Mobile app, FindWork, aims to boost blue-collar job market

By: Ram Christian Agustin and Rhosedel Grace Gabac

FindWork, an online job search platform kick-started by Kevin Williams, that teamed up with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and TrueMoney in the Philippines to cater to the blue-collar job market
“This platform is new to the market but it’s going to be a very big game-changer,” said Williams, the co-founder and chief executive of FindWork. “It’s not about just the technology. It’s about the people that we are reaching out to.”
FindWork aims to register the current two million blue-collar workers and an upcoming two million graduates in its system under the partnership with TESDA.  The company focuses on helping the underserved “traba-hunters” or highly-trained blue-collar workers who are always seeking job opportunities.
“We, in Tesda, are happy indeed that we finally have the partnership with FindWork. We found solution with them,” said TESDA director Cariza Dacuma.
The company’s interface aims to streamline the usual tedious process of job applications to be more efficient with features such as advanced matching and job offer social advertising algorithms, fingerprint plus and an in-platform messenger.
An application tracking system categorizes all applications sent by matching scores and prioritizing the most qualified, while an algorithm features jobs from social media paid campaigns.
The in-app chat platform directly connects hiring companies to their selected applicants which avoids spam and fraud that is common on external messaging apps.  As an added form of security, FindWork will check the credibility and legitimacy of the hiring companies on the platform.
“Every time that a company registers, that company will not have access to post a live job until that company is 100-percent verified by our local team. We’ll call them, and many times our team will visit them to ensure that they are a real life company,” said Williams.
“Our mission is not just to create a fantastic job search platform, not just to create a fantastic human resources 2.0.  It’s to bridge the gap, to connect job seekers, hiring companies, opportunity, and financial inclusivity for a very, very long time,” he added.