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

Monday, 12 April 2021

WHAT’S MINE IS YOURS - RACHEL BOTSMAN AND ROOM ROGERS




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When I read any book, I scribble my comments / notes in the margins


These reflect my views / opinions about what the author is saying – including my disagreement

Often, my comments are in the nature of telling myself :

Hey ! We should try out this idea in our own business ( Head-hunting / Online Recruitment )

Following are my comments re :


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Page no. Xlll

·         I wonder if

·         Resumes Exchange will fall in this category (19-04-16).

Page no. vix

·         Swapping Resumes?

·         Most Resumes are.

·         6yrs old figs

Page no. xv

·         Without offline “search Engine” ownership of “text” resumes on hard disk, has no “value” or “benefit” Hence, mere sharing/swapping of TEXT resumes, cannot interest anyone!! (19-04-16).

Page no. xvi

·         Today may be, it is UBER & OLA car sharing is picking up in Delhi with introduction of odd even rule.

Page no. xix

·         Employer (and Recruitment Agencies as well) have no “NECESSITY” to exchange text resumes lying unused on their haddocks. And no one well “pay” for “buying’ old text resumes Exchange.” Would

·         Be the Guru search (Resume search Engine), that would turn unsearchable TEXT resumes into

·         “Searchable” database that would be the only motivation.

·         This is so even now in 2016 only this is THE ROOT of trouble in all economies of EU/USA.

Page no. xx

·         Resumes Exchange, if quickly developed and implemented in India, could get replicated elsewhere.

·         I have started giving away the source codes of my old job portals. (so far3 takers. a asana  jobs.

·         C bar jumping jeans    

·         Crowd funding.

Page no.   Xxi

·         Job-portals

·         >………………

·         ……………….

·         Jobseekers depositing resumes on job portals

·         All Employers

·         Sourcing resumes from job portals but NOT sharing among one another. Resumes Exchange will enable them to exchange resumes.

·         Should we rename “Resume Exchange” to “Resume synching? Since we wish to convey that you are not giving up your text resumes –only synchronizing your resume database with all registered user databases!! Sounds much more appealing! (19-04-16).

Page no. 3

·         Must have doubted since this writing.

Page no. 8

·         I have repeatedly said that SAME (or same type) text resumes get downloaded from job portals,

·         Again & again even when an Employer`s hard disks is full of similar resume – only become these are NOT searchable! By not allowing Employers to download its online search Engine, job portals ensure that Employers keep coming back, again & again! (20-04-16).

Page no. 9

·         Which I do several times a day!

Page no. 12

·         This was 6 yrs. Ago

Page no. 15

·         My own hand written notes in 268 that files?

Page no. 22

·         Brand ambassadors

Page no. 30

·         I was at KLL (Lawrence)

·         “Leaving beyond means” is at the root of most European economies

Page no.33

·         This is why Apple is trying very hard to convince Indian Govt, to allow it

·         To sell secondhand iPhones! (21-04-16).

Page no. 34

·         I have visited the FORDMUSEUM there.

Page no. 37

·         I 1958 after my graduation at KLL, I could not get a job!

Page no. 38

·         In our library a very illuminating book

·         Page no. In Jainism, there is a vow/practice of “ASTEYA” which requires a person   to use /consume just

·         Minimum of anything minimum required to Survive!! (21-04-16).

Page no. 47

·         I vaguely remember my wife making soap at home in early 60s!!

Page no. 50

·         Subs Mondi

·         We have one in every village and town and more than one in each city a part from millions of vegetable & Fruit vendors on footpaths.

Page no.53

·         If Resumes Exchange (or resume synchronize.com) gets launched, can we expect the Employers to rally

·         Around it in order to get out of the clutches of Naukri/ Monster/times jobs?

·         What could it mean to Employment scenario (especially to millions of jobless), if 50 million resumes are on hard disks of 10 million medium/large employers?

