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To participate in ZIF 3.0, post your requirements at www.zigsaw.in. We will share your requirements with the Training & placement cell of 500 colleges. Also, use OTG (http://zigsaw.in/blog/2016/10/24/on-the-go-job-interviews/) and increase your recruiter efficiency by 800% #RevolutionizingRecruitment #beZigsawed
Convenience: You can give your interview on-the-go interview from anywhere at any time.
2nd chances: While F2F interviews are a 1 shot thing, here you can do retakes and ensure to show the best you on the call. This ensures that your small mistakes do not cost you your Job
Fair for all: This method extends a fair chance to all Job seekers for any particular Job. Since you would be giving your telephonic interview, you will not fall prey to inefficient shortlisting techniques.
Increases chances for selection: Apart from showing your sincerity for the Job role, OTG also allows yourself to express yourself in terms of dreams, skills & techniques. You can definitely leverage this technique to ensure that you bag the Job of your dreams.
How can Job seekers increase their chances of selection through OTG Job Interviews
Step 1: Find the unique code of the Internship/Job opening I am applying for. This is typically mentioned in the URL of the opportunity I am applying for
Step 2: Apply for the Internship/Job opening on the website. While you are applying, you would typically have to answer 3 custom questions related to the Job opening of your interest.
Call *
011-39588191 (for Internship seekers)
079-395-93923 (for Jobseekers
. After the greetings, press the Job code you found in Step-1
After the beep, give a brief introduction about yourself. Include details like you are you, what do you want to do in your career. Also, mention what makes you think you will be able to efficiently carry out your job role in this particular role. How would your skills support you in taking up this assignment? Do not forget to include answers to the 3 questions asked on zigzobs.
Key Notes
You can check your recording under the status tab of your Jobseeker dashboard at Zigzobs
Call only through your registered phone number.
In case of any queries, feel free to contact us at srishti@zigsaw.in or call us at 6377208285 (Whatsapp as well)
#beZigsawed #RevolutionizingRecruitment
P.S.: Jobs are listed at www.zigsaw.in
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Hi People, We started our Journey of #RevolutionizingRecruitment in 2014 and have always tried to constantly better our offerings for both Job seekers and Job Providers. Our focus to constantly better our product offerings has been our greatest strengths that have allowed us to work with companies like UBER, Urban Clap, Pagalguy.com, GOR, Razorpay to name a few. In a recent interaction with one of our clients, we realized that the biggest challenge HR Managers face is of managing their time amidst coordinating and conducting Job interviews. On further research, we noticed that almost 85% of the interviews conducted following a similar pattern. A typical Job interview goes like
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We started our Journey of #RevolutionizingRecruitment in 2014 and have always tried to constantly better our offerings for both Job seekers and Job Providers. Our focus to constantly better our product offerings has been our greatest strengths that have allowed us to work with companies like UBER, Urban Clap, Pagalguy.com, GOR, Razorpay to name a few. In a recent with one of the clients, we realized that the biggest challenge HR Managers face if of managing their time amidst coordinating and conducting Job interviews. On further research, we noticed that almost 85% of the interviews conducted following a similar pattern. A typical Job interview goes like We started our Journey of #RevolutionizingRecruitment in 2014 and have always tried to constantly better our offerings for both Job seekers and Job Providers. Our focus to constantly better our product offerings has been our greatest strengths that have allowed us to work with companies like UBER, Urban Clap, Pagalguy.com, GOR, Razorpay to name a few. In a recent interaction with one of our clients, we realized that the biggest challenge HR Managers face is of managing their time amidst coordinating and conducting Job interviews. On further research, we noticed that almost 85% of the interviews conducted following a similar pattern. A typical Job interview goes like
Why should you OTG?
