Shirdi Sai baba’s guidance to make a Job website

Sairam friends,

Wish i could give a professional “About us” introduction to …… *I could not run the site. So deleted it)  that would appeal everyone who are going to make this Indian job website a success . At the same time i have to tell the story behind “Venkat Jobs” so its a personal about us page.

About Venkatraman :

I did my graduation in Visual communication with a dream to become a cinematographer.  It was 1999 , my father will get retired in a couple of years. so i decided to work as a photographer in chennai . I did got few assignments but some thing din’t worked out. I came back to my hometown and again went to chennai in 2001. I was in the editing studio of a famous editor friend of my uncle learning a bit of filmmaking and film editing..I hope. I used to walk …i love walking..at times i walk from kodambakkam to spencers or max muller bhavan – the german cultural center , not to learn german but to have tea and biscuts looking at other guys and girls who come there to learn.

Probably my hatred towards the indian education system made me suffer when i tried for better career years later and realize the truth that i have to spread the value of continuing education .

I din’t liked what i experienced in my filmmaking career and came back to hometown where all i did for almost a year was to learn some basics of web hosting and making money online . It was 2003 when i din’t even had a computer in home and i used to sit in the cybercafe for hours finally to make some websites that did earned me enough in 2004 when i really needed it.

My love for Saint Sai Baba of Shirdi :

All those who have set backs in career and personal life goes to God , Guru and i am not an exception.  Being devoted to sai from 1993 , i was hooked to the dhuni ( sacred fire ) created by shirdi sai baba and used to come around it from 2004 to 2007 almost 5 hours everyday chanting Sai naam and giving posters to sai devotees with the caption

“Give food to the hunger, water to the thirsty and Clothes to the naked then God will be pleased ” – Shirdi Sai Baba

In december 2004, i felt the need to spread the message of humanity and created

StarSai.Com – Shirdi Sai baba temple of Humanity

Teaching in Film School in Mumbai :

I was in mumbai for over a year teaching video editing softwares Avid and Final Cut pro and enjoyed every bit of it. The students liked me but as the months passed on the management din’t like me and i was out of job . In Feb 2009, i came back to my hometown as i desired to be with my parents in their old age and do some job here. I went to the college where i did my graduation and tried to join as a faculty there.

Here’s what they said in interview

“Venkatraman, You are not qualified to teach as you don’t have a post graduation”

Oh ya…i learnt this in 2009, 10 years has gone and all i can do now is a MBA in distance learning. while that was useful and will get over by 2011, I had my other responsibilities.
I tried to create network of commercial websites and failed in every single attempt.

It was july 25th 2010 , Gurupurnima, the day shirdi sai baba devotees pay their respect to their Guru . I did some work in temple with my sai friends like serving food , lit lamps, took care of holy dhuni and returned home praying Sai to show me a way.

A dream which inspired me to create VenkatJobs.com  :

I was blessed with such a dream…

I saw heap of small wooden sticks tied in bundle near the holy dwarakamai of shirdi sai baba near his sacred fire – Dhuni. Then a voice which said

” You have to bear fruits of your karma”

As soon as i hear this , i chant the holy name Sai..Sai..Sai..Saii.. with tears in eyes requesting sai to help me. Later i see myself cleaning the holy dhuni with the ashes.

The next day, i was sitting infront of my computer and worried to the core. I asked Sai , if i have to bear fruits of my karma ( bad deeds ) of previous birth then where is the guidance and blessings of Guru. I have sweep , clean and do all service in temple like a servant and then too is not the guru’s grace on me.

I thought what i would have done in my past births that i don’t have a stable career for over 10 years and the answer was

May be…
I would have made people work a lot and paid them very very less. This is a sin too according to ancient indian scriptures.

or may be .

I would have been an obstacle to many people who were trying to earn or who deserve good job.

I have been spending all these 6 years telling people what sai used to say,

Give food to the hunger and this means even when you give food to your friends when they are hungry, its a blessing…I wrote more about it in the  in this article

Giving alone can change your life

But it seems thats not enough…

To hundreds of thousands of Indians who are looking for a good job in india and abroad , i wanted to do create VenkatJobs.com

When i learn someone really got a job through a man who spent 12 years in his life without a stable career and most of his life as freelancer, it gives meaning to my life. A blessing in spiritual terms and profit if you want me to put in business terms.

and to all who read this my humble request is…

1. If you are like me who ignored to continue your education, please do it. If you are a graduate,try to do your post graduation atleast in distance learning .

2. If you are earning well, when you get a chance to help someone in their education, please do it. Even showing someone the right career choice is a favour

3. If you are already in a Job. Try to have some humanity with in yourself and with the people around you.

(I wrote this article long back and now the site has been deleted)

C.Venkatraman

27th july 2010 , Rewritten on 29 th march 2011