Page no. 55

·         For my vision of W3F(worldwide federation), I have ,yet to find a “platform” and create a “network”

·         Of Indian startups.

·         I am hoping that, one of these startups. Will succeed in landing “Resumes Exchange.com and that become a platform (23-04-06).

·         It is just 5/6 weeks since started my campaign (ALLOW ME TO SHARE) and got 2/3 persons “Excited.”

Page no. 56

·         Naukri/monster/ times jobs are “ Elitists,” charging huge annual “subscription “ (Rs. ¾ lakhs) to employers for posting jobs and searching /downloading resumes.by not allowing Employers to download their “SEARCH ENGINE” they ensure that Employers continue as subscribers, year after year.

·         Resumes Exchange. Com will make them irrelevant!

·         When employers can exchange resumes they don`t need Naukri making Resume Exchange such a weapon.

·         I suppose (at least) medium size employers who need to hire 2/5 person each year, would have “common Interest”   of saving those fancy subscription Fees.

Page no.57

·         Full/functional revival of recruit guru.com, is stuck due to, few remaining “Errors, “Despite Kartavya

·         Efforts. I am trying to motivate Dinesh / v.srinivasan etc.

·         To “collaborate” and remove there errors. Without full revival of this parsing software, it is not possible to develop resume Exchange

·         My be, in my promo email (Allow WE TO SHARE), I should pose this challenge to s/w geckos of India

·         With a request to share  their findings With ALL

·         I should consult Mr. Nagle for help.

Page no.58

·         Our 50th wedding anniversary.

Page no. 59

·         We need to create such an “open Infrastructure” for W3F (worldwide Federation) to succeed.

Page no.61

·         Just registered and posted “Implement W3F” (23-04-16).

Page no. 72

·         Resumes Exchange would fall under this category 

·         What I have planned.

Page no. 73

·         Once resumes Exchange catches on, employer recruiter will need to go back to Naukri /Monster etc.

·         Again & again, in order to download “more” resumes thievery “saving “ subscription Fees

Page no. 74

·         “saving” of subscription fees, will be the “ Intended” consequence for employers joining Resumes Exchange, but “jobs for All” could well turn out to be an unintended consequence, if Resume databases  

·         On millions of hard disks get “synchronized.” each carrying millions of searchable resumes.

·         A Participating employer of resume Exchange, may, in 1 year donate (say) 1000 resumes lying unused on his hard disk, but, he may receive 1 Million or even 10 Million, in return! Hence it is in his self –interest to join.

Page no.75

·         We must recognize/anticipated that large companies are unlikely to join resume Exchange in the beginning our focus should be to rope-in SMS (some 20 million) who need to hire just 2/4 employers, each year-and therefore cannot AFFORD, high subscription fees of Naukri.

·         As favas Resumes Exchange goes, it is NOT an exchange of resumes between TWO strange (employers) directly as for as creation of “Trust is concerned, we will upload a starting data base of a few lakh resumes, which a “Joined” gest on very first day of joining!  

Page no. 76

·         For Employers, /Recruiter, Resume search on Naukri, is the “conventional shopping” –where (I believe), they can “choose” but download at a time, no more than 5 resumes. As against this on resumes Exchange, there is no Chose, but they can download lakhs of resumes DAILY! We would have the critical mass. A “synchronization status” panel will tell him,

1.    How many he up loaded

2.    How many he downloaded

·         Since we propose to build in to the offline tool, a resumes search   Engine, users will be also to search several thousand resumes on very first day and get satisfied with quality.

Page no. 77

·         I too, am inclined for “Resume Synchronize.com” instead of Resume Exchange.com Indeed, synchronizing of resume database, is what will happen.

·         Only, in our case we have no means to check the “Quality” of resumes being up loaded.

Page no.80

·         I am like one now!!

