New career awareness portal Jobinsight help job-seekers gain an edge in their job hunt

Have you landed a lucrative job with just a couple of years of work experience and want to know how your future company really functions Of course you have done the initial research and tried to ask around but how about if the companyrsquos current employees show you the true picture and prepare you for whatrsquos really in store for you Or like every fresher you too have dreams in your eyes but donrsquot know the ground reality of various industries If yes then you can seek answers at Jobinsight a career awareness portal that has been launched last FebruaryArchit Kejriwal Faraz Potia and Rushabh Desai set up Jobinsight last year to guide professionals PIC Shadab KhanThe brainchild of three 26yearolds Archit Kejriwal Faraz Potia and Rushabh Desai the website apart from reviews also features information about various industries skills and attributes required for the roles in various companies recommendations of books and blogs current industry trends and news to help jobseekers gain an edge in their job hunt It also features a blog page with articles written by professionals about their industry that imparts job recruitment advice So you have a talent manager writing about her experiences of how she got in to the profession a pilot who doles out tips on the requisite qualifications and the recruitment process etcA page from their own lives Kejriwal Potia and Desai decided to set up this portal after they faced trying times in their professional lives Kejriwal who graduated from Jai Hind College Churchgate and has worked as a consultant in a multinational company for three years says ldquoWe were college friends and honestly didnrsquot have much information about how the recruitment process functions When companies came for campus placements I took up the first job offer that I got In hindsight that was not a clever thing to doHad I waited then my career graph would have been quite differentrdquo Potia who worked as an investment banker couldnrsquot agree more He says ldquoThe job profile was quite different from what was promised As an employee I would have loved to have some prior insight into the company and how it functioned I also realised that many people were not really aware of what an investment banker really doesrdquoA school friend of Kejriwal Desai who has worked in the renewable energy sector and graduated from the University of Texas got a culture shock of sorts when he returned to India and saw that many people didnrsquot know how to make a resume The trio decided to join hands and set up Jobinsight a selffunded venture to dispel myths and create awareness among professionalsNetworking and bridging the gap The trio who had contacts in various industries given their work experience started tapping professionals to write for their blogs pro bono They also started conducting seminars in colleges and propagated on social media to create awareness about their portal Potia says ldquoWe were very clear that we wanted the blogs as that would set us apart from other portals When a person reads it it is like a professional talking about a day in his or her life Blogs have helped us in spreading the word about ourselves We upload two blogs very weekrdquoApart from this a person visiting the portal can log on to the website with his Facebook or Twitter account fill up his personal details and also review the company that he or she is working for Kejriwal says ldquoWe know who the reviewer is but on the website it is anonymous We filter it for abusive content and have a fixed word count Also we edit all kinds of personal remarks that an employee is making about his colleagues or seniors An aspirant reading the review can get in touch with the reviewer via inmail The mail comes to us and then we forward it to the reviewer That way the reviewerrsquos identity is not revealed He or she can disclose it at his or her own discretion while interacting with the aspirantrdquoApart from these options an employee can also rate his company from 1 to 10 on the basis of salary work culture location and amenities performance appraisal and growth prospects etc Also freshers can peruse through various industries such as law advertising pharmaceutical HR consultancy sound technology etc and get an idea about function and roles major companies and books and blogs that they should read to get an idea bout the respective industriesMake the right career choiceThe trio also set up Careerinsight an offline arm of Jobinsight in May 2013 to help people make informed choices about which is the right career for them on the basis of their aptitude and interest level Potia says ldquoWe wanted to help students as well as professionals to develop the right approach towards building their career So for students we offer education counselling wherein we help students to help choose their course and college This is done after we measure their interests and values on thebasis of aptitude and psychometric tests For professionals we offer services on how to write their resumes prepare for interview etcrdquoThe founders have held workshops about mock interviews and resume services at Jai Hind College Three months ago they also tied up with Billabong School where they trained students ofclass 10 11 and 12 to conduct aptitude and personality tests ldquoWe are aiming at students so that they become wellrounded individualsrdquo says Desai The trio maintains that they are happy with the response that the portal as well as the offline arm has elicited ldquoSetting up these ventures has been a learning experience for us too The biggest transition was to evolve from employees to entrepreneurs We are looking at various monetising opportunities for our venturesrdquo Potia signs offLog on to wwwjobinsightcom orCall 022 40040640 for details