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, 10 May 2021

ABUNDANCE – PETER H. DIAMANDIS & STEVEN KOTLER



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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 :

  ABUNDANCE – PETER H. DIAMANDIS & STEVEN KOTLER         

                                                                                                          
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Page No 4

·         Will “my jobs” as a “process” bring abundant jobs to jobseekers? In India?

Page no 6

·         Pre-installed on Aakash tables, MY JOBS becomes an “access” mechanical, for the jobless.

Page no 7

·         In India alone, 1.6 million children (under 5) die of mal-nutrition every year i.e. & 300/ day 

Page no 9

·         No! Not more than 10% of India s has access to internet  

·         Mobile phone sales in India:

·         2012-200 million

·         2013- 225 “

·         2014 – 250 “         govt. Estimate

Page no 10

·         Only yesterday, first PRIVATE sector- shuttle docked with ISS. 25/05

Page no 16

·         For millions of unemployed in rural INDIA, this consists of “what jobs ane there?”

Page no 20

·         Soon (i.e:3/4 years) smart phones and tablets, will take internet to everyone.

Page no 21

·         Suneet tulle of Datavind is trying to put one tablet in hands of every child.

·         In India, I hope to replicate this with my jobs.

Page no 22

·         India has over 940 million by now.

Page no 25

·         I hope my jobs will be one such “change Agent “I enabling rural folks to find” jobs far away. 

 Page no 28

·         My belief in the ability of my jobs to bring about a level playing field will get validated (or otherwise) only if millions of smart phones / tablets, get pre-ins tolled. If my jobs, really manages. To bridge the Digital Divide, then it will spread like wold fire.

Page no 31

·         Pg.21/ KAZI 560/ mobile based eanpolyment services / Iam sure, the first few hundred. Found jobs in the very first year of service, year of / service, must have influenced other

·         Jobseekers-/ setting up bandwagon effed.   

Page no 32

·         This is also the problem with on typical job search on any job portals. Search throws up hundreds of jobs. Takes hours to we de thru and locate the few “suitable”

Page no 35

·         Last week s Facebook IPO got valued at over $ 100 billion.

Page no 39

·         Let sleeping dogs lie!

Page no 43

·         Were there same/ any “measure” of poverty, 500 yrs. ago? If not, how can you say?

Page no 45

·         Problem is not that “Abundance” is accelerant ting

·         Problem is that “Derive for greater abundance” is overtaking, much more rapidly. Expectations are be using much faster due to ‘greater accesses to info on what is “possible” to have.

Page no 45

·         City-based jobseekers are used to searching jobs on Naukri Times jobs / monster etc. using 1) pc 2) Broadened. They are, possibly “comfort able “with this process. They will change to searching thru smart phone, my jobs proves better.

·         He did this, only to prove a point that 2000 year ago, such a trip was possible.

Page no 47

·         “My job” is a result of “co-operation/exchange/ contributions “from:

·         Job Reseeds from jobprotals   * sentient systems * HP labs * In mobile * Data wind

·         Database suppliers * yahoo * Google * wolfram Alpha * Wikipedia 

 

Page no 54

·         When, we (at l&T) leased an IBM 1401 in 1969 it had a memory of 16 kb and occupied a big -room! 

·         In, 1967 at uni: of Kansas, I myself punched holes into 30/40 cards, to be able to type out my name thru an IBM

·         L&T Planning Dept. has on osbome, when I took charge in 1987

Page no 57

·         India already has 940 million cell-phone, future additions are at * 200 million in 2012

·         225:2013

·         250 :2014

·         Today smart phones constitute only 6% 8% of total cell phone there is no doubt these will grow “Exponentially” in next 3/5 years. May be by 2020, all cell phones will be smart phones (my own prediction!)

Page no 62

·         So, any info can be delivered to any device. And “job alert” are nothing more than “info”!

Page no 63

·         Only a few weeks back, Google got a license to run “Autonomous” (driver-less) cars, on USA roads. 

Page no 73

·         “ my jobs” may not change the world, but ,just like kazi 560-p 21- even if can bring light of hope ( in the form of job-related info ) into the lives of a few million, frustrated jobseekers in remote parts of India, I would  feel vindicated.

Page no 82

·         Jobseekers in remote parts of India, are suffering from “scarcity of knowledge “about where the jobs are.