·         There is nothing “local” about Resume sync.com

Page no. 81

·         For resumesync.com very likely this cove Group could be hundreds of medium size recruitment Agencies, who today, depend upon Naukri for their supply of resumes. They would be delighted if they can find all the “suitable” resumes on their own hard disk –and, there by avoid paying “subscription” to Naukri.

Page no. 82

·         Dynamically increasing

·         List of Subscribers is a must  Herd mentality

·         E.g.:           

1.    How many joiners? (subscriber list)

2.    How many resumes did they donate, yesterday?

3.    Total cumulative donations.

    Page no. 83

·         This is precisely the logic behind resume sync there are may be 100million resumes lying unused (because unsearchable) on a million hard disks.

Page no. 84

·         Resume sync is not merely meant to be a BLACK HOLE, that sucks-up all resumes, from every hard disk, like a vacuum cleaner, but it adds (value) to those

·         “Text” resumes by parsing and converting in to a structured and search turned and searchable database AND then redistributes these to the “participants.

·         This parsing the key to converting what is essentially TRASH in to useful stuff.

Page no. 86

·         My BIGDATA analytic project for 4 million job-Advt, downloaded over past 8 years, is to be able to predict.     

1.    WHO (which company), will adverts

2.    WHAT job (vacancy), and

3.    WHEN (date/month).

·         On Uber (share-a-taxi) app, you can see cars available, for hiring in your locality and even their movements in real time!

Page no. 88

·         Can we build-in a (s/w) constraint so that the minimum no. of resumes that can be uploaded

·         (I.e. sync-ed) at any given time, is 100? To ensure, min of “Reciprocity.”

Page no. 89

·         It will be a fact that in resume sync, some small employers may “contribute” no more than 5/10 resumes a month, but “continue to download (thru SYNC), millions! So an employer who is capable of donating (say)  1000 resumes/day, may wonder: Why should I be a member of resume sync

·         ANS: Those 1000/day and may be 50,000 already on your hard disk, are of NO USE to you, since these are NOT SEARCHABLE. Only our tool can parse these and make these searchable provided you join Resume sync.

Page no. 91

·         Does this mean, on Resume sync, we publish who has donated how many resumes, so far?

·         (In descending order?) Such transparency is desirable.

·         Network Externality

Page no. 92

·         Job portal (like Naukri) are like such a middleman but, jobseekers & Employers.

Page no. 97

·         One may say= why should any employer want to have millions of resumes on

·         His own hard disk (i.e. OWN), if he can ACCESS. The same, at any time on Naukri? That would be true if there was No subscription fee! Like when I am listening to music (You tube) on I pad, I am not paying anything! So why keep (own) cassettes /CD? Sure, if Naukri were to become a FREE service (for Employers), no employer would feel interested in joint Resume sync! Taming this around, if Resume sync were to make it possible to find all the resume that you ever need on your own hard disk, then why would you want Naukri?

·         For many months now, I only listen to old songs on You tube I gave away dozens of tapes & CD

·         e.g.: Taxi vs. own car

Page no. 98

·         “Employment for greater number of people.” Could that become an “unintended consequence” of resume sync? If it becomes VERY EASY,    to find & hire a person you want, from among those millions of resumes, would you be more tempted to go a heed and appoint him? I suspect many MSME put off

·         Their hiring deacons only because, it is too much of a hassle

Page no. 100

·         This where Resume sync drifters.

Page no. 102

·         I believe this is obsolete by now. Only straining of movies directly on to your TV set.

Page no. 104

·         Sine “ Resume Rater” will be an integral part of SYNC, each resume will have a SCORE and resumes (in each FUNCTION category) will get arranged in descending order of this SCORE Beyond that we could incorporate a feature whereby. Every time an EMPLOYER, short lists any resume (after searching his hard disk), the Number of times short listed” appears next to each resume that no. would indicate its popularity.

·         See writing on our page “job suggest” on WWW.customize Resume.com

Page no. 105

·         One day soon will these toy rental services become obsolete with arrival of virtual reality and holograms and hepatic devices, thru which you can feel/manipulate toys, thousands of miles away?

