Boise man launches national contract and day work jobs website

BOISE, Idaho - April 4, 2013 - PRLog -- BOISE, IDAHO — LaborFeed.com, a new jobs website – with a twist – announced its national launch today.

As the well-defined career path becomes more elusive, this free online service connects people who need work (http://jobsfornow.com/2013/03/18/keep-calm-and-do-more-contract-and-day-work/) with immediate day work job opportunities. (http://www.laborfeed.com)

LaborFeed.com founder and CEO Rod Adams, a Boise native and resident, said he created the new website out of his own need while facing unemployment.

“If you’re like me, you’ve probably spent countless hours submitting your resume into a black hole,” Adams said. “I was desperate. With a solid professional skill set, why could I not find work?”

His career search morphed into looking for construction day work, browsing some of the popular free classifieds sites, but struggling to differentiate between the MLMs, scams and legitimate ads. Most days would end in frustration and no money.

“How can I earn money? How can I wake up tomorrow and get a job? (http://jobsfornow.com/2013/01/10/five-ways-to-turn-your-l...) How many more days can I endure endlessly submitting applications into cyberspace? These are a few of the questions I was asking myself daily, for many months,” Adams said. “After filling out what felt like hundreds of applications for job postings on the big job sites, and often not hearing back, trying to find work became depressing.”

As one of millions of out-of-work Americans with a broad spectrum of skills, professional to manual labor, Adams said he wondered why he couldn’t find a reputable website to find contract or day work (http://jobsfornow.com/2013/02/05/how-to-find-contract-and...).

Out of his frustration and need, an idea was born: Create a website, with a simple interface, that aligns people looking for contract or day work with individuals or businesses that need help. Make the service free to use, include a rating system and offer an option to receive real-time job alerts.

Adams said his the LaborFeed concept addresses new employment trends (http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm) identified by the U.S. Department of Labor. (http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm) As companies lean more on temporary workers (http://www.business.com/human-resources/temporary-staffing/) in a post-recession economy, LaborFeed.com (http://www.LaborFeed.com) helps businesses and homeowners find workers to fill long or short-term contract and day work positions.

“Today’s job market landscape is different. So we’re different too,” says Rod Adams, LaborFeed.com founder and CEO. “We’re here for the laborer and the professional. Our mission is to help you find workers, find jobs and get stuff done.”

The national jobs website is geared to help contract workers and students, as well as those who are currently unemployed, find contract and day work. While most job seekers understandably hope to secure a full-time job, career experts say now is not the time to snub temporary job listings (http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2011/05/08/20110508time-consider-temporary-work.html#ixzz293Pb54lFhttp://). That’s because temp positions not only provide an income, but they can also help build new skills or enhance existing ones while making valuable connections that can lead to permanent, full-time posts.

“There are homeowners and small business in need of workers for small jobs, side jobs, contract jobs, day work and temporary work,” Adams said. “My goal is to help people who need income to find those who need workers today.”

At the same time, Adams said he wanted to keep the process simple, hence the no non-sense web interface. Whether you want to find work or you’re offering job opportunities, LaborFeed.com (http://www.LaborFeed.com) allows users to quickly create a free account and post a worker or job ad.

The main features of LaborFeed.com (http://www.laborfeed.com/) allow users to:

• post job or worker ads free of charge and get quick results
• receive real-time email notifications about newly added job opportunities or workers
• rely on user ratings to choose the right job or hire the best worker

For more information or to create a free LaborFeed account, go to www.laborfeed.com. For more updates, follow “Jobs for Now,” (http://laborfeed.wordpress.com) the LaborFeed blog (http://laborfeed.wordpress.com)