2 Cents to Google Jobs!

UPDATE: No Kidding, Most of things that I suggested, has been implemented!!
May be, they can let me edit the application, after I have submitted, provided still the recruiter has not seen it.
Also, real time update on the application status could be provided. It would be more like how a bug is being tracked.
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I am about to graduate.

I am searching for jobs and have been applying to companies online.

As a IT dude and a guy who always looks at making things the better way (read simple, logical and elegant)

one thing that puts me off is the way many companies have their online job application portal!

Most of the so called 'companies' which claim to help others seriously need some help

With others, I was fine, but even Google!

For each and every job, you are interested you have to apply individually.

You have to fill your name, mail id, work exp, cover letter and upload resume all over again and again.

Irrespective of the job, I apply, I get the same boiler plate response.

After each application,  I am being asked to give the feedback (how many times do you want it huh)

(oh you can upload information in Google+ and can download information from there! #Nice Self Plug btw)

Instead, why not upload one resume once, grab all the information from resume, fill the relevant information automatically,ask for the information that is still missing (if necessary) and create a job applicant profile once for all.

Later, let people to apply to as many positions in as many locations as they want (well if necessary restrict it)

Creating the profile also helps to match with minimum requirements of the job (at least in terms of years of experience and relevant experience) and only if there is a match, send a notification to the recruiter.

Can't Google build an intelligent resume screener mimicking human behavior or what?

May be if the resumes are collected and profiled properly, they could also give linkedin a run for their money.
Think about it, you collect all the resumes, ask people can it be shown to others, let other companies search the resumes using Google Search.

p.s
I think i could make a living out of fixing the online job application portal of all these companies ;)

2 cents to Monetization of Youtube

YouTube could pick a leaf from Apple Radio [Oh yeah, they have never done it before! ;)]

Why not display links to buy stuff related to the video being watched?
There are tons of videos which puts snippets of Friends and the other similar sitcoms. Obviously fan uploads.  Why not display a link to buy the season or the episode? Similarly, if i am watching a movie song, why not a link to buy the movie?

There are instances where the SonyMusic officially uploading a song. Those are the places where buy this song link can make the selling more effective. I would be happy to pay a dollar and download the song rather than using another service/site where i have to give the youtube link ask it to convert to MP4 format than upload to my iPhone!

Display ads are not the only way to monetize YouTube.

While we are at YouTube, Why not a desktop app, where you could just stream videos from Youtube?

It would be more like a VLC media player, with "always on top" enabled playing videos from youtube.

Well, there is a desktop app called YTWatcher but it is just like a minimized browser which always stays on top.

The screen size cannot be customized and it lacks elegance, cooler user interface.
It would be a great app for people like me who suffer from attention deficit disorder and needs a little bit of distraction to keep focused.

p.s

This post is being written while watching the videos on YTWatcher and reading an e-book.

No more rabble rousing on the shortcomings of G-Talk, cause the usage has gone down considerably very less. Nowadays its all in FB, whatsapp, viber even Skype ;)

பிளஸ்-ஃபேஸ்புக் பிழைக்குமா?

சில பல வருடங்களுக்கு முன் கல்லூரியில் முதல் நாள் காலடி எடுத்த வைத்த போது இரண்டாவதாக நான் பார்த்த பெண் அவள். இது ஒரு ரைமிங்க்காக எழுதப்பட்டது அல்ல. நிஜமான நிஜம்.

வெள்ளை முகம், இது போதாதா ஆவென வாய் பிளந்து பாக்க, ஆனால் அண்ணாந்து பார்க்க வேண்டிய அளவு உயரமும் இல்லாமல் குள்ளமும் இல்லாமல் அளவான உயரம்.[கூடைப் பந்து கூட விளையாடுவாள்!] அப்புறம் நீளமான முடி. என பராக்கு பார்க்க பல இது போதாதாக்கள்.

முதல் வருடம் முழுவதும் அவள் பக்கத்திலே உக்கார்ந்தவன்.

கடைசி வருடம் முழுக்க அவள் கூட சுற்றியவன்

எல்லா வருடமும் அவள் பின் சுற்றியவர்கள், பலர்

வேலைக்கு சேர்ந்த இடத்திலும், எங்க காலேஜ் பொண்ணு என்னதான் பாக்கும் என சுற்றியவர்களும் உண்டு.