Page no. 106

·         Read my today’s blog = No use Fighting:

·         It is all about turning 500,000 sq. km of floating plastic celled great pacific Garbage patch,

·         In to a LAND-MASS (floating), to house 126 million migrants, thru techno logical innovations (25-04-16).

·         2 times the area of UK, which has a population of 63.6 million.

Page no. 108

·         How do we decide, who can become a HEMBER of Resume sync, and who cannot? To keep things simple, we can insist that the company (not individual), registering, must have been a Regd. Subscriber of Naukri or monster or Trebles jobs etc. so that, we Know, he must have downloaded a number of resumes from those sites in the past. That no could be around 50,000 large/medium companies. These are also the parties, who will be most interested to join, in save subscription fees.

Page no. 109

·         Can Global Recruiter.net (property revived by one of the start –ups and vigorously promoted), spawn around itself, hundreds of “partner website”? could this, eventually rope in other types of members

·         (Govt/ISP/TV channel /Msp etc., to become W3F?  

·         Jobs for ALL=peace on Earth.    

Page no.110

·         This is same as some as large subscribers of Naukri, having a million resumes on his hard disk but thoroughly UNSEARCHABLE, inaccessible  since these are plain text!

·         It is high subscription fees of Naukri (Rs. 4 lakh/yrs.) which deters 20 million MSME to use it.

Page no. 111

·         Will USP of resume sync spread amongst Recruitment Agencies/ Employers, by such word –of month?

·         I have heard a lot of people talking about the great laterality of Uber & olla.

·         A member of Resume SYNC, actually becomes “owner” of millions of resumes, without having to “pay”

·         For them by way of a job-portal subscription.

Page no.  112

·         If, in the beginning, we focus on memberships of Employer (some 50,000+) who are already

·         “subscribers” of some or other job-portals –and therefore –have, on their hand disks, few hundred too few like “FREE RIDERS” and  feel GUILTY, become they know that they too are donating some resumes,

·         They are also giving & sharing. All the resumes (whether own or downloaded) in Resume SYNC, are always immediately accessible.

Page no. 114

·         18% income to be spent for 4% usage!!

Page no. 115

·         Most certainly, Resume SYNC has the potential to disrupt traditional job-portals, by making them irrelevant! –but partially only, sine Employers will still need to post their job-Advt and jobseeker will still need to go /search those jobs and “APPLYONLINE.” But then it is also likely that jobseeker may get much Interview call, directly without applying from members of resume SYNC!! They will email their latest /revised resumes DIRECTLY,

·         Transient consumerism

·         DANGER

·         Of

·         Resume SYNC

·         Very senior executives (vp/GM) generally do NOT submit their resumes on job-portals but send as  emails to headhunters so, if a headhunter becomes a member of resume SYNC even resumes of such VERY SENIOR execs will find their way on to hard disks of thousands of members! We need to address this problem.

Page no. 116

·         Hire all you want: without subscribing to job portals!

·         Recently Anand Mahindra said the same thing

Page no. 118

·         Of course for altogether different reasons, in 1966, IBM (India) would not “SELL” its model 1401, computers in India. At L&T we had to “lease” it from IBM (-and those were re coedited imported

·         Machines,-not manufactory in India.

·         Recruitment process out sourcing (RPO), own its existence not having HR resources of their own.

Page no. 119

·         If Resume SYNC, not only parses text resumes to create a structured/searchable database, BUT,

·         Also generates PROFILE GRAPHS for each resume, then it will provide a different kind of “EXPERIENCE” to recruiters.

·         Seas   

·         Instead of enterprise based s/ware & of course CLOVD service, instead of owning your Q,M services.

Page no.124

·         Same as saying: for every job, somewhere out there is an ideal candidate and for every jobseeker, somewhere there is a project job.

·         Problem lies in each finding the other.

·         Probably 20 will by now.

