Will You Get You Next Job By Bidding?

They say that recessions spur a tremendous amount of innovation and out-of-the-box thinking because smart, well-qualified people lose their jobs for reasons other than performance. The job market gives people the push they need to take the otherwise scary leap to be their own boss. A relatively new website called "Jobaphiles" takes a different approach and lets you either a) post a job and let people bid on how little they would take the job for (and supply their qualifications of course) or b) bid on a job that someone else has posted.

I think its an interesting concept, though it seems to me that most of the jobs are entry level or college student type temporary jobs. For example, there are plenty of babysitting, bartender, assistant and web content jobs. All relatively low skill and high turnover positions. This isn't surprising, since most employers are concerned with quality over the lowest option for more high end positions. I think its safe to say most people would rather have the best doctor or lawyer they can afford than the absolute cheapest one out there.

Jobaphiles is worth checking out, it might take off, but I think there are plenty of freelance websites out there where pro's will get your job done cheaper and probably with better quality. I think if the site attracts more users and tweaks its model, then it stands a chance to build something really useful off of the basic idea job auction idea.

Anyone out there have experience using the site? I would guess based on the relatively sparce job offerings that the site is relatively new.

Link: Jobaphiles

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