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Proven.com Joins the Fight to Help Veterans Find Employment August 5, 2011
WorkersNow Joins Congresswoman Jackie Speier June 7, 2011
San Francisco - Based WorkersNow is expanding February 17, 2011
The New WorkerExpress.com October 1, 2010
WorkerExpress Launches Web Service to Reduce Unemployment August 2, 2010
Social networking for bricklayers
Alex Konrad - July 21, 2011
Proven.com wants to prove there's a job site for skilled tradespeople somewhere between the white collar networking of LinkedIn and the anarchy of Craigslist. A site focusing on the workers' end has been up since last year.
WorkersNow: The Blue Collar Set's LinkedIn
Peter Cohan - June 6, 2011
If you're a white collar professional and want help finding a job, you can turn to LinkedIn (LNKD), among others. But what if you're a blue collar worker looking for a job doing carpentry or helping on a construction site?
MoneyTalk on KGO - Interview with CEO Pablo Fuentes
Lynn Jimenez - April 11, 2011 - Read transcript
We spoke with Pablo Fuentes, the CEO of WorkersNow, that's a California company, that has come up with a way to connect construction industry workers with people who need skilled plumbers, painters, electricians, carpenters, and others ...
Job Board Doctor - Are you awake? Lots of changes in the online recruiting world!
March 15, 2011
ERE called it a 'cloud-based temp company', and that's as close as anything. Candidates apply to WorkersNow online, the site screens them, then promotes them to employers.
San Francisco Chronicle - WorkersNow connects construction workers with jobs
Kathryn Roethel - March 5, 2011
It bothered Joe Mellin and Pablo Fuentes that unemployment in the construction industry last year had grown to more than double the U.S. jobless rate.
500 Startups - 7 New Twilio Fund Winners
March 1, 2011
WorkersNow is delivering a revolutionary hiring experience to construction contractors. Our online staffing platform brings contractors the flexibility to hire temporary labor with the convenience of expediting the hiring process.
ere.net : Saying They Want to Modernize Staffing, Three Companies Try New Models
Todd Raphael - February 9, 2011
Founded by Stanford alums, it's focusing on the construction industry. I suppose you could call it a cloud-based temp company. "No need to wait at a store every morning," it tells job candidates.
PaloAltoPatch : Stanford Grads Boost Temporary Labor Market With WorkersNow
Maggie Beidelman - December 30, 2010
Like many other Internet startups, it began in a garage. Credit cards were maxed out on the services of programmers in the Ukraine, and paychecks were a thing of the imagination.
Bloomberg Businessweek : B-School Startups: Internship Sparks WorkersNow
Sommer Saadi - December 28, 2010
After graduating from Stanford's Graduate School of Business (Stanford Full-Time MBA Profile) in June, Fuentes and Joe Mellin-a Stanford design school alum-launched WorkersNow.com, a website that provides vetted and insured workers to employers looking for temporary hires.
HR & Tech SF : iTalent by HR & Tech SF Puts Talent Startups on the Radar
December 17, 2010
Emerging as stars, WorkersNow took the top slot at iTalent. The judges found their business model sturdy and their market untapped. Indeed, WorkersNow is bringing innovation to the construction staffing business and making an impact in a $7 billion market.
Remodeling Magazine: Need a Hand?
Stacey Freed - December 7, 2010
There is "a lot of pain around finding good workers. And even if you find them, getting them on your workers' comp policy is problematic, and maybe you only need them for a few weeks - that's a hassle," ...
ConstrucTech: Tech Finds Construction Labor
November 24, 2010
Good workers are oftentimes hard to find. Companies looking for temporary construction labor can find the process complicated and at times futile, as workers are either not qualified or not overly effective.
Diane Dwyer - June 22, 2010
WorkersNow is staffing agency helping people get jobs in the construction industry.
FastCompany: WorkersNow, a Startup to Innovate Construction Labor
The D.School - May 3, 2010
WorkersNow is a funded startup that is revolutionizing the construction labor market. We were founded by Pablo Fuentes, a Stanford Business School student, and Joe Mellin, an alum of the product design program. We are taking the LaunchPad class which has helped us refine our business idea.
