Jobs via GPS!

Log in for info: Veuon Founder and MD Amarlal G. Nichani at the CeBit Show.

Recruitment can go truly local — thanks to an app launched recently by Chennai-based startup, Veuon Technologies. It makes canny use of the GPS positioning function available on most smart phones to help job seekers meet job providers within a restricted area that could be a circle of 50, 30, 20 or even 5 kms in radius. Here’s how the Android app

works:

 

The job seekers’ phones will list all the prospective job providers in their preferred region. They can send their CVs to employers they select. The job providers’ phones will then list all the prospective candidates who respond to their offer. Alerts or notifications are provided when a match is found. The rest is up to prospective employer and job seeker.

 

The service is free for candidates; Employers pay Veuon a small fee which is currently below `6,000, a month, for the maximum ‘catchment area’ of 50 kms. Veuon Founder-MD Amarlal G Nichani, who demonstrated the app at the CeBit Show, says the solution will appeal to employers at both ends of the spectrum — large corporates who want to spread their net wide as well as small enterprises like shops and supermarkets who look for hyper local talent. “The mobile phone is a great enabler,” he says. “Candidates can look for available jobs nearby and often connect with employers within minutes, even uploading a selfie CV.”

 

The app was also shortlisted in the Top Ten innovation rankings, in contests from Bengaluru to Ireland. Early recruiter-users include HCL, CSS Corp and First Serve.