·         All other things being equal, employers prefer local candidate –and vice versa. In crowded cities, jobseekers would be willing to sacrifice/compromise (salary/Title etc.), for a nearby job.

Page no.126

·         Resume SYNC is all about this

·         Maintenance cost Repair charges

Page no. 127

·         An employer posts a job-Advt on a job portal and in next 3 days, receives. 300 resumes.

·         After screening/interviewing process of 4 weeks, ONE person gest appointed. Thereafter, rest 299 are not “needed “or seldom “re –looked.”

Page no. 128

·         Over a period of few years, resume SYNC, may have resumes of most of the jobseekers (-and those who are not actively seeking a job). Every resume gets “obsolete with a year.           Can we think of some method,

·         Whereby any person can directly “deposit” his latest on Resume on Resume SYNC, when if overwrites the old one?

Page no. 129 

·         After a few months, a member employer of Resume SYNC may not need to go to a job portal to download fresh resumes.

·         Resume SYNC: the instantaneous mass synchronizer of resumes.        

Page no. 130

·         We must find a method to record /log each & every resume-search that a member (of Resume SYNC)

·         Conduct on his hard-disk, using Guru-search. That massive Data can be analyzed (using BIG DATA software). That will tell us –and the world “A database of employers intentions i.e. what kind of candidates are employers searching for? A job market analysis up to date!

Page no. 131

·         I have started this (giving book) early at age 82!

·         I have started to experience this!

Page no. 134

·         Concept of “partner website” of WWW. Global Recruiter.net is very similar.

Page no. 135

·         In Resumes SYNC too, all that a member has to do, is to click on “SEND/RECEIVE” button (like in outlook) and watch “synchronization status

·         “Panel we are not in the picture!

·         In our liberty

·         Open service

Page no. 137

·         At the gate of Sikorsky helicopter factory in USA, a plague on gate reads: By all Known laws of Aerodynamics, the ratio of weight to the wing area of a humming bird is such that it cannot fly. But the humming bird is ignorant of this law so it goes ahead and flies anyway.

Page no. 139

·         We launched 3p jobs.com on 14 nov.1997

Page no.142

·         If resume SYNC, there is no question of any trust (or trust-gap) between any two members, since there is no direct BI-LATERAL exchange of resumes between the two. It is an Exchange between a member and central server. No member knows which resume got donated by whom Quality style & speed do not arise.

Page no. 143

·         The is in 2010

Page no. 147

·         This book is in our library.

·         I vaguely remember having prepared a concept note like this for exchange of resumes.

Page no. 148

·         A few years back I donated over 100 books to a local public library in Adhere & gave away to my ”Rudi vendor” dozens of music cassettes which he sent to his cousin in his village. I wonder if there is any similar website in India. No swap. Just give away for free.

Page no.156

·         Read my blog : Defining E- commerce (dt-14 July 2015)

·         WWW. Hemenparekh.in>Blogs

Page no. 161

·         RBI is about to bring out rules governing “crowd-funding” (peer-to-peer lending).

Page no.162

·         In India this has existed for thousands of years, where everybody borrowed money from a local

·         “SAHUKAR” at exorbitant interest. This still exists. What is new is employing interest to connect borrowers with lenders –who do not know each other.   

Page no. 170

·         W3F?

·         (Note in my site)

Page no.176

·         Value for W3F, will be:

·         Jobs for All =peace on Earth

·         I have to create such an online platform for W3F, where s/w developers will keep writing new s/w code or improving 3exizting codes of Global Recruiter India recruiter Recruit Guru Resume Rater etc.

·         (23-04-16).

·         Am open sure platform

Page no. 177

·         Someday, can Global Recruiter.net succeed in getting thousands of job portals in 100 countries to become “partner websites”- and enable jobseeker (in those 100contries) get “job Alert Broadcast” of Matching jobs” getting posted on any of those partner websites?

