A 20 year long journey = Manzil in sight

 

Context :

The rise of AI in recruitment process: How companies are using artificial intelligence for hiring

ET … 26 May 2024

Extract :

Your job application may get rejected before it reaches a human for review.

Companies across sectors are using artificial intelligence tools, including generative AI, for candidate sourcing, resume screening, skills assessment, predictive analytics and bias reduction in their recruitment process. Humans get involved only from the interview stage at some companies, while at some others, GenAI bots help managers conduct interviews.

While there are several concerns, ranging from data privacy to risk of discrimination and inability to discover potential in candidates, HR executives say AI is making the hiring process quicker and more efficient for them

Professional services firm Genpact recently launched IMatch, a GenAI-based in-house resume parsing and job-matching engine.

Covering 40% of its new hires, AI tools have made the hiring process touchless till the interview stage, said Ritu Bhatia, Genpact's global hiring leader. Use of AI has resulted in a 15% increase in recruiter productivity, and an improvement in the speed to hire from 62 days to 43, Bhatia added.

Improved Productivity for Cos
AI tools help analyse historical data, market trends and internal talent metrics, allowing companies to gain insights into emerging skill demands and talent availability, and develop recruitment strategies to address current and future talent needs.

Simplilearn has been deploying ChatGPT — among other AI tools — for over a year to optimise job descriptions, craft proficiency assessments and conduct psychometric tests. “This enables us to reduce time on mundane tasks and improve productivity and efficiency,” said the edtech firm’s chief HR officer, Archana Krishna.

According to Rajesh Bharatiya, chief executive of recruitment services provider Peoplefy, GenAI-based tools help customise the process; for instance to send a recruitment mass mailer based on each candidate's unique experiences and background. “Such customisation may require 10 times more time to customise manually,” he said.

Infrastructure development firm Welspun Enterprises uses a GenAI bot that assists its executives in taking interviews. “Our hiring efficiencies have improved drastically. Before using the GenAI bot for interviewing, our selection ratio was 15%. Now this rate has increased to 55%, a 40% jump in my selection rate overnight,” chief HR officer Rajesh Jain said, adding: “This is big.”

However, at the current stage of its development, experts believe there are certain pitfalls associated with deploying AI in hiring practices.

These include ethical considerations about data privacy, algorithmic transparency and the risk of discrimination, lack of soft skills evaluation, bias amplification, and inability to discover potential.

 

My Take :

No doubt , AI will dramatically alter the recruitment processes but , even before emergence of AI , using readily available software, it was possible to carry out most of the productivity improvements listed in this article

My following notes ( implemented as several job portals , 10-15 years ago ,) are a testimony of what I mean :

Ø  VIRTUAL Employment Exchange ……………………………………………….[ 24 Jan 2022 ]

Ø  Making Money from " Online Jobs Fair " [ Part D ]……………………[ 02 Apr 2018 ]

Ø  Making Money from " Online Jobs Fair " [ Part C ]……………………[ 02 Apr 2018 ]

Ø  Making Money from " Online Jobs Fair " [ Part B ]……………………[ 02 Apr 2018 ]

Ø  Making Money from " Online Jobs Fair " [ Part A ]……………………[ 02 Apr 2018 ]

Ø  Salary   Profile  /   V  2.0 …………………………………………………………..[ 14 Nov 2016 ]

Ø  The nth Richest Man …………………………………………………………………..[ 06 Nov 2016 ]

Ø  Software Architecture For Online Jobs Fair ……………………………….[ 29 Mar 2018 ]

Ø  ARDIS - Some further thoughts ! ………………………………………………[ 03 Nov 2016 ]

Ø  Word Recognition Software ………………………………………………………..[ 03 Nov 2016 ]

Ø  Artificial Resume Deciphering Intelligent Software ( ARDIS )…..[ 03 Nov 2016 ]

Ø  RECRUITMENT PROCESS COMPARISON………………………………………[ 02 Nov 2016 ]