P.S.: Jobs are listed at www.zigsaw.in/viewjobs.php
We started our Journey of #RevolutionizingRecruitment in 2014 and have always tried to constantly better our offerings for both Job seekers and Job Providers. Our focus to constantly better our product offerings has been our greatest strengths that have allowed us to work with companies like UBER, Urban Clap, Pagalguy.com, GOR, Razorpay to name a few. In a recent interaction with one of our clients, we realized that the biggest challenge HR Managers face is of managing their time amidst coordinating and conducting Job interviews. On further research, we noticed that almost 85% of the interviews conducted following a similar pattern. A typical Job interview goes like
1. Ice breaker Questions: Tell me something about yourself
2. Job-specific questions: What value do you think you can add to the advertised position? How do your acquired skills make you a fit for this role? Why do you think you will be a fit for this role? etc.
3. Job essentials and Attitude Check: This Job role would be challenging. Do you think you will be able to handle the pressure? This Job role would require you to work on the field. Would you be comfortable?
If we look at the core of hiring, it basically happens when you need additional resources to handle the current work deliverable. So, don’t we amplify our time-crunch when we dedicate 2-3 hours on daily basis for hiring? This got us thinking if 85% of interviews follow the exact same pattern, why not built a solution to save time for employers.
Bingo… We are here with our OTG telephonic interview solution. Zigsaw is glad to have launched On-the-go Job interviews service with the launch of the 3rd version of Zigzobs. How does it work?
1. While posting any Job on Zigzobs, you mention 3 questions that you would typically ask in any Job interview.
2. While applying, Job seekers would be asked these 3 questions.
3. Job seekers will be required to call a specific number (at any time of their convenience, available 24 X 7) providing their brief bio and the answers to the 3 questions that an interviewer would typically ask in a Job interview.
4. These answers are recorded and are available for Job providers to listen to in View Jobs –>> View applications tab in their employer dashboard? OTG advantage: A dedicated Recruitment manager does 15-20 interviews a day. With OTG, a recruitment manager can conduct 20 interviews every hour, making him 800% more efficient. This amounts to 7 manhours/ day and 175 manhours/month. You can decide for yourself the value this service brings for you by saving 175 manhours per month of your recruitment manager.
Save the hassle of coordinating with potential aspirants. Automated interviews can be given at any time of the day which gets reflected in real-time in employers dashboard
These interviews can be evaluated anytime from anywhere by the recruitment manager
Allows you to customize interview questions for each job posting.
Do you think this is cool? Well, we are offering this for FREE for the first 3 months after which it will be only Rs. 500/ month. Feel free to try it out by registering at Zigzobs and do not forget to leave your feedback in the comments below or through email at srishti@zigsaw.in More about zigzobs 3.0 here
Job seekers guide to OTG: http://zigsaw.in/blog/2016/10/26/jobseekers-get-smart-to-otg/. Job seekers are required to call on the below number as per their category.
011-39588191 (for Internship seekers)
6377208285 (for Jobseekers)
Committed to making hiring seamless #RevolutionizingRecruitment #beZigsawed
Hi People,
Welcome to [live blog] of zigzobs 3.0 Homepage: Select category (Jobseeker, Job provider ), email address, and your password to log in. 2 icons at the bottom also allow you to register or request a password. Register: You can register as a Jobseeker or a job provider at www.zigsaw.in. While registering select Job seeker/provider from the drop-down menu at the top. Header: 4 options: My profile, Discover Jobs, Status & My Universe My Profile: This is basically a summary page and there are 12 details users can change from this page by clicking on respective icons:
Career Aspirations: What would you want to become in your life/career
Educational Background,(what have you studied, from where? certifications, degree, etc. You can add your institute (if not listed) at Add Institute
Experience: Even experience of working as a team member in college fests can be include. Basically, anything & everything that helped you grow as an individual can be mentioned here. If your organization/team is not listed, it can be added at Add organization
Skills: Select up to a max of 6 skills from our pre-listed skills in the drop-down menu. Skills can be added at Add Skill
Verified Skills: When your friends, colleagues, or classmates rate you on your skills, these skills become verified skills for you. You can rate your friends in the My universe section
Preferred Job Location: Add your preferred location to work from. In case you are willing to relocate across India, feel free to leave it blank.
Languages I know: Communication forms a major role in any job. Command over any language increases your chance of selection for specific roles.
