{"id":36498,"date":"2018-02-23T17:16:40","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T16:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/?p=36498"},"modified":"2019-04-26T14:50:34","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T12:50:34","slug":"frenchtechfriday-show-your-skills-with-amazjob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/2018\/02\/frenchtechfriday-show-your-skills-with-amazjob\/","title":{"rendered":"#FRENCHTECHFRIDAY: Show your skills with Amazjob"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Not every day, do you get to witness the debut of a new startup. Yet, this is the case for Amazjob<\/a>, a French Tech startup that launched its platform <\/span>just<\/span><\/span> a few weeks ago. And it could be a game changer.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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“We all have skills, why not share them?”<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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This is the basis of Alexandre Fran\u00e7ois’ idea. Everybody has skills besides those used in the workplace. Seldom are they used outside of home although everyone could <\/span>benefit from<\/span><\/span> them. This is not new. Services platforms have blossomed. Most of them offer the same thing: an exchange of services. A good Samaritan platform in a way.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The real difference with Amazjob is that people (here called “jobbers”) get paid for their hardship<\/span><\/span>. The “needers”, those in need of a service, also get benefits through the platform. Partnerships have <\/span>been sealed<\/span><\/span> with insurance companies to cover the services. This makes a big difference with other platforms. How would you feel about asking someone on the internet to do some plumbing work over at your house? Completely trusting or <\/span>slightly<\/span><\/span> worried. What if you knew the job <\/span>was covered by<\/span><\/span> such a big company as Axa?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Alexandre is one of those do-it-all individuals. Entrepreneur yet handyman and musician (amongst other things). Sure, he had seen online social networks that connect people but not all jobs are equal. <\/span>For bigger jobs, people tend to ask professionals, yet many individuals are quite capable even though they don’t make a living out of it<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It’s after <\/span>being asked<\/span><\/span> repeatedly<\/span><\/span> for some handiwork that he got the idea.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The vision of Amazjob is not <\/span>just<\/span><\/span> to connect the jobber and the needer. <\/span>There is a long-term vision with the hope that the benefits of the service will prompt people to go through the platform even when already connected<\/span><\/span>. Several extra modules make up Amazjob albeit not all are running yet. They encompass “price negotiation”, “gamification”, “jobber coaching”, smart emails and smart push. “Amazcamp” is the community’s thinktank. <\/span>The aim is to create communities of ambassadors and offer each jobber a chance to upgrade their skills<\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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This creative solution came to the attention of the French Tech that awarded a 30 000 \u20ac grant to develop the concept<\/span><\/span>. Not only did the platform come to life very recently but the first deal has <\/span>been made<\/span><\/span> last week. <\/span>The team approached university students in the Rennes vicinity as they are early adopters of any solution to make a little money<\/span><\/span>. But this is <\/span>just<\/span><\/span> a first step, the service is by no means meant to restrict the type of jobbers.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Besides jack-of-all-trades Alexandre, the team of four will <\/span>expend<\/span><\/span> this year. <\/span>Currently, Valentin, Sophie, Marion and Antoine cover all the development both business and web<\/span><\/span>. They will soon get some reinforcement with interns and new employees. Their motto is Carpe Diem. Make something great and enjoy it every step of the way.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Make sure you keep an eye on Amazjob:\u00a0if testing is currently taking place in Brittany, the whole of France is next on the roadmap<\/span><\/span>. And by the way, what is YOUR skill?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Not every day, do you get to witness the debut of a new startup. Yet, this is the case for Amazjob, a French Tech startup that launched its platform just a few weeks ago. And it could be a game changer. \u00a0 “We all have skills, why not share them?” \u00a0 This is the basis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":36500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10564],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tech-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rudebaguette.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}