Ø  FAQ for Employers – OnlineJobsFair……………………………………………[ 30 Oct 2016 ]

Ø  FAQ for Jobseekers – OnlineJobsFair………………………………………….[ 29 Oct 2016 ]

Ø  AIR( PART ONE ):ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN RECRUITING ..[ 24 Oct 2016 ]

Ø  AIR ( Part Two )= Artificial Intelligence in Recruiting ……………….[ 28 Oct 2016 ]

Ø  PROCESS FLOW CHART / Online Jobs Fair ………………………………..[ 26 Oct 2016 ]

Ø  VIRTUAL JOB FAIR ( VJF )……………………………………………………………[ 25 Oct 2016 ]

Ø  ANATOMY OF A DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION ……………………………….[ 04 April 2016 ]

Ø  RESUMINE AND RESUSEARCH ……………………………………………………[ 01 Apr 2016 ]

Ø  GOOGLE JOBS ………………………………………………………………………………[ 29 Feb 2016 ]

Ø  ONLINE JOBS FAIR ……………………………………………………………………….[ 11 Feb 2016 ]

Ø  ResumesExchange ………………………………………………………………………..[ 09 Feb 2016 ]

Ø  Search Engine Ranking of 3pJobs as on 06 July 2000 ………………..[ 28 Mar 2014 ]

Ø  A Virtual Employment Exchange …………………………………………………..[ 10 Mar 2014 ]

Ø  RESUSEARCH - SHORT LIST …………………………………………………………[ 30 Aug 2013 ]

Ø  RESUMINE- CANDIDATE RESUME EXTRACTED…………………………….[ 30 Aug 2013 ]

Ø  PROJECT FORE COURT…………………………………………………………………. [ 05 Oct 2003 ]

Ø  SELF - LEARNING SOFTWARE ………………………………………………………..[ 05 Sept 2003 ]

Ø  INTERVIEW QUESTIONS & ANSWERS…………………………………………….[ 05 Aug 2008 ]

 

Ø  ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT SURVEY ?  .. ……………………………………………….26 Oct 2015

 

Ø  Job - Candidate Assessment made easy

 

 

Ø    Six Sigma

 

Ø  ProfilesSampleNonIT.doc

 

Ø  Harnessing the Power of AI to Predict Employee Turnover.. ………….20 Apr 2024

 

Ø  Video Resumes : about to get obsolete ?.. …………………………………………20 Feb 2023

 

 

With regards,

Hemen Parekh

www.HemenParekh.ai  /  26 May 2024

 

An affair to remember ?

 

 

That was the title of a movie released in 1957 , starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr . It was directed by Leo McCarey.

Almost 67 years later, last Sunday ( 12^th May 2024 ), I experienced another “ affair to remember “ , starring myself ( nearly 91 ) and my wife ( nearly 87 )

This movie was titled “ Vote From Home “ – an experience designed by our Chief Election Commissioner, Shri Rajiv Kumar – and directed remotely

A week earlier, I had sent a WhatsApp message to Election Officer , Smt Preeti Patil ( Mumbai based , I think ) whose Mobile number I had found on the Election Commission website ( but could not find today – 18^th May )

I told her that we would like to vote from home, since it would be very difficult for us to go to the polling booth

She asked me to send details ( Name – DoB - Address ) which I immediately sent

Within minutes, she sent me ( thru WhatsApp ) form 12 D( Vote from Home – VFH ), for filling in and returning online

I messaged back saying, I did not know how to and whether someone could visit my home and bring the forms

Again, within minutes, she confirmed that someone will bring the forms within 2 / 3 days

Shri Shyam Jadhav ( BMC ) turned up with the forms VERY NEXT DAY  and took our signatures on those forms

He returned after 2 days with INTIMATION letter saying the VFH team will visit us on 12^th

_{On 12th , a 7 member team turned up ( see photo below ). They were very courteous and helpful. Even presented us with roses !}