Page no 83

·         Millions of shopkeepers / small businesses employing less than 5 people never use job-portals to advertise their ONE vacancy per year. I want to enable than to post such vacancies, using nothing more than their cell phones suddenly there will he “access to abundance”

·         Smart phones

·         Summit tuli s $ 60 Aakash tablet in 2012. 

Page no 89

·         Unbelievable! Why hasn’t’ every village got one by now?

Page no 94

·         A huge problem is N-E India / Orissa / Bihar.

Page no 100

·         In India alone, 1.6 million children (under 5) die each year due to malnutrition.  

Page no 105

·         My eldest brother, gulabbhai built a 6” deep concrete trough some 6’ wide and may be 25’ long in vadia, 1950 and filled it with pebbles. Trough was slightly sloping towards one end then he ran chemical rich eater downs slope & collected at lower end & recycled it over. HE

·         Managed to grow tomatoes which were almost 500 gems each! And on each (stick-supported) plant, there were 50/60 tomatoes!!

Page no 107

·         Same time in early 80: I met Moeller (of flying car fame) N.M.Desai (chairman, l&T) brought him to powai. He showed us his photo-album of vertical Farming! A few years later, he even wrote a letter to me!!

·         What about electric power needed?

Page no 120

·         Around the time, L&T got its IBM 1401 and I got busy lying down require mints of various systems for switchgear factory.

Page no 121

·         Job Advt “info” is locked-up in servers of job-portals and of corporate websites. We have to find ways to capture / couple it, in a single database and then “free” it to flow to the smart phones.

Page no 124

·         First private shuttle space-x went up joined ISS, delivered cargo & returned to Earth 2 days back. Without any human abroad.

Page no 125

·         IT is same today with job-related info. Only those ( few) who have PC / Broadband (in metro of India )  have “access” to job-portals

·         “MY jobs” will change that. “Long tail.        

Page no 127

·         Jobs for ALL= peace on Earth.

Page no 134

·         Only yesterday Bill gates visited serum institute in pune, to study its R&D in new vaccines. He has agreed to finance R&D few HIV vaccine & other vaccines.

·         2 day back Gates discussed a no off with UP chief minister AKHILESH YADAV.

Page no 137

·         I may not have many years left but I will keep trying.

Page no 138

·         Around 2000, AD this was in limelight.it was some kind of, “content creator” many websites, were using “databases” created info space

Page no 141

·         This book is also in library.

Page no 142

·         In absence of pc & broadband connection, millions of jobseekers in small towns / villages of India are “unsaved” as far as job-related info concerned.

·         Parties “co- creating” in “My jobs”

·         HP labs

·         Sentrent Systems

·         In mobile

·         Yahoo

·         Data wind  

·         Naukri

·         Times jobs

·         Click jobs

Page no 143

·         Will “My jobs” & “Resume Blaster” succeed in moving millions of unheard / unknown, jobseekers, in to the job market?

Page no 144

·         “My jobs” will provide a “way” for millions to crumpet in the job market.

·         I realize that only 6% have smart phones now, and these   

Page no 146

·         Someday we will enable jobseekers to find jobs in their street area!

·         My jobs too, will empower jobless.

·         Page no 148

·         Smart phone shipment      % 2010 ____ 2.5 %

·         All phones shipment        % 2011_____7 %

o    2017 _____29 % (probation by prost & Sullivan) 

·         In India

·         And Android based 7’ tablets will grow as fast.

Page no 152

·         Can “My jobs “be considered a “green Technology”?

·         Yes because it will do away with the need for an expensive PC and will line board band 

·         RS – 3000 / tablet & smart phones will go in rural small town, poor & middle class people.

·         The rich will have their IPhone, galaxy I pad etc. 

Page no 152

·         Will “My jobs” & “Resume Blaster enable millions to enter job market? To which, so far, they had no “access”? Will this lead to an “Abundance” of “supply “of knowledge workers?

Page no 153

·         Today, job portals like Naukri / Times jog / monster India etc. charge eanpolyers,a  (minimum) Quarterly subscription of RS – 25.0000/ RS-30.000/ for @ posting jobs 2) searching Resumes

·         On custouizeResume, this services is FREE for employers but, perhaps, no more than 100.000/ employers, (medium & large) subscribe to big jobprotals.

