用手机帮你找工作
在美国马萨诸塞州的五位年轻人开发了一种新想法，这个想法就是通过手机和互联网把求职者和雇主联系起来。这些年轻人写了一份商业计划书，接着成立了一家名叫劳动保障的公司。劳动保障公司就是一个电子化市场。它由两个部分组成，一部分针对美国。这块经营一月份在波士顿启动，就是把人们和提供临时工作的雇主联系起来。
In two thousand seven, five young people in the American state of Massachusetts developed an idea. The team knew that the world is filled with mobile phones. About eighty percent of all people are said to live within reach of a wireless telephone signal.
The idea was to use mobile phones and the Internet to connect job seekers with employers. The young people wrote a business plan and formed a company called Assured Labor.
Assured Labor won a development competition at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Three of the founders were graduate students there.
Assured Labor is an electronic marketplace. It has two parts. One is for the United States. That operation was launched in January in Boston. It links people with employers offering temporary jobs.
The other arm of the business is for developing markets. That operation is meant to help people get more permanent jobs. A representative is currently building partnerships with universities and international companies in Central America.
Assured Labor's president, David Reich, says the companies now place job advertisements on radio or in newspapers. Some even drive around in cars with loudspeakers announcing that jobs are available. He says the companies are interested in having more modern hiring practices.
Through Assured Labor, companies will list open positions on the Internet. People who think they could do the job could reply by text message or on their cell phones.
This how the system works in Boston:
The jobs available include house cleaning, dog walking and home repair. People who want their house cleaned, for example, can look online at a list of twenty housekeepers. The list tells what services they offer and how much they want to be paid. People need two letters praising their work to get on the list of service providers.
The employer chooses workers they would like to hire. The company then sends the workers a text or e-mail message so they can respond quickly to an offer.
After a job is completed, the employer and employee rate each other. The rating is kept for future use. Assured Labor is not charging anyone right now, but the plan is to have employers pay for the service.
