Directi
24 Sep, 2008
Time and Resources Analysis of a Recruitment Exercise
Posted by Bhavin Turakhia | (1) Comments
I got around to thinking about the amount of effort that goes behind a recruitment exercise at Directi and I thought to pen down an article which details out a recruitment scenario and the effort / resources involved. The purpose to pen this down was to get an idea of the time, cost and people involvement per candidate. This in turn will enable us to -
- Set expectations in terms of targets of the number of interviews one can conduct per week
- Determine direct cost of an interview process
- Determine the opportunity cost of an interview process
- Improvise our recruitment process and make it more efficient
The article turned out to be a 1600+ word count multi-page article which I have posted on our Directi Wiki under the Recruitment University
Anyone involved in recruitment should read it. The article is available at – http://wiki.directi.com/x/TwDK
PS: If you wish to apply for a job at Directi, visit our careers portal at http://careers.directi.com
4 Sep, 2008
Ethics in journalism and the Metcalfe law
Posted by Bhavin Turakhia | (2) Comments
I, alongwith my team, have spent the last two full days in fire-fighting, false and inaccurate, libelous and defamatory claims against Directi by a certain Garth Bruen at Knujon and Jart Armin and James Mcquad at Hostexploit, compounded multifold thanks to the Network effect of the Internet.
For the full story check out our post on the Directi blog – Our official response to inaccurate reports which falsely implicate the Directi Group
In short, Knujon and HostExploit published two independent online reports incorrectly linking Directi to certain miscreants responsible for fraudulent activities on the Internet. Their research was entirely flawed and their reports filled with factual inaccuracies.
Within record time, these posts were picked up by over 15 other news sites and reported as if accurate with additional conclusions left to the imagination of the respective journalists. What shocked me personally is neither the original posters (Garth / Jart / James) nor any of the journalists responsible for the follow-up aftermath extended a basic common courtesy of contacting us for comments, let alone for validating any of the claims. The whole episode has caused considerable irreversible damage to our reputation, ended up wasting significant resources within our organization, and left several misconceptions in the minds of thousands of readers worldwide concerning abuse on the Internet.
Journalism has existed way before the Internet, and a common ethical code of responsible reporting is assumed in this profession. With the Internet however the responsibility is significantly compounded, given the fact that any published story is now re-published multiple times, blogged about, indexed, archived, forwarded, shared, favorited, bookmarked, dugg, twitterred within moments of publication, repeatedly, by netizens worldwide, and all this information continues to exist in the cyberspace, google cache, browser cache, proxies, web archives, offline stores and many other sources – ad infinitum.
Anyone making any public claims / statements on the Internet now has significant power, and, in the words of Peter Parker – “With great power comes great responsibility”. I can only hope that the various reporters / news agencies who we have been in touch with, learn from this experience, and do not, in their haste to churn out the next sensational news story, ignore the fundamental tenets of responsible and ethical reporting.
5 Jan, 2008
Directi wins the Times Ascent Pinkslip award
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Directi won the ‘PinkSlip Choice’ Award for the “most innovative recruitment advertisement”. The ad was our third recruitment ad for Times Ascent.
Spearheaded and executed by our in-house marketing and design team, the ad reflects one of our fundamental principles – which is – “We like to stand out in everything we do”. At Directi creativity is expected in every task. Directi is the only company so far (I think) that has won this award without outsourcing the ad to an Advertising agency.
26 Nov, 2007
Lucky 13: Our rank in the Deloitte and Touche Fast 50 list
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Directi was ranked in the Deloitte and Touche Technology Fast 50 list for the 3rd consecutive year (2006-2007). This time we improved upon last year, garnering 13th position (as compared to 17th last year) with a compounded annual growth rate of 547%. The title is somewhat of a misnomer given that luck had nothing to do with this. Credit goes to the relentless effort of our amazing team.
Directi was the only company in the Top 15 to have won this award 3 years in a row, a commendable feat, considering that each year becomes the baseline for the next year.
(Divyank collecting the award – Looking smart as ever 
)
As I always say … this is just the beginning, and there are many more to come 
