An idea worthy of development.
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Grant Parnell wrote:
> Thought of something else on the way home, here it is in point form:-
>
> * co-op website with linux 'service' organisations
> * linux workers can login & create a skills/location profile
> (perhaps an ABN with a password?)
> * people wanting work done can create a job profile
> { by job I mean a one off project of a few hours or days maybe }
> * either party can look for jobs/workers
> * when the job is complete the requestor fills out a brief satisfaction
> survey (quality, price, timing)
> * worker can counter review the customers remarks
> * people can see the results of previous work
> * should be pretty much automated to avoid bias
> * various sorting options
> * optionally put your rates online
> * If enough business comes out of it maybe employ someone to answer to a
> phone/fax number and basically use the website on the client's behalf (or
> perhaps the workers too?)
>
> This is meant to address 2 problems, a) customers & workers finding each
> other and b) how to decide who's worth their salt.
>
> Problems -
>
> head hunters - why should they get a cut for using the site..
> Alternately, maybe they should fund it?
>
> Funding - it's going to cost *something* to setup & run, maybe that could
> be absorbed by a few of us with vested interest, consider it part of your
> 'advertising' budget.
>
>
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