·         Now my idea is to enable “jobposthing” “Resume Alerts” thru smart phone.

·         And, bring into online Recruitment fold, a million small shops / establishments, who need to hire only 1 or 2 persons every year & cannot afford big portals.

Page no 155

·         No pc No inter net for them !                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Page no 160

·         A few days back Gujarat unveiled a solar installation “floating”? On Narmada canals (800 meter) which also reduce water bass thru evaporation. Their plan is to cover entire 2000 km of canal!! Chief Minister, Narendra modi wants to make Gujarat, “solar ital.” of India.

Page no 168

·         India has the largest reserves of thorium in the world

Page no 170

·         Today “my jobs” is in English may be 1 years from now, we could deliver it in Hindi – them other Indian languages.

·         3 years down the live, we may get it to “Speak”!

·         A jobseeker registered on Naukri can search only those jobs which are posted on Naukri. Same with most other jobprotals. We must enable jobseekers to search anywhere – and apply.

Page no 171

·         And, of a device has an IP address, data (jobalret) can be delivered to such a device.

Page no 174

·         Only yesterday, HRD / Telecom Minister, Kapil sibyl said that in 6/7 years, govt wants to connect all 242,000 village panchayats   thru broadband. IF this does come about, that would bring both, political & social revelation in India.

Page no 175

·         It Ought To Be Much Easier- And Faster – with Aakash tablets, since, most 10th /12th std students, have exposure to mobile phones –if not own, then a friend’s.

Page no 178

·         3 million @ $ 180 / computer, with Govt Support. Now, compare sunset tulips $ 50 tablets                                                                                                                                        (also working as a mobile phone) – which GOT Support.  

Page no 186

·         Some 40 years ago, this was known as “programed learning books on several subjects.

·         What kapil sibal (minister of HRD) is aiming for by distributing 220 million Aakash Tablets to all started by 2020? 

Page no 187

·         I have planned to capture, complete “jobs Applied” history of each & every jobseeker using “my jobs” keywords contained in these job ads will tell me, what kinds of jobs each user “likes” – then deliver to him those kinds of jobs. This will be a self-leaning algorithm will be “tailored” to each candidate.  

Page no 188

·         “Free” and “personalized jobs” delivered to every day, everywhere. That too, can bring about a social Revolution by providing “level playing field” to all jobseekers.

Page no 191

·         I too had a triple coronary bypass on 25 Jan. 2005, at the age of 72!

Page no 193

·         Job Alert on “My jobs” are “personalized” for each user- but rather crudely, at the moment. But, once, we start capturing / candidates “job Applied History”, there will be dramatic. Improvement. Today, suneet tulle- CEO of Data wind confirmed by email that all ubislate7 + tablets getting shipped for last few weeks have my jobs” preloaded. IT will also be on 7 G model to be launched by this month end.

·         We also got, today, the first cooling shower of the season.

Page no 197

·         In Mumbai, current rate for removal of cataract and inserting a plastic lens is approx. RS- 30.000 TO RS- 40.000 / per eye!

Page no 202

·         My goal is to deliver on mobile in real time, all suitable (matching) jobs, and the moment these get posted on jobprotals.

Page no 207

·         “Resume Blaster” Widget will enable a jobseeker in an obscure / remote village to tell potential employers; “I exit / Take a note of my existence”

Page no 210

·         I just a few minutes back I spoke to Nitin (sentient Systems) Along with Rahul he is trying out (online) “submit Resume- Fresh Graduate” before finally up loading ( going live ), He said for a “dummy” fresh graduate resumes, they are getting more than 1000 matching job-Advt ! NOW, India produces each year, 3.5 million, and fresh graduates (i.e. 10.000 / day) all for jobs!!

·         Today’s newspaper says, they are advertising on social Networking sites, for suicide Bombers! 

Page no 212

·         Today I found, some lady has uploaded “Resume Rater” on a Facebook page - ready for downloading! –and rated, “GOOD”!!

·         Now sentenced to life imprison ment.

