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Careers with Zen Knowledge Services

Zen Knowledge Services is always on the lookout for fresh or experienced, potential or proven talent. We especially encourage qualified and experienced Indian women on a hiatus from corporate life, and/or spouses of Indian student/business diaspora to apply.

We prefer working with postgraduates with at least one to two years of work experience, and/or one or more of the following skill sets
- Industry/Sector Knowledge
- Domain/Subject Matter expertise
- Market Research
- Project management experience in a services industry
- Global or regional business development in a services industry

There is no deadline to apply, though the earlier the better!

Essential for all applicants

1. All applicants should be eminently reliable, meaning they ought to
     (a) Consider plagiarism a vilification of their intelligence/capability
     (b) Independently deliver without active supervision
     (c) Realize that deadlines are sacrosanct-for both updates and final deliverable

2. Possible payment modes* in order of preference are
     (a) In Indian rupees vide cheques payable in India
     (b) In Indian rupees by electronic funds transfer within India
     (c) By Paypal
     (d) By wire transfers overseas
          *Charges will be deducted from your fee.

3. Unless mentioned, applicants may be located in any city, town, village, or part of India and must be legally permitted to work and earn as a freelancer. Zen Knowledge Services is not responsible for any legal or otherwise dispute regarding the legitimacy of the applicants' work with us.

4. Zen Knowledge Services cherishes both talent and relationships. Hence, we prefer to work with people who are willing to work with us in the longer term. Applicants who are 'trying it out' are welcome to, though they are expected to mention this during the selection process.

5. Most research projects are allocated to a team of two to five people. This makes best advantage of each member's individual skills. Requests for independent handling of projects are unviable, unless the applicants are extraordinarily brilliant.

Typical Project

A typical project is best exemplified by a comprehensive sector report on a particular region(s), complete with in-depth qualitative and quantitative analysis, and market-metric forecasts. The world-class deliverable is produced with a layout, formatting, figures, and tables as per client guideline or Zen Knowledge Services templates.

A guide to the typical tasks and skill sets required

. Important skill
. Critical skill

S.No	Task	Description	Spoken English	Formal Written English	Internet research guru	Familiarity with research topic	Comfort with MS-Office	Additional skills
1	Secondary Research	Extensive search on the Internet and subscription data; Contacts database collation			.		.	Resourcefulness, networking
2	Primary Research	Cold-calling, fixing interview schedules, actual tele-interviewing	.			.		Conversational skills
3	Research Plan Formulation	Questionnaire or Discussion Guide formulation as per data gaps, goals and statistical method required.		.		.	.	Identification of data gaps
4	Qualitative Analysis	(Application of business models) for analysis of market/regional trends, regulations, consumer behavior		.		.	.	Creative in data presentation, using tables and figures
5	Competitive Analysis	Product comparison, technology analysis, company profiles, financial results		.	.	.	.	Creative in data presentation, using tables and figures
6	Market Forecasts	Two-way forecasts (value/volume/share) by technology and application		.		.	.	At home with numbers, assumptions, data modeling, and statistical methods
7	Report Writing	Writing the report as per detailed client guideline on format and style. Training and support from editing will be provided		.			.	Meticulous, rule-fearing, and quality conscious
8	Language Experts	We are looking at language experts who are fluent in their respective languages (spoken)						A good understanding of business etiquette in those countries and some cultural understanding would be desirable.