_{They strictly observed all the protocols of " SECRECY of VOTING "}

_{Dear Shri Rajiv Kumar :}

_{Although 91 , I look forward to be able to vote in 2029 Lok Sabha Election - may}

_{be Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha , simultaneously ( One Nation , One Election )}

_{And I urge you to conduct 2029 elections using following Mobile App suggested by}

_{me, 12 years ago :}

Ø  VotesApp             18 Dec 2012 

( Related E Mail :

 Thanks, Prof Rajagopal : for validating my suggestion  …  07 May 2024 )

 

 

With regards,

Hemen Parekh

www.HemenParekh.ai  /  18 May 2024

 

PHOTOS :

An idea whose time has come ?

 

 

Context :

Govt Looking To Build A Unified Portal To House All Its Digital Public Goods  ……….. 13 May 2024

Extract :

The Centre is planning to build a unified portal to house all its digital public goods (DPGs), including Aadhaar, unified payments interface and open network for digital commerce in one place to provide easy access to all the apps and services.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology may take up the task in creating the portal and collaborate with all ministries, as well as their respective departments and agencies, to detail the digital public infrastructure (DPI) created by them, ET reported, citing a government official.

This comes at a time when UPI transactions surged by nearly 60% to a record 11,768 Cr in 2023 from 7,404.45 Cr in 2022. 

“Almost all central government departments and even a few states have created their DPGs which provide different services through apps and platforms. Anyone trying to access a service has to navigate through all of them. A single portal will at least unify all this information along with the steps to access the service,” the official said

The report further added that government departments may need to provide information about :

Ø  the tasks performed by the DPI,

Ø  the user base,

Ø  the technology utilised, whether it’s based on an open protocol, and

Ø  any additional service requirements.

The idea is to enable not only :

Ø  user-friendly access but also

Ø  to enhance the ease of doing business, given that multinational companies are also interested in using these DPIs.

“Most DPGs also serve as the underlying infrastructure for other private apps and services. We want this portal to be different from the super app idea that has been proposed (by the central government),” the official told ET.

As per the report, the portal may also include apps and services under DPGs that are currently in development and not yet launched for public use. This would provide an opportunity for application developers and software engineers to collaborate and build on top of the DPI. 

Nearly 60 DPGs have been either fully or partially developed in the country across various levels so far, the official added.

Estimates suggest that the global market size of DPGs is projected to reach $100 Bn within the next five to six years. 

The development comes after Reliance Retail’s digital commerce arm JioMart saw healthy growth in seller additions in the quarter ended March 2024. 

My Take :

From the above news report it is not clear how the proposed Unified Portal will differ from already existing :

https://core.digit.org/

Instead of creating / launching an altogether different portal , would it not be much better to add those 60 DPGs onto this , with appropriate “ Search “ features “ ?

On the other hand, what would save BILLIONS of “ person-hours “ annually and make life very EASY for our 1.4 Billion citizen, would be to launch :

 I am One , I will become Many  ………………………… 09 Jan 2020

And to enable our Netizen to monetize their own PERSONAL / PRIVATE data , to launch :

 

 

SA  SARAL ( Single  Authentic  Registration for Anywhere  Login )…. 10 Feb 2019 

 

Ø   Digital Dividend from Demographic Data [ 4 D ]………… ……………. 14 Feb 2019 

 

With regards,

Hemen  Parekh

www.HemenParekh.ai  /  17 May 2024

 

Related Readings :

 

The BIG TECH : Ask Them to Return the Loot  …………………….. 07 Mar 2024

 

 O Only Answer : a Statutory Warning……………………………………….. 10 Nov 2018

 

Ø      Privacy for Sale  …………………………………………………………..... 26 Aug 2017

Rajeevji : No big deal …………………………………………………………08 Feb 2024

Rajeev Chandrasekharji : How about a Big Bang ?  …………20 Jan 2023

Ø       If DEPA = Foundation , then SARAL = Superstructure …...08 May 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building ( Sun ) Castles in the Air ?

