For now we are well placed in filling slots with freshers but with experienced we really slog it out… If things catch up we might have to triple our operations team size…

But such a drastic growth will create a huge imbalance until we start working on our people’s leadership skills… We must even work hard with our existing leaders to enhance their skills…

So, what is it that is expected out of a LEADER???

• Must be a risk taker….
• Must be a decision maker and take hard decisions during tough situations…
• Must be communicative with his team, managers, client and support departments…
• Love failure and must quickly take lessons and fix them or take control over situation…
• Good in team building…
• Speed in executing new things, in learning…
• Ability to take control over situations…
• Must be a good Learner…

It is time to look for talents who has the zeal to become a leader… From then have a herculian task in the training process and am expecting the support of my HR to make things a success…

Requirement #1

Position: Senior Accountant
Qualification: CA/ CA Final pursuing/ CA inter pursuing
Experience: 2-3 years
Skills: Expert knowledge in accounting and taxation. Good communication skills. Should be willing to do client visits…

Requirement #2

Position: Junior Accountant
Qualification: CA Final pursuing/ CA inter pursuing
Experience: 2-3 years
Skills: Good knowledge in accounting and taxation. Good communication skills. Should be willing to do client visits…

Requirement #3

Position: Accounts executives
Qualification: B.Com graduates
Experience: 0-1 year
Skills: Basic accounting knowledge. Should be willing to do client visits…

Requirement #4

Position: Social Networking Manager
Qualification: Under graduate
Experience: 0-1 year
Skills: Good verbal communication skills. Passion for social networking, blogging, etc…

Requirement #5

Position: Admin Assistant
Qualificayion: 10th or 12th qualified
Experience: 0 to 1 year

Requirement #6

Position: Sales executives:
Qualification: Commerce graduate or MBA
Experience: 0-2 years
Skills: Good communication skills, convincing ability and should be willing to do field visits…

Requirement #7

Position: Business Analyst
Qualification: MBA
Experience: 1-2 years
Skills: Good communication skills, convincing ability, passionate about research, sourcing clients and closing deals…

Requirement #8

Position: Telemarketing Executive
Qualification: Under graduate
Experience: 0-1 year
Skills: Good communication skills, convincing ability and good command over the English language…

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Required Skills: Proficient in PHP, knowledge on PHP based framework/CMS like Dolphin, Joomla, WordPress, CodeIgniter etc…

Qualification: Any professional degree with good analytical skills and good communication skills…

Experience: Fresher / 3 months

No. Of Openings: 8

Shift: Day / Night

Location: Madurai

Requirement #2

Position: Search Engine Optimisers

Required Skills: Excellent reading, writing and speaking skills in English. Excellent knowledge in Internet, Internet tools, Good Analytical skills and Basic knowledge about Search Engines Algorithms (particularly google panda algorithm)…

Qualification: Any degree with excellent communication skills… Also should be Computer Literate…

Experience: 3 to 6 months

No. Of Opening: 1

Shift: Night

Location: Madurai

Requirement #3

Position: Business Development Executive – Female

Required Skills: Good written and oral communication…

Qualification: MBA / BBA

Experience: Fresher

No. Of Opening: 1

Shift: Day

Location: Madurai

Requirement #4

Position: Business Development Executive – Male

Skills: Good written and oral communication…

Qualification: MBA / BBA

Experience: 1+ years

No. of Opening: 1

Shift: Night

Location: Madurai

Requirement #5

Position: HR Manager

Skills: Good communication, knowledge on recruitment and all HR relates responsibilities…

Qualification: MBA

Experience: Fresher – 1 Year

No. of Opening: 1

Shift: Day

Location: Madurai

• Humans can always change in this World…
• Day taught me the difference between Rich & Wealthy…
• The day showed me what Depression is…
• The day showed me true & fake faces around me…

Over all it was that one day which pushed me to the bottom morally, emotionally & financially… Itz been 3 long years and still I couldn’t believe I here & fighting… That one day has changed my Life for ever… After 3 years when I look back I’m more than happy for what has happened in my life… Today I’m more independent & pursuing my goals independently…

Though I was betrayed & backstabbed by a Human it is same Humans who stood by me & helped me to fight back… Without them I could have not proved what I’m today… All this was not possible without following people and I take this opportunity to Thank them for the amount of support they gave me during the time of need… So, these are the special ones to whom I owe a lot;

Major Karthik: Truly I totally gave up as I was morally & financially broke… I thought I couldn’t create an empire which I created all these years… I started looking for Jobs abroad… But it was this gentleman who changed everything… He said he has seen me as a Boos & he loved to seem me as a boss… He said what ever it is he will be with me & he even quit his job when he had dependent parents & a pregnant wife… The amount of confidence he had it on me gave me that much needed strength… He helped me raise my morals…