Current salary: What is your current salary? Freshers can leave this blank
Preferred salary: How much salary are you expecting? Fill it here. Be candid
My flags: Your friends can raise flags for you. Recommendations from your colleagues & friends increase your chances of selection
Hobbies: What do you like doing when nobody is watching?
The favorite quote can be included: At the end of the page is an option to auto-create your pdf-resume from the details filled
Jobs: 1 footer at the bottom of the page for easy access to 4 pages. Jobs can be applied by clicking on the interested button, followed by applying. The job code of any Job will be the unique number that appears on the URL at this stage. Here, a maximum of 3 smart interview questions would be asked following which specific Job would have been applied for. OTG at this step increases your chances of selection. OTG a be done by pressing the specific key (Job code) and recording the response of users. This allows users to give their interviews at the time of their convenience from the location of their comfort. Besides, OTG helps make faster decisions
Recommended Jobs: Jobs recommended to you based on your skills, location, profile & salary preferences. Your preferences are taken from the last page of the edit profile.
Views Jobs: Jobs are displayed in the order of the last activity of the Job provider who posted this Job. A transparent system where the most active jobs are displayed at the top
Search Jobs: (through keyword)
Advanced Job: Search jobs on the basis of your expected Job profile, salary, locations, etc.
Status: Verified users can view the Live status of your job application at www.zigsaw.in/status. You can also give Automated OTG telephonic interviews by calling on 079-395-93923 and entering the Job Code of the Job position you are interested in. Details: here My Universe :
Find Friends: Search for friends with their name and see their profiles
Find classmates: It automatically recommends people who share the same institute (School/College/Tuition etc. ) with you
Find Colleagues: It recommends people who share their organization (or committee or group) with you
When you see the above profiles, you can either flag your friends or rate them on their skills.
Flags are like recommendations. If you flag people, these flags are available on their home-page (like yours are visible on http://www.zigsaw.in/user_js.php). These flags are public and are visible to employers while they review your friends for their next job role
Verifying skills is like the certifying skills of your friends. You can endorse your friends for skills & also rate them on it. Here, your identity is kept secret.
You can view flags you raised and skills you rated for your friends by clicking on the last 2 icons of your my universe page.
Profile Pictures can be uploaded at http://zigsaw.in/DP.php
Feel free to ask your queries in the comments below and I will include them in the blog. #beZigsawed
For any doubts, give me a call at 9057305559 or WhatsApp at 9887890909. I will be happy to help you
In the professional field, your resume is the most relevant and important document. It is your identity in a professional field. A resume is something that we keep on building or updating throughout our life. Most of the students or even qualified professionals face problems building up a great resume. Even if some people build a resume the resume is not up to the mark or great enough for the companies to consider it. Here are some quick & practical Resume Writing Tips to create a resume that helps you bag the Job of your choice. The article also includes a quick guide to format resumes
One must know that a company has hundreds or thousands of resumes in front of it to select its employee. It is you who need to format your resume in the correct format and present it in a manner that it must stand out from the rest of the resumes.
3 critical things to keep in mind while creating a resume in Hindi – 2 mins
So how to build a great resume? How to make your resume be noticed by the employer? Below you would find some tips and suggestions that you may follow to make your resume stand out from the rest of them. Here are some tips for Making a resume that gets you the Job
7 Key Elements of your resume
Start with career objective: This is where you sell yourself. It should be crisp, clear, and inspiring. Ideally should not be more than 2 short lines. Make sure that it is in sync with the job you are applying for. Example: I am an enthusiastic HR generalist looking out for challenging roles that could bring out the best in me. If your objective matches the job profile then your chances of being hired increase. But try not to boast yourself or your objectives as this gives a negative impression. Always try and mention your objective as what is your motive in life.