 

 

Context :

Rooftop solar scheme: 100,000 hands to be trained to put solar panels in homes    ..   ET .. 12 May 2024

Extract :

The government is working on readying a 100,000-strong workforce skilled in installation and management of solar panels to support its plan of helping 10 million homes run on solar energy.

People aware of the development said the ministries of renewable energy and skill development and entrepreneurship have jointly framed a “skilling plan” for the ‘PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana’, a government rooftop solar project that aims to help households generate 300 units of electricity through grid-connected solar panels.

The scheme, launched in February this year, offers subsidies of up to Rs 78,000 to those willing to install the solar power generating units. “The number of people to be trained may be increased, depending upon the requirement,” one of the persons cited earlier, said, adding that state-owned REC Ltd, which is also the nodal agency for the revamped rooftop solar programme, is likely to collaborate with centres like the National Power Training Institute and the National Skill Development Corporation for this.

Besides trained manpower, another challenge for such a scale of implementation would be the need for a large number of vendors. An official said the government is also looking to train 50,000 vendors for entrepreneurship.

According to the official, more vendors are expected to register on the national rooftop solar portal, unlike the current system of registering with the distribution companies.

The renewable energy ministry recently shifted to a new portal and will soon start the national vendor registration process.

The PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, which has an outlay of Rs 75,021 crore, entails implementation through power distribution companies and vendors with rationalised subsidies and collateral-free loans. Registrations under the scheme crossed the 10-million mark within a month of its launch.

Of the registered consumers, almost 800,000 have applied for installations.

 

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Outstanding news! In about a month since it was launched, over 1 crore households have already registered themselves for the PM-Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana. Registrations have been pouring in from all parts of the nation. Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh have seen over 5 lakh registrations. Those who haven’t registered yet should also do so at the earliest. https://pmsuryaghar.gov.in

8:55 AM · Mar 16, 2024

My Take :

( A )   A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma ?

       On PM SuryaGhar portal , even today , there is NO MENTION of :

Ø  No of people who have already “ Registered “ ( Step # 1 )

Ø  No of people who have “ Applied “ for installation ( Step # 2 )

Ø  No of these “ Applications “ which are “ Accepted ( found OK , having submitted all required documents ) “ ( Step # 3 )

Ø  No of such “ Accepted Applications “ for which concerned DISCOM has carried out “ Feasibility Study “( Step # 4 )

Ø  No of Applicants for whom “ Feasibility Study “ is Okayed by the DISCOM ( Step # 5 )

Ø  No of Applicants for whom a Vendor has actually COMPLETED the installations ( Step # 6 )

Ø  No of such “ completed installations “ for which DISCOM has installed “ Net Metering “ by connecting to the GRID ( Step # 7 )

Ø  Upon receipt of “ Commissioning Report “ , No of applicants who have submitted bank details ( Step # # 8 )

Ø  No of such installations in respect of whom, subsidy has been CREDITED in their banks ( Step#9 )

 

( B )  Buiding Castles in the Air ?  

 

#   Despite their very best intentions, I do not see any way in which those

     Ministries concerned can  train 100,000 persons in

     Installation/Management of Solar Panels , even by March 2027 ( when

      the Scheme ends )

     

#   As of now , we have only 2979 Solar Panel installers in India. It is

     unlikely to raise this number to 50,000 vendors by March 2027

     

            #   Entire current process ( consisting of 9 steps listed earlier ) is TOO

                 ELABORATE and TIME  CONSUMING.

                  

                  This will become clear if SuryaGhar portal was to publish step-wise

                  data of the STATUS of the scheme, as suggested by me above . I

                 cannot escape the feeling that the completion of the whole process

                  would take , on an average , 6 MONTHS from registration

                  

            #    These considerations made me to predict that , as against the target

                   of 30 GW and 10 million  households , we may end up with no

                   more than 10 % of this target by March 2027

                   

 

( C )   Is there any alternative way by which we can achieve this target ?