·         Finding “Matching job Advt” thru a set of “previously liked keywords” is a kind of “censorship/fathering”

Page no 213

·         Today, I sent to shuklendu (sentient Systems), a very detailed email, re – creation of “jobs Applied History” for each & every   jobseeker registered on our site. Then, from these “stored” job-Advt to create a database of “keywords” (found in those ads) and arrange these in the descending order of “frequency of Occurrence. Then use these to find “matching incoming / new, job advts.to be delivered as jobalret. 

Page no 218

·         I suppose it is this that keeps me going.

Page no 220

·         In few 2012, Data wing announced, a contest called, “AaapkiApp” from students.5 best Apps were to get pre-loaded on all Aakash Tablets, winning a prize of Rs1 lakh each. Before that, I had alert sent him, “My jobs”

·         Then last month, the announcement came “My jobs” was among the Top 5!! No news about Rs 1 lakh shofar!  

·         But That Does Not Matter.

Page No 223

·         Not copying the online Recruitment Industry’s standard “revenue model” ( viz : corporate Subscriptions), helped customize Resume. We kept our services, “free, both jobseekers & corporates when we launched. Then sunset ( Data wind )  come along in oct 2011 , and proposed “ Advt- based “revenue model for “ My jobs” I hope it works.

Page no 229

·         For city dwellers with ceases too Pc! Broadband, “My jobs” could be, no more than an “alterative” way” of job searching. But for millions without such “access” but A smartphone in hand, it could be a “breakthrough”

·         RecruitGuru.com launched in 2003 was “ahead of its time “– but I will revive it in a different –but attractive way.

Page no 230

·         “parsing” of resume to resume to create a structured  database of 23 fields, was the CENTRAL feature of Recruit Guru .com But HR Managers were afraid to uploaded “their” resumes, an “our” server ! So RecruitGuru.com failed. No problem. AS soon as.

·         I have some money, I will make “Resume Parser” a tool that any Recruiter can freely down load onto HLS hard disk and pare thousands of HLS resumes and create his PRIVATE searchable database.

Page no 231

·         Practice “ Dharma” as if Death has grabbed you by your hair for me ,it is only thru “ my jobs” pre-loaded on Aakash tablets some daily emailing  if this clicks, 6 months down the line, I will approach other / smart phone mfr.

Page no 233

·         I suppose, I quality! Yesterday, we uploaded, “submit Resume- Fresh Gradates” ( -with some glitehes,no doubt ! ) Next, we will try,

·         Submit Resume- Non –Supervisory office staff (clinical / technical!)

n  Factory workers Occupational staff. Occupational staff.

Page no 235

·         My own journey on the started with lunch of

·         WWW. 3PJOBS.COM (Nov-19997)

·         (Three years later, changed to 3p consultants.co.in.)

·         This was followed by:

·         Recruitguru.com  / 2003

·         World-wide-jobs .com / 2005

·         GlobaiRrcuriter.net 2007                      All Closed down

·         indiaRecruiter.net 2008

·         Customize Resume.com 2010

·         From those websites which I shut down, I have learned valuable lessons, first being, I get Customize to make some money, in order to pursue my dream!

·         Each of the sites which were shut down, Contained some in retesting features, which, in some modified form, I plan to incorporate in customize.

Page no 236

·         Once “My jobs” was developed (jointly by HP Labs & sentient statues), & thought of “Resume Blaster- Industries wise” which, shuklendu should complete by month end. That will be followed by , “Resume Blaster –city wise”  

·         Head Hunter / Resume Holder / job street / Vacancy Blaster / job poster / Ad sharp etc. 

Page no 238

·         I suppose, in 10 years, only the FINAL interview, may remain “face –to –face,” with all “preliminary / elimination.

·         Interviews, being conducted over Skype - no transportation.

Page no 239

·         And already, Skype is available on smartphones / Tablets!! So, the moment, a Recruiter gets a “Resume Alert” on his smartphone,. He can just touch the resume & connect with Skype!

Page no 299

·         Like bugged EVM (Electronic Voting Machine)? 

Page no 300

·         Probably the worst sufferers will be unskilled workers from developing countries who currently care ,a mere 5 % 10% of the wages earned by unskilled workers in developed world

    Page no 301

·         More than 42 million Indians are registered with state & central Employment Exchanges, as of now.

·         The rate at which these exchanges are finding jobs for them it will take 125 years to clear this backing. Some 3.5 million students are coming out of India’s college’s cache year out less than 1 million get jobs.


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