Former Apple employee creates app to connect millions of Indians with jobsBut it's not available on iOS...
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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...
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Former Apple employee creates app to connect millions of Indians with jobs