Then he was instrumental in helping me to form a core team… It was he who convinced Bala Subramaniam, Sathick & Senthil Guru to join Cogzidel… He played & is playing a vital role in my come back story…

Dear Major,

Thanks for standing by me during my troubled times & for continuing that support till date.. You are always special for me & I owe a  lot… Thanks for everything mate…

Regards,
Anand

Bala Murugan: He is someone who is totally opposite to me in terms of academics, character,  knowledge everything… I’ve known him only though my ex-friend who had let me down… Bala was head of finance of a ESPN company Cricinfo.com & itz been a 7 month association… After Major it was Bala who was ready to partner with me & like Major he was with me during my troubled times… When a person of such credentials wanted to join me when everyone have almost written me off was a big moral booster… I’ve nice nostalgic moments were I’ve travelled to Bangalore for many business meetings…

Bala you are one special person in my life & thanks for being with me…

Bala Krishnan: Both had a sore experience because of the same person in our life… Bala quit my previous company which I founded & he took up a good / stable Job in a reputed company… After all confrontations were over , after settling all legal battles & when I was ready to Start Cogzidel… I asked Bala if he can join my start-up… To be frank I was not expecting a positive response from him… But to my surprise he immediately agreed to join me… This was another moral boosting situation…

Bala I still remember my visits to your room where you got me lunch from Saravana Bhavan… And our meeting in Sri Krishna Sweets, Gandhi Nagar where you agreed to Join Cogzidel… Thanks for all the support you have given me Bala…

Boopathi: He was the fourth person to Join me… He was the man behind all the office of Cogzidel & he is another important person in my Life… He is a go getter & I got a lot of aggression from him… I got a lot a console because of him as he use to blast all my back stabbers… He helped us in build the much needed infrastructure for the company…

Boopathi do you remember our travel to Madurai where I showed you a dirty open space… The lunch at Major’s house & Dinner at Konar Kadai …

Sathick: I’ve never interacted with him though he worked for me in my previous company… One day Major called me to Bangalore to show me the Core team of Cogzidel Technologies… I saw this enthusiastic gentleman who was ready to join me… I must really thank him because of taking the risk or joining a startup & legal scare from the previous company… Even in Madurai he was with me when I was going thru the moments of loneliness…

Sathick do you remember when we travelled on a rainy day and went to a movie Crossing Tracks in PVR Cinemas?? Also I remember watching Laadam in Ambigai Cinemas & Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu in Mini Priya…

Venkat Ramanan: Next to Join us was Ramanan… He is silent, witty & comes with one liners n punches… I’m very much thankful for his dedication and for staying with us this long by having a flat salary all these years… He even lent his money when we were really struggling to make ends meet… Ramanan you are one special person whom I owe a lot & thanks for all the support you gave & continue giving… I prey god to help grow CCS to great heights where in I can pay back for all your unconditional help and support…

Vimala: She joined my previous company when I was out of that company… When CCS was started she wanted to join us but she was really scared… But I don’t know how she finally got that courage to join us… I must say she is also as dedicated like Ramanan & a work-o-holic… She single handedly managed most of the accounting operation for more than a year… I’ve seen her traveling in hot sun in public transport to save cost, she had stayed long hours to complete her work, she digested abuses of some hard clients & she has even worked during holidays to finish the work… She even took half pay when we were having cash crunch & she lent her credit card to make settlements…

I know she is overcoming traumatic times these days & still I’ve never seen her out of work… She is one big inspiration in my life & she demands a Big role in CCS… I wish CCS grows quickly just to give it back to Vimala & Ramanan…

Senthil Guru: Again I’ve not interacted much with Senthil but like Sathick he was another pick by Major… He helped us build our first product CogzidelTemplates & Beatz… He joined us ignoring the legal consequences he has to face form his previous employer… Though he is not with Cogzidel today I’m grateful to him for being with me in time of need…

It is because of all these people I was able to make this come back & prove to the world that my first journey was not just a fluke but it is a experience for me to create History… I wish god gives me more opportunity to give back to these folks and be associated with them for ever…

Reached Madurai & I was picked by Major… He gave me Road Trip CD to watch which both of us use to hunt for & finally he got thru it… And day started with Road Trip & then started the confusion part… An essential document required as a part of documentation… Then Bala promised to send it before 12 in the noon & he kept to his words…

By the time I signed and Jegan reached the bank; manager of the bank left for some field visit… I got down as the entire purpose of my travel would have become waste if the work was not completed on the same day… The reason is;

• We wasted a lot of time because of a useless NBFC Sriram City Union… They prolonged our application with lots of crazy policies & finally they were not offering the loan amount which we needed…
• We badly needed a Gen Set as we have 3 hours of scheduled power cut along with some sundry hours which is not scheduled…

Finally I got a call from Jegan by 4  o clock asking me to come to the Bank to finish the formalities… Then it was a 30 min documentation formality & I had to sign some 15 – 20 pages… Any I immediately got the Demand Draft in the name of the vendor…

I take this opportunity to thank my friend Laxman without whom this would not have happened because;

• I didn’t have an account with the Bank.
• No rapport with the Manager.
• Gave no collateral.