           Yes

           I have described in detail my proposal in this regard at :

       Ø  Dawn of a Solar Economy : SETI  ……………06 May 2024

 

      My proposal consists of enabling 10,000 “ Co-operative Solar Farms “ to

      come up , as originally  Proposed in my following e-mail to our Cabinet

      Ministers :

    

     A Tale of Two States ……………………………………….. 28 Oct 2020

 

    Is there any working example of your proposal ?

   Yes .  Take a look at 

   >     https://www.sundaygrids.com/     

   >     https://www.sundaygrids.com/how-it-works

 

   How long does it take to REGISTER on Sundaygrid – and start getting CREDITS

   for “ Your Booked Capacity “ of Solar Panels ?

   

   No more than 10 MINUTES 

 

  I registered at around 6 PM on 02 May 2024 ( from my mobile ) for 1.7 Kw , for

  an investment of Rs  84,000 ( ie: approx.. Rs 50,000 per Kw )

  

  By morning of 12 May 2024 ( ie: 9 Solar days ) , I have earned :

Ø  #   Credit ……………. Rs. 322.64

Ø  #   Kwh  ……………….. 62.648 ( ie; ave of 7 Kwh / day = 210 Kwh / month )

Following is a copy of Sundaygrid Dashboard today ( 12 May 2024 ):

Capacity Reserved.........1,707 W

 

Energy Produced..........64.637 KWh

 

Credits Earned.............₹332.88

 

Credits Estimated ( for month )....₹1,158 - ₹1,567

 ( assuming ave of Rs 1200 / month, this amounts to credit of Rs 14,000 / year )

And this data pertains to a 30 days FREE trial ( - at the end of which, I may make

online payment if happy with the solar power generation statistics )

This means I recover my investment ( Rs 84,000 ) in approx. 6 years

 

How would these figures look if I were to book 3kwh capacity ?

Ø  Initial investment ……Rs 1.2 lakh

Ø  Ave Kwh …………………10 Kwh /day(300 Kwh / month : same as Suryaghar Yojna )

Ø  Credits……………………  Rs 51 / day ( approx.. Rs 19,000 / year )

Ø  Payback Period ………120,000 / 19000 = About 6 years

 

However , in my e-mail of 06 May 2024 (  Dawn of a Solar Economy : SETI ) , I

have suggested that the subsidy must also be made available to those consumers

who ( because of constraint of insufficient roof area ) are “ booking “ generation

capacity in “ Co-op Solar Farms “ ( Sundaygrid type )

If this suggestion gets accepted then , against my investment of Rs 120,000 ( for

3 Kw capacity ) , I should get subsidy of Rs 78,000 , bringing down my own cost

to Rs 42,000

If so , my payback period will be > Rs 42,000 / Rs 19,000 = Approx 2  YEARS only  !    

 

Do you see what makes my proposal “ UNBEATABLE – IRRESTIBLE “ ?

Ø  Payback period ……………………………. 2    YEARS

Ø  Online “ Capacity Booking “ ……….. 10   MINUTES

Ø  Power ( credits ) start flowing……..  15   MINUTES

Ø  Subsidy receipt in ………………………   48  hours

Ø  Roof Area required …………………….   NIL  sq. ft

Ø  Maintenance Issues……………………… NONE  ( taken care by Co-op Solar Farm )

Ø  Production / Credit Data……………… Instant ( through online app / dashboard )

Ø  Donating power under CSR…………  Possible ( Corporates invest in Farms for poor

                                                                      recipients )

Last – and the most important :

10,000  “ Co-op Solar Farms “ will come up within ONE year – and each will train

 / employ 100 “ Panel Installers “ ( 10 lakh persons ) . No need for Ministries to

 undertake any training

 

With regards,

Hemen Parekh

www.HemenParekh.ai  /  13 May 2024

 

Related Readings :

Ø  Net metering key to rooftop sunshine  .. ET Editorial ……. 13 May 2024

 

Ø >        https://www.mercomindia.com/first-solars-thin-film-modules-dcr 

 

Ø  Modi govt's new solar scheme has three big hurdles

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