So yesterday I read an interesting article on Green&White. UFone GSM has launched UJob Portal that allows customers to apply for jobs right from their mobile phones. Wow! About time! Well not really but let’s not kill it right away shall we?
So how does UFone tell us all about this awesome feature?
Finding your dream job is now, just an SMS away. U-Job Alerts now gives you access to thousands of job announcements as posted on Pakistan’s Leading Job Portal, ROZEE.PK.
Hmm.. “dream job” an “SMS” away. Yes that’s what I want, I want you to spam with me SMS alerts for every single job that is posted on Rozee.pk — like you couldn’t just spam my inbox so I can look through them when I had a few minutes and apply for them with a proper resume.
To me this is a prime example of a product shoved into a space where it doesn’t belong. It is uterly useless and someone at UFone should be held responsible for making this decision.
I am not even going to bother explaining why is it a bad idea from an employer’s point of view, let alone candidate’s point of view. But if you are looking for job, my personal recommendation to you would be NOT to use UJob to apply for a job. I know I won’t hire you if you applied through the mobile.
1. It is a cricket game. Looks awesome and with P2P features, I can’t wait to get my hands on it.
2. It is made by a Pakistani company. I don’t even know of any other game that has been developed and released from Pakistani company.
It will be interesting to see how successful does this get. I am not sure if they are releasing any console versions of the game, so if the guys from Mindstorm Studio read this post, can you please comment on this?
Very interesting and thought provoking. So what does this mean to us entrepreneurs who are trying to put a solution in front of our customers. If you are making a new social network, does it fall under the same problem? Too many choices for the end user and they might not be satisfied with your product.
I think it is important to consider this question when developing your product. Will your customers be able to identify it as something different, something new? Are you making just another ______ (whatever that is)? or are you creating a whole new product that will make your customers say “Gee I never thought I needed this solution until I saw this..”
It is very easy to fall into this trap. Don’t go for the generic stuff, create a brand. Make yourself unique.
When I first read a tweet from various Pakistani twitter users about @farhanmasood‘s initiative of creating twitter avatars with green background and such, I had a weird feeling (very weird). So today when I read on PakCrunch about this same topic and how Imran Hussain had a similar feeling, I was relieved.
I love my country, I don’t need to prove it to anyone by my twitter stream. Actually I agree with Imran that no one cares how much you love your country. I think what is important to do this August 14th, is to make an aim. Yes we all love to make aims in life. So let’s make an aim that whatever we are trying to do to improve Pakistan — whether it is by starting a company, launching a new product, cleaning our neighbourhoods, helping others in whatever way possible — whatever it is, let’s keep on doing it.
Show your love for your country by your actions, not by tweets alone.
While I applaud Farhan for what he is doing, I really do think that his talent and skills can be put to better use rather than creating these avatars. We have bigger fishes to catch, we have bigger problems to solve. Let’s use our talent for productive activities.