பத்து வார்த்தைகளுக்குள் சொல்ல வேண்டுமென்றால், பிகருக்கு பக்த கோடிகள் மிக அதிகம், அடியேன் உட்பட

அப்புறம் அவள் மாற்றலாகி போன பின், என் மனதில் அவளுக்கு இடம் இல்லை. கியூவில் இருக்கும் மற்ற மக்களுக்கும் இடம் கொடுக்க வேண்டுமல்லவா.

ஒரு நாள் வழக்கம் போல வெட்டியாக ஃபேஸ்புக்கில் மேயும் போது சாபக்கேடான சாப்ட்வேர் காரணமாக பிரண்ட்ஸ் சஜஷனில் அவள் பெயர்! ப்ரொபலைப் போய்ப் பார்த்தால் கணவனை கட்டிய படி போட்டோ.

வட போச்சே என்ற வருத்தத்தில் மேலும் பார்த்தால் என்னைப் போன்ற பக்தர்களை விட நாலே வருடம் பெரிய அக்கா. ஆடிப் போய் விட்டேன்.
இவருக்கா இவ்வளவு அக்கப் போர்[நம்மை விட பெரியவர்களுக்கு மரியாதை தர வேண்டுமல்லவா?]

இப்படி மனதை மெர்சலாக்கும் படங்கள், வாழ்க்கையை உய்விக்கும் செய்திகள் அனைத்தும் கூகிள் கூட்டலில் கஷ்டமின்றி கிடைக்குமென்றால் ஃபேஸ்புக் ஃபேஸ் இல்லாமல் போகும் நாள் வெகு தொலைவில் இல்லை.பிக்காஸா செட்டிங்க் மாற்றத்தை மனதில் வைத்துப் பார்த்தால் கூகூவிற்கு பிரகாசமான எதிர்காலம் என்று தான் தோன்றுகிறது.

பி.கு
இந்த பதிவை ட்வீட்டுவதால் டிவிட்டரின் தீர்க்காயுசை நீங்கள் தெரிந்துக் கொள்ளலாம்

Buzz Fizz

Right now, we all know that Buzz did not create, quite a buzz but was a fizz. Nobody would have even given a damn to this, if it was not creating the privacy havoc!

Why did Buzz fail??

It is just against the laws of nature!

In their book, "Origin of Brands", Ries and Ries, state and argue that, "Convergence is Crap", Divergence is Divine. They go on to give examples and prove the above mentioned statement.The book compares the origin of brands and origin of species and gives recipe to successful brands.

Now compare this with the so called social media!!Twitter is for tweets, Blogger is for Blogs. Picassa is to share pictures. Gmail is to send mails. Gtalk is for chat.

You dont mail all people who are in your network in a networking site.You dont chat with all the people to whom you send mail.

Nowadays you have your blog friends, tweet friends, chat friends, mail friends and orkut/facebook friends.
 
Definitely you dont want to bring all this together. In fact it would be better if they are all kept apart.[and you would want it that way]
 
And when you try to bring any of these together, all you get is a mess like buzz or a wave that dont reach the shores!
 
So even for social media, the origin of species do apply! and even here "Convergence is Crap" "Divergence is Divine"
 
p.s
After reading this post, if you feel, "something is missing in this post" "there is quite something wrong that i cant lay my finger on" voila I(Ries and Ries) have proved my(their) point.
This is what happens to a reader when an author tries to converge a book review and product review.

Google and Gphone

When Apple iPhone was making history, there was a widespread news that GOOGLE will launch gPhone and will give Apple a run for the money.
It was quite interesting to read an article in information week, titled, "Why Google wont sell a gPhone?" (Thanks to the Google Desktop web clips gadget, if not would have never come across this article)
The thought that, it could also be a ploy to strike relationships with every carrier and having a psychological advantage over them on the deal table could be a real possibility.
Does the data, "Google share price was almost 20 percent up in the last 6 weeks " in the article also suggests, it is just a stunt to keep the share prices up with the buzz being generated? ( Am i reading too much between the lines?)
If both the above could be true, what is the power that Google wields on the minds of the people? Just a mere possibility or a stupid conclusion, sends shock waves to the carriers, generates theories with innovative suggestions that they are doin something path breaking(wimax and wifi phones independent of carriers and what not hypothesis) and not to mention the soaring of stock prices?
I would really agree with the conclusion of the article that they are possibly building a mobile OS. Arent they challenging the microsoft on all fronts, especially the OS. Google docs, spread sheets and powerpoints and sponsoring mozilla. May be one day all the applications will be running on a browser.
I was also able to come up with one more reason why google will not sell gPhones? You can't have a hardware in the perpetual beta stage!!! :-)