Problem
Workers from the informal sector and their contractors/individual employers find it hard to connect with each others. Platforms like linkedin has not been made keeping such users in mind. More recently, due to the lockdown, many laborers in India have shifted from large cities to their native villages. Once the lockdown is over, a large subset of these people is expected to search for jobs in cities again. There is no easy way for them to apply for jobs from their remote villages.
Currently used solution
Currently, the laborers get contracts in the following ways:
- The laborers contact contractors who they already know/have already worked with
- The contractors contact laborers who they already know/have already worked with
- Laborers stand near railways and other known locations so that contractors can go there and get access to them
Idea
An android platform for contractors/individual employers and workers.
Current User Interface
Contribution tips
The project is in an early stage and so we require all kinds of contribution including but not limited to:
- Designing the logo
- Designing the UX of the app
- Architecting the project
- Contributing to the android Java code
- Contributing to the REST server code
- Contributing to database
- Converting texts from English to different Indian languages
- Help address all the personal information privacy concerns
- Help address all the security concerns
- Help manage the project
- Help test the product
- Most importantly help cheer ourselves up!
Contact
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| * Ajay Nair ajaynair59@gmail.com | * Rishabh Pandita rishabh.pandita@gmail.com |
| * Masters student at the Carnegie Mellon University | * Masters student University of Florida 2018 |
| * WhatsApp +14126268877 |
Slack workspace
https://join.slack.com/t/karam2/shared_invite/zt-ffltc2x1-_Yn1bEgEQ7wrfVOajxLFgw
Required attributes
- Cheap
- Rationale: Cannot expect laborers or contractors to pay
- No dependency on high bandwidth internet
- Rationale: Laborers may not have access to high bandwidth internet
- Easy to use
- Rationale: Labourers may not be good at using computers, websites, etc.
- Multiple language support
- Rationale: Labourers belong to different regions and not all of them know Hindi and English.