In2007．fiveyoungpeopleintheAmericanstateofMassachusettsdevelopedanidea．Theteamknewthattheworldisfilledwithmobilephones．Abouteightypercentofallpeoplearesaidtolivewithinreachofawirelesstelephonesignal．

TheideawastousemobilephonesandtheInternettoconnectjobseekerswithemployers．TheyoungpeoplewroteabusinessplanandformedacompanycalledAssuredLabor．

AssuredLaborwonadevelopmentcompetitionattheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(MIT)．Threeofthefoundersweregraduatestudentsthere．

AssuredLaborisanelectronicmarketplace．Ithastwoparts．Oneisfor;theUniedStates．ThatoperationwaslaunchedinJanuaryinBoston．Itlinkspe'oplewithemployeisofferingtemporaryjobs．

Theotherarmofthebusinessisfordevelopingmarkets．Thatoperationismeanttohelppeoplegetmbfepermanentjobs．ArepresentativeiscurrentlybuildingpartnershipswithuniversitiesandinternationalcompainesinCentralAmerica．

AssuredLabor'spresidenLDavidReichsaysthecompaniesnowplacejobadvertisementsonradioorinnewspapers．Someevendrivearoundincarswithloudspeakersannouncingthatjobsareavailable．Hesaysthecompaniesareinterested．inhavingmoremodemhiringpractices．

ThroughAssuredLabprcompanieswilllistopenpositionsontheInternet．Peoplewhothinktheycoulddothejobcouldreplybytextmessagsorontheircellphones．

ThisishowthesystemworksinBoston．

Thejobsavailableincludehousecleaning．dogwalkingandhomerepai．Peoplewhowanttheirhousecleanedforexamplecanlookonlineatalistoftwentyhousekeepers．Thelisttellswhatservices．theyofferandhowmuchtheywanttobepaid．Peopleneedtwoletterspraisingtheirworktogetonthelistofserviceproviders．

TheemployerchoosesworkerstheywouldlikejtohireThecompanythensendstheworkersatextore-mailmessagesotheycanrespondquicklytoanoffer．

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