Hourly In The News

For the Unemployed, Jobs May be Found in Hours, Versus Weeks and Months

While the Labor Department reports that the average length for a job seeker to find employment is between 5-26 weeks, members of Hourly.com are getting it done in less than 1 week, and over the Christmas Holiday, had a job posted and placed in under 2 hours. Developed to address the needs of the new gig-economy and growing flexible workforce, Hourly was created to get job seekers and small-to-mid sized businesses back to work quickly and easily.

Hour.ly – The Social Employment Site

Hour.ly’s mission is to get you back to work an hour at a time. For employers and employees alike, to spend less time looking and more time working through our advanced job-matching engine.

Working Hour.ly:

As the world of careers and jobs have continued to change, so has the way we feel about them. There have been standards for employer and employee expectations that have changed a lot of the past several years. Employees want more, expect more, and are doing things differently. The overall mentality of ‘the norm‘ when it comes to working has changed.

5 Valuable Online Communities for Freelancers:

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Many people are exploring the option of freelancing in today’s marketplace, whether it’s for extra money or more flexible hours. Whatever the motivation, becoming a part-time or full-time freelancer isn’t as easy as it seems.

Hour.ly Review – Online Employment Network

What can you use the application for? Hour.ly names itself the employment network for freelancers, temps, part time and hourly workers. The website invites users to sign up and create a professional profile. Using this information, Hour.ly matches the user up with available jobs. Employers can visit Hour.ly as another place to list their available positions. Workers can apply to as many jobs as they like.

Looking for a job? Hour.ly Interviews With Tinychat:

Job searching still continues for many people. Amongst friends, some have been unemployed for two or more years. Some of the best opportunities don’t always come from a dazzling resume either. The on-going quest of figuring out what people want can be mind numbing. The best advice I ever received is: “make a resume stick to an employer’s hands for more than 30 seconds.”

Hour.ly Lets Employers Interview Potential Temp Hires With Browser Based Video Chat:

Hour.ly, a New York City startup that matches temporary job seekers and freelancers with prospective gigs and employers online, unveiled two new features and partnerships on Tuesday with Trufina and Tinychat.
Co-founded by Brooke and Lynn Dixon, Hour.ly has been in pre-revenue, beta mode since September 2010. The bootstrapped company’s newest site features should have it generating and sharing revenue in the second quarter of 2011.

Standing In The Unemployment Line? Hour.ly Might Have Work For You:

Hour.ly is web startup designed to find the user work an hour at a time. It has seen tremendous growth since its launch (ironically on Labor Day 2010) and has been helping put America back to work ever since.

Hour.ly Finds You Work, An Hour At A Time:

Hour.ly is a new online staffing service that aims to connect individuals looking for temporary, part-time or even hourly work with employers who are looking to fill their part-time work positions faster. Unlike freelancing sites where contractors have to move quickly at the end of each project for finding a new one, with hour.ly, they simply need to fill out their profile and the company finds a job for them.