Educational Background: An employer would be more concerned about your skills, than the college you come from unless you come from IIT’s, IIM’s or NITs. An ideal way to express this would be in a 4 X N table
Talk about skills: This would be a part which the employer is most concerned about. Write your skills in a concise way, ideally 3-5 Write skills that relate to the job you are applying for. “The more the merrier” does not hold correct here. Writing too many skills might weigh down the core skills you would want to shout out in your resume
Experience: Start objectively. Where? when? What was your role? Change line and Brag about your role here. End with your key takeaways from these assignments. What an employer is more interested in is what did you learn in these assignments and how have you grown as an individual during this. Learn the functional & behavioral skills you acquired during each role. Even better if you can give numbers here.Example:
Worked as Learning & Development-Lead at Tata Power. Tata Power is the largest integrated power company in India. CGPL Mundra boasts itself of being India’s first 800MW supercritical unit. Being the first of its kind, the technology used is by far superior to other Power Plants in India. While the workforce is a specialist in what they do, it is necessary to grow that knowledge to upkeep with the best practices. Also, at the same time conserving the knowledge that we have and effectively passing the baton to the next breed of technocrats. I was responsible for single-handedly consulting, identifying, planning, analyzing, and executing training at CGPL. My role included Coordination with line managers & HOD’s to ensure maximum value of programs to participants. Training Need compliance Index of 91% (target 80%) was achieved while maintaining a Training Effectiveness Index of 83% (target 75%).
Key Takeaways: Resource Planning Skills and Execution Skills. My Negotiation & Interpersonal Skills across functions helped me over-deliver on my targets while helping others achieve theirs. Coordination with Top Management to formulate training needs in-line with the vision of the organization.
Futuristic Approach: Your academic expertise, work experience should outline a story and you should be able to explain why you did what you did. Nothing beats a narrative. They should also converge towards the current job opening that you are applying to. Underplay less relevant experiences, highlight more similar roles & achievements in that role.
Achievements: Write 1-2 achievements for each assignment you have undertaken. This shows that you have been a performer in each role you have undertaken and can deliver even in your next assignment. It is not about what you say, but how you say that makes all the difference
End with hobbies: Hobbies reflect that you are more than what you have done at the professional level. They add definite value to your personality. Ideally, between 2-3, a recruiter would not usually judge you on your hobbies. But here are 2-3 words in your resume that can help you build a personal repo with the recruiter. Use them wisely.
Resume Writing: Tips & Tricks
Don’t write what you don’t know or things you haven’t done. There are 2 things that can happen when you write things you haven’t done or said more than what you have done.
The interviewer cross-questions you about your work-experience and sees right through it. Your interview ends here!!
The worse that could happen is that they do not find out. Now, they would ever expect from you and hence you would under-deliver in your role. This is a loss-loss situation for everyone
Right keywords: Resumes these days are digitally managed and HR managers search through them as and when required. The right combination of keywords would ensure that your resume pops up right at the top whenever you want it to. Try to use keywords that appeared in the job description. By doing this the chances of you getting selected increase as preliminary screening in most cases is done by machine these days. But again do not boast.
Write only positives. We, as humans make more subconscious decisions than conscious ones. Using negatives in the resume might reduce your chances of making through the cut. For example: Don’t write, I did not do A; instead, write, I was more focused on B than A
Exclude personal details: Don’t include your personal details in your resume. An interviewer is concerned about the skills you have. He would be least interested in what your father did or brother does or if your mother is a home-maker. He is interviewing you for the skills you have and would like to understand more of what value do you bring to the table.
Mention your Objective: Always try and mention your objective as what is your motive in life. If your objective matches the job profile then your chances of being hired increase. But try not to boast yourself or your objectives as this gives a negative impression.
Prioritise your content: Try to focus and give emphasis on your special achievements so as these things are considered first. Keep your achievements mentioned at the top.
Last, but not least. As Ramit Sethi says “50-60% of the words are not at all required”. Make sure that every single word on your resume earns its place.
Canva.com is 1 place I would recommend to create visually appealing resumes
Sometimes, the recruiter you apply to gets bombarded with 50-60 resumes a day & making sure than your resume stands out is the most effective way of getting shortlisted. No recruiter ever thinks “Hey, look this resume looks different!! Let’s reject it”
Resume formatting TIPS & tricks
Choose the basic font: Before writing the resumes choose the correct format. One should avoid going for stylish fonts and characters. The resume looks best when it is in the basic format and style.
