Babajob - Social Networking for Laborers in India

Saturday, November 3. 2007

Some 2,000+ laborers in Bangalore have registered on a new online jobs and networking service called Babajob. This has been written up in the IHT and NYTimes and elsewhere, and there is an informative video of founder and former Microsoft guy Sean Blagsvedt, talking about it.

What others have said, and what I see as innovative with Babajobs is:
-it's designed to directly help people who are likely not online and will not soon have their own computers
-it plays off the importance of connections and referrals in India (hm... where is that not important?) by showing interconnections
-it pays "mentors" who help connect people they know with jobs, thus adding some effective lubrication to the whole system

What Blagsvedt has started here is really revolutionary and a great example of a private sector efforts that will help transform social issues.

Some other coverage and blogging
Babajob blog
TrendHunter
World Bank Private Sector Development - PSD
Technorati

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