Page no. 187

·         And, the “Mfg. process” itself

Page no. 188

·         Design of W3F must “facilitate” several person to participate in developing a network of

·         job portal ISPs MSPs Employment Exchanges Media comparing colleges Asso. Advt Agencies Device Mfre (mortal/Tallest) etc. etc. 

Page no.189

·         And notes on TV

Page no. 192

·         In WWW. Global Recruiter.net, it was planned that anyone wanting to start a “partner website” could do it within hours (or Minutes) by simply copy /pasting a small piece of s/w code, from Global Recruiter,

·         On to his own website.

Page no. 193

·         In WWW. B2 B message Blaster. Com, we enable our subscribers to blast their “marketing Massages.”

·         City wise

·         Industry wise

·         (city + Industry) wise

·         Similarly in customize Resume.com; we enable jobseeker to search for jobs, 

·         IT wise

·         Now –IT wise

·         Conventional

·         Archival

·         Job Alert on mobile or online.

Page no. 194

·         After year. Some few things do charge.

Page no. 195 

·         Resumes are text document which can be easily updated.

Page no. 200

·         If B2 B was making enough money (revenue) from subscribers blasting their marketing massages to corporate & chambers then would have made, “In thence policy Makers,” totally FREE. Twitter has millions of users because it is FREE, each though

1.    Message  can be only 140 characters

2.    Message Do NOT get “delivered” (as email) to anyone only those who visit that page get to see the message.

Page no. 201

·         Another issue /reason, why “Influence policy Makers has not picked up, is become, it seems like a

·         ONE WAY TRAFFIC!! Apply, Apply No Reply!! People   (who take trouble to compose & blast their Suggestions), will feel “engaged, ONLY if at least, a few of those recipients, take trouble to respond

·         Like Minister Parkas Javadekar`s one word reply to my email (GOOD)!!

·         It Recruitment Agency are our “Targeted Early Adopters” for resume SYNC, will they talk and Persuade

·         Other Agencies to join? I have doubts.   

·         Like Skype, Resume SYNC too, will be FREE.

Page no.202

·         Recruitment Agent/Head hunter:

·         The more of your co-professionals you persuade to join, the more all of you benefit, thru sharing with

·         One another, resumes that lie unused on your individual service. Just look look up the list of “OUR SUBSCRIBERS” MEMBERS

Page no.203

·         This morning my visitor was Mr. Anal Das –CEO of Good people consulting.com He volunteered to share my message (Allow me to share), with his contacts and NHRD network members. I hope his help works. (28-04-16).

Page no. 205

·         May be W3F, we can request “Members” to welcome “New Members”- instead of same/one person,

·         Greeting new joiners

Page no. 207

·         We had such feedback features in India Recruiter

·         RUN (rate Us Now)

·         Celebrity opinion.

 Page no. 212

·         8 years earlier, in 1987, I submitted to L&T management (chairman, N.M. Desai), a report, titled

·         “QUO YADIS?” – Where, I had pointed out this (Networking) scenario, in my cover letter. You can read 

·         This on my site.

·         In Mumbai I had booked a landline phone in 1959 which got connected

·         After 7 year! & an advance of Rs. 3000/

Page no. 214

·         In this connection, today, I emailed my following blogs to shire parkas Javadekar- Minister for Environment

·         From waste to wealth

·         Incentivize Housing societies

·         Discourage plastics/Encourage Greed

·         (28-04-16).

Page no. 215

·         These blogs provide “answers” to this dilemma!!

·         Incentives exactly what I have suggested in my blogs! Remarkable coincidence.

Page no 216

·         In both, “Discourage/Encourage Greed” – and “Incentivize housing, I have tried this approach

Page no. 217

·         “Likes” & “shares”?

·         Page no. May be “Recognition” is a Pre- cursor of Reputation.

Page no. 224

·         Read “Marketing myopia” by Levitt, where he recommends that every company ask,

·         “What business are we in?” – And “if you don`t make yourself obsolete, someone else will.”



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