Babajob in the News

A TOI article of the rise in aspirations of blue collar workers in India. Babajob's data analysis shows how blue collar workers are becoming more and more tech savvy, which is leading to sometime quite significant increases in salaries. PS. Check out the over 300+ comments!

Babajob's CEO, Sean Blagsvedt, talks about why he chose to start a business in India instead of the US on BBC's Indian Dream series. He tells BBC, "The scale of the problems you're able to solve is bigger here, and those opportunities are harder to find in America right now."

Vinod Khosla said of the Company, “Babajob has dared to imagine a future where anyone with a phone can find a better job or hire some help, from maids to sales representatives. The efficiency that technology can bring to the large informal job market will delight even the most hardened skeptics.”

An excerpt: The Babajob office in Bangalore’s Richmond Town is buzzing. The telephones ring continuously, interrupted only by the beeping of incoming text messages. Indeed, it’s the mobile phone that’s fast becoming the backbone of this enterprise. “The reach of the mobile phone has changed everything. It is really thanks to mass mobility that we exist,” says Vir Kashyap, COO.

Babajob.com named one of 14 winners of the World's Bank 2011 India Development Marketplace, which will aid in our expansion to the Indian states of Bihar and Rajasthan.

A sweet, short mention by one of our favorite magazines:
“But many (mobile trading platforms) have other things on offer. In India, Babajob.com lists low-skilled jobs."

“If only we could figure out some way to digitize all of this information, and figure out ways to make it scale, we might be able to catalyze the escape from poverty by connecting people with some more data about their work and the job opportunities they have.” Read more..

These past few years working with babajob.com has changed my perspective on money. I am amazed at the level of waste you see globally. It is at extremes. There are lots of people on our Web site who earn USD 3 a day.” Read More..

“Any Bangalorean could confirm the observation: the city teems with laborers desperate for work, and yet wealthy software tycoons complain endlessly about a shortage of maids and cooks.” Read more..

"While many people doing blue collar jobs in India have no computer training, or no regular internet access, they generally do have mobile phones. So Babajob makes it possible for people to use their phones to create profiles, including their home areas, languages spoken and desired salaries. For a rupee-a-day fee, they can also receive daily messages with potential job matches." Read more..

Born was babajob.com, a company that connects employers with workers via web and SMS.Read more..

Babajob featured on entrepreneur magazine as ‘the village linkedin’ a portal for the poor to utilize social networks to find better jobs. Read Part 1 Read Part 2

Babajob.com set up three years ago in Bangalore, India's IT capital, helps daily wage earners and domestic workers—easily the most exploited of India's labor force—find employers online, with the Web site assisting them with references, bank accounts, and insurance.Read more..

‘What we first do is we digitize jobs seekers…They additionally could be recommended by somebody on the site’ Watch more..

‘Sean blagsvedt quit microsoft to set up a pioneering employment agency for blue collar workers through text messaging’ Watch More..

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‘The biggest reason people get out of poverty is through income diversification. This is a story that has been heard over and over again’ Watch more..