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Title: Former Apple employee creates app to connect millions of Indians with jobs Post by: HCK on August 14, 2020, 04:05:17 pm Former Apple employee creates app to connect millions of Indians with jobs
But it's not available on iOS... What you need to know A former Apple employee is helping millions of Indians find jobs. Nirmit Parikh has created Apna to help India's millions of low-skilled, migrant laborers. 1.25 million have signed up for the app, and over 1 million interviews have been arranged as a result. A new Bloomberg report has revealed how a former Apple employee has created Apna, a job app to connect millions of migrant laborers in India with work. From the report: Parikh, a 32-year-old Apple Inc. alum with an MBA from Stanford, has created Apna, which he envisions as a sort of LinkedIn for non-English-speaking, nonaffluent Indians. When these people move to the cities, they typically find work via small-time employment agencies or on street corners crowded with men and women waiting for someone to hire them for a few hundred rupees a day. With Apna, job seekers enter their name, age, and skills to generate a virtual "business card" that's passed out to employ... Source: Former Apple employee creates app to connect millions of Indians with jobs (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/-f8j1SQi31o/former-apple-employee-creates-app-connect-millions-indian-migrant-laborers-work) |