Include all your contact details: While making a resume you should try and mention all your contact details especially phone numbers, so that the company can get into touch with you as smoothly and quickly as possible. Your complete address should be mentioned including your zip code.
Choose the correct type of resume: Based on your need and job profile try and choose the best resume format to apply. Depending on your circumstances you can choose a chronological, functional, combination, or a targeted resume. Take the time to write your resume.
Try and go for templates: Try to use a resume template to prepare your resume incorrect format. You can afterward customize the resume to your required format. You can check out some free resume making websites for your convenience
Avoid Copying: There is nothing more boring for Recruiters than to find similar resumes. Try to intrigue recruiters’ interest when he reads through your resume. Avoid copying someone else’s and making changes to it. Rather go for typing your resume yourself as this helps you make the required changes and you will never leave any unedited part behind. This also helps you recall what all is there in your resume as this is the part from where the interviewers ask the most questions from.
Resume Format: PDF resumes are most professional while submitting a resume over an email OR over the internet. A4 sheets are most convenient pick when submitting a resume in person.
5 things to avoid in your resume
When preparing your resume, it is important to avoid a few common mistakes that could negatively impact your chances of being considered for a job or internship. Here are some things to avoid in your resume:
Inconsistent formatting: Make sure that your resume is visually appealing and easy to read by using consistent formatting, such as font size and type, headings, and margins.
Grammar and spelling errors: Proofread your resume carefully to ensure that it is free of spelling and grammar errors. Even a small mistake can make you appear careless or untrustworthy.
Vague or irrelevant information: Focus on including relevant and specific information on your resume, rather than listing general or vague responsibilities. Use concrete examples and quantify your achievements whenever possible.
Omitting important information: Make sure to include all relevant information on your resume, including your education, work experience, and skills. If you have relevant achievements or awards, be sure to include them as well.
Using a generic or unprofessional email address: Use a professional email address on your resume, rather than a personal or casual one. This could include your name or a combination of your name and a professional keyword.
Overall, it is important to present yourself in the best possible light on your resume. By avoiding these common mistakes, you can increase your chances of standing out as a strong candidate.
Sample Resume of Vaibhav Chouhan
Key elements to note in the sample resume
Profile Summary and Career Objective are written under the head “Profile Summary”. Kindly note that the impact in numbers (Example: 2.5Lakh Job-seekers) speaks of genuinity and has a positive impact on the reader. More numbers in terms of the impact the individual has had on organisations will make the resume even more attractive (Example: Number of clients onboarded, candidates placed for experience at Zigsaw, churn and growth numbers for the experience at Wooqer)
Testimonial Snapshots: These are individual recommendations that the resume creator has received and it serves as a wonderful reference for the reader. Although, a better idea would have been to also include the designation of the individuals who have written the recommendations.
Academic Background and Experience Summary: A succinct educational background and work-experience summary on the RHS provides necessary details of the individual. An AIR of 2430 in IIT JEE and an AIR of 1540 would have made the resume look better.
Contact Information: Contact email address, mobile number and LinkedIn profile link provide an easy access to the individual.
P.S. Zigsaw has decide to help 1 individual every week for improving their resume and provide a 1:1 consultation absolutely FREE. You can simply share this article about creating a superstar resume on LinkedIn and share an email at runika.bordia@zigsaw.in with the screenshot of your share. Our team would pick 1 individual for a personalised consultation every week
Some individuals go the extra mile and create a very creative resume for themselves. This definitely turns a lot of heads, grabs attention and in some cases even lands individuals great Jobs. Another creative resume by Aakash Neeraj Mittal grabbed a lot of attention earlier.
Conclusion
Resume writing is also an art that helps you get what you deserve. It is the first impression of you on the employer. Always write or build up your resume with ease and using sufficient time. Never work in haste. A good resume helps you to get a good job.
Other useful links
After you have built the right Resume, you can make use of Zigsaw’s social media reach to find the right Job for you
Applying is super easy and we guarantee action on your Job-application within 48 hours. You can also refer your friends and earn attractive referral incentives on each referral
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