It was only for Laxman’s face value and thanks a lot my friend for this timely help… I’ll definitely bring you pride dude … Also I must thank the Branch Manager for taking the risk & offering us this loan… Jegan for his constant follow-ups & co-ordination between Bank Manager & CCS and making this happen… Also must thank Bala Murugan for his efforts to prepare all documents requested by the Bank…

• Got calls till 2 AM & it started pouring from 7 AM… I got up by 10 AM and started picking and reverting calls…
• Then emails were pouring from midnight… Parallel task 1 is to reply to emails while talking…
• Then it was pouring wishes in FaceBook… Parallel task 2 is to reply FB wishes while replying to emails & picking calls …
• Then Got a call from Hotel Accord Metropolitan to wish me for my birthday… I asked them to book table for 12 people & my bad luck all tables were full… I got a bit nervous and upset because I asked all my folks not to carry lunch…
• I asked Boopathi to book for some other star hotels for buffet & almost all star hotels were full with reservations …
• Then I started to office by 12.30 PM & reached office by 1 PM… While driving I got the news that no hotel had free table including Green Park… Then I called a influential friend of mine & bang we got table in Green Park & that too with a discount with 30%…
• After doing some small task we immediately started to Green Park… We were made to wait for 30 min to get the table…
• In the mean time I found a friend of mine & invited me for a drink… After two shots to tequila I joined the team for lunch…
• Before lunch I was asked to cut the cake & time to receive the gift by Team…
• As usual it was time to pull down each other & time for showing our lighter side… Though we can’t blog about the fun we had… We spent almost 3 hours which ran in a jiffy…
• To my surprise Bill I received was Rs.3600/- for a 10 member buffet…
• Came back to office & gave home made cakes from Cakes Allure…
• Then I went to Adambakkam office and must thank Aravind who made the moment special by putting my true age “22″ …

I must thank Bala Murugan, Boopathi, Ramanan, Sowmya, Soniya, Patrick, Sangeetha, Suganthi & Brigadeesh for making the day special… I really missed Vimala (first person who wished me ) & Dhanalakshmi… Here are some snaps of the special moment;

Here is the message I sent & the typo is marked in red;

Cogzidel Job Opening

Profile : Business Development
Experience : Fresher
Qualification : MBA
Requirements;
1.) Good Communication Skills & fluency in English.
2.) Good attitude to learn & ability to work indecently & with teams.
Location : Chennai
Gender : Female
Salary : Rs.8000/- PM

Pls pass me if you have any reference or help me by passing it to your friends. Resumes can be emailed to anand@cogzidel.com

Actually what I meant was Independently & not indecently… So, my lessons from this experience is;

• Never send messages without proof reading…
• Never send a message when am in half sleep…
• Never trust spell checker blindly…

When I was thinking on the reason for slow progress on all opening I wanted to try different process to;

• Close the openings for smooth functioning…
• Create a methodology for HR – Recruitment Process…

Of that I wanted to try the power of networking and I tried posting it on FaceBook, Blog and other social networking forums… Unfortunately I didn’t get the response and later I found our the reason that my posts got buried under numerous messages that gets listed on the wall…

The I wanted to give a try by sending an SMS to all friends about the requirement… With the help BlackBerry I was able to shoot (SMS) the content to all my friends… Also I did this around 3 AM when I was about to crash… To my surprise when I got up in the morning i already got 3 reference from my friends… Also in the subsequent days I started getting calls from a lot of people…

I must thank my friends because they forwarded the message to their friend list even if they didn’t have any reference… Finally we closed the long pending requirement for Admin Assistant…

So here is the SMS text sent to my friends;

Cogzidel Job Opening

Profile : Admin Assistant
Experience : Fresher
Qualification : Not Particular
Requirements;
1.) Reading & Writing knowledge on Tamil & English.
2.) A two wheeler. Conveyance will be provided.
Location : Chennai
Gender : Male
Salary : Rs.8000/- PM

Pls pass me if you have any reference or help me by passing it to your friends. Resumes can be emailed to anand@cogzidel.com