 )  who are starving to death every day , then I would say , it is an honest decision 

It is the end result that counts !


Forget the debates

Ask yourself :

What can I do to implement this decision fast ?



hemen parekh




Tuesday 2 July 2013

Visual Analytical Resumes

Dear  Friends,


On this subject , I recently came across following articles :

>   Resumes get Digital........ ( HT / June 29, 2013 )

>   Good Old Resumes Get A Visual Makeover ..( ET / June 21,2013 )


According to the authors , the trend to switchover to Visual / Graphical / Analytical resumes , is picking up.

That reminds me of my first effort to introduce such a resume thru www.IndiaRecruiter.net , way back in 2007 ( see sample below )

Now that concept got re-incarnated in www.CustomizeResume.com , where,

>  The moment a jobseeker submits her resume , as many as 9 Analytical Graphs get generated automatically , within a matter of seconds,

>  The jobseeker can manipulate ( permutations / combinations ) those 9 graphs to generate over 360,000 unique versions of her resume !

May be , an Analytical Resume is , afterall , an idea whose time has come !

with regards,

hemen  parekh

































Monday 1 July 2013

China's Ghost Towns ? No More !

In my earlier blog , " China's Ghost Towns " (  June 2011 ) , I had reported :


>   China has been building an average of 10 Cities per year , over the last few years


>   It has planned to build 20 cities per year for the next 20 years ( 240 Cities ! )


>   Walking thru these towns is like walking thru a forest of skyscrapers , but they are all empty !


I even jokingly suggested that India be allowed to " export " to China , some 100 million Indians to fill up those empty skyscrapers

Now DNA ( 17,June 2013 ) reports :

China has planned to move 250 million of its own villagers into these new towns over the next 12 years !

Apparently , someone in the Chinese Government follows my blogs !


with regards

hemen  parekh

www.CustomizeResume.com

Jobs  for  All  =  Peace  on   Earth 

Employers are Interested in .........

What are employers interested in while recruiting  ?

Here are findings from a study conducted by Richard Hall and Diane Van den Broek ( University of Sydney ) as reported in DNA / 17 June, 2013 :


>   Right  Appearance ................... 85 %

>   Previous  Experience  ................78 %

>   Right  Qualifications  ................44 %


Their conclusion :

A person's appearance , presentation and personality is more important than their experience or formal skills in the area

Lesson for the Unemployed :

For a bride called " Job " , groom yourself !


with regards,

hemen parekh

www.CustomizeResume.com

Jobs  for  All  =  Peace  on  Earth

Saturday 11 May 2013

Employment Glass : Half Empty or Half Full ?

For IT / Engineering / Technology Graduates , is the employment glass , half empty or half full ?
For those graduates who keep looking at the following statistics , it would certainly appear , half empty :
 2012 batch of IT/Computer Science graduates…………….. 1,15,711
 2012 batch of Engg / Technology graduates ………………….3,56,570
 Employee Addition in 2012-13 , by
• Software Companies ……………………………………………………( – ) 28 %
• Outsourcing Companies ………………………………………………( – ) 13 %
But for those graduates with “ never-say-die “ attitude , the glass is half FULL !
Using RESUME BLASTER App ( free download from Google Play ) , they are proactively / aggressively , emailing their resumes ( and absolutely FREE ) to 60, 676 Companies / Employers , belonging to following industries , in 665 cities / towns ( including their own ! ):
 Consultancy / Services ……………………. 35 , 987
 IT Software ………………………………………. 18, 023
 ITes ………………………………………………….. 3, 192
 IT Hardware ………………………………………. 1, 888
 Dotcom / Internet …………………………….. 1, 586
They have realized that
 no recruiter has time to search / find their resumes from amongst millions lying in job-portal databases
 Luck does not “ arrive “ at your door-step. You must go grab it !
Who says the glass is empty ?

With regards
hemen parekh

Friday 10 May 2013

Jobs for All = Peace on Earth ?

Difficult to prove thru experiment on a global scale
But suppose , either Congress or BJP were to adopt following ONE – LINE manifesto for the forthcoming National Election in 2014 :
“ If you vote us to power , we promise jobs for 80 million unemployed graduates during 2015 – 2020 “
No other promises of Lok-Ayukta , Electoral Reforms , Equal Representation for Women , Independence of CBI , etc etc
No nothing . Just one line !
Will that get them absolute majority ( 2 / 3rd ) in the Parliament ?
Just ask any Jobless Graduate
And here is a simple experiment to prove this
Let the winner Congress Party start distributing in Karnataka , free Smart phones / Tablets / Laptops etc , to all unemployed , duly pre-loaded with RESUME BLASTER App ( Google Play )
All doubts will disappear !
If this promise has brought regional parties to power in UP / Punjab / TamilNadu / Assam / Rajasthan etc , then it is bound to work at the Center !
Gujarat , with the least unemployment rate of just 1 % has brought BJP to power for the third consecutive term !
With regards,
hemen parekh

Sunday 7 April 2013

JobSeeker Resources.

I hope the following list of a few useful web sites will help millions of unemployed ( especially , the undergraduates and fresh graduates ) to deliver / email their resumes to lakhs of Small / Medium Enterprises ( SMEs ).
Or enable them to write to MPs/MLAs of their constituencies what they are doing for providing jobs to 51 lakh graduates coming out of India’s colleges , each year.
Regards
hemen parekh.
April, 08, 2013.
Jobs for All = Peace on Earth.

• www.Naukri.com ………….. ( Job Search ).
• www.Monster.com.......... ( Job Search ).
• www.TimesJobs.com....... ( Job Search ).

• www.CustomizeResume.com...
( Customizes into 3,62,880 versions ).

• Resume Blaster at ( Google Play.com ) ( FREE Resume Blast to 1 Lakh SME Employers ).

• Resume Rater at ( Softpedia.com ) ……. (Compute/Compare Resume Scores of friends).

• www.FreshersWorld.com.........( Resume Samples ).
• www.LiveCareer.com..............( Resume Templates ).
• www.DocStock.com................( Resume Templates ).

• www.VisualCV.com.................( Creating graphical / visual resume ).
• www.VisualResume.com......... ( Create customizable visual resume ).
• www.Vizify.com.....................( Visual Resume ).
• https://create.visual.ly/kelly...( Visual Resume ).

• www.CoolInterview.com.........( Software Skills Interview Questions ).
• www.OnetOnline.org............. ( Job Descriptions & Skills demanded ).
• www.WiseGeek.com.............. ( An Essay on every subject ).
• www.WolframAlpha.com....... ( Technical / Maths formula & solutions ).

• www.BenchPrep.com.............( Online Courses Videos ).
• www.KhanAcademy.org.........( Online Courses Videos ).

• www.SchoolsColleges.com.....( Database of Indian Schools / Colleges ).
• www.IndiaCollegeSearch.com( Database of Indian Colleges ).

• www.VisualThesaurus.com.....( Graphical Network of Synonyms ).
• www.NextBigWhat.com.........( Education / Tablets / Views ).
• www.TechCrunch.com...........( New Age Events ).

• www.VividMagazine.in...........( Life Style / Entertainment / Sports ).
• www.India-Forums.com.........( Resumes of Indian Movie Stars ).
• www.NoCorruption.com ………..( Phone/Email IDs of MPs and MLAs ).
• www.Examify.com ………………..( Take Most Common Exams - Online)
 
with regards,
 
hemen parekh