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Increasing Usage of Social Networking Sites in Brazil: Facebook vs Orkut
Facebook finally overtook Google’s social networking service, Orkut, in Brazil (article here). In 2011, Facebook added nearly 24 million new users to reach 36 million monthly uniques, while Orkut grew from 33 million to 34 million. Although Orkut has not seen any drop-off in users, given the wide discrepancy of the two companies’ user growth [...]
The Continuing Importance of Texting in Emerging Markets
Here is a cool article showing that texting is becoming ubiquitous across both wealthy and developing countries: Global Texting Rampant, Generates Billions In U.S. Revs. Today in the United States, with the rise in the use of social media, texting has begun to feel like an antiquated feature of our mobile phones. It turns out, [...]
Mexico’s 2012 Minimum Wage, Expected 2012 Inflation rate, and Current Unemployment: Job Creation Critical to Mexico’s Economic Success
Mexico’s Labor Ministry has increased the minimum wage for 2012 by 4.2 percent, bringing the minimum wage in Mexico City (and all of zone A) to 62.33 pesos (the equivalent of ~$4.60 per day). This increase is slightly higher than the 2011 minimum wage increase of 4.1 percent, and is higher than the expected rate [...]
Mobile Phone Growth Trends across the World
Mobile Phone Growth Trends across the World
Check out this great short film made by the Praekelt Foundation describing the amazing growth in computer and mobile technology that is allowing our world to get connected. Although the video is focused on Africa, it is clear that decreasing costs and increasing penetration of mobile technology is transforming [...]
Smartphone Penetration in Latin America
Smartphone Penetration in Latin America
As I boarded my flight back to San Francisco, it was impossible not to notice that nearly every passenger already seated was reading on their iPad, typing emails on their Blackberry, or using apps on their iPhone 4S. With a 63 percent smartphone penetration in North America, the prevalence of smartphones [...]
Jobs in Brazil: The State of the Brazilian Labor Market
State of the Brazilian Labor Market
As the world looks to emerging markets to find new growth opportunities, Brazil has shone forth as a rising star. Brazil’s GDP stood at approximately $2.1 trillion in 2010. The agriculture, industry, and services sectors contributed 6 percent, 28 percent, and 66 percent of Brazil’s GDP, respectively.[1] From 1996 until [...]
PRISA DIGITAL PARTNERS WITH ASSURED LABOR AS IT ADDS OVER 100,000 USERS IN MEXICO
Assured Labor’s Mexican brand EmpleoListo enables employers to instantly connect
with job seekers that lack consistent access to the internet. Registers over 100,000 users in Mexico and partners with Prisa Digital the Latin Media Conglomerate.
ASSURED LABOR SECURES $1 MILLION IN SEED FUNDING TO GROW MARKETPLACE FOR JOBS IN EMERGING MARKETS
Mobile Phone Based Job Matching to Change the Face of Recruitment
NEW YORK, April 28, 2010 – Assured Labor, Inc., (www.AssuredLabor.com), the first web and mobile marketplace for jobs built exclusively for emerging markets, announced today that it has raised $1 million in seed funding. The funding will enable the company to expand its Latin American [...]
ASSURED LABOR OBTIENE USD $1 MILLON EN CAPITAL SEMILLA PARA DESARROLLAR UN MERCADO LABORAL EN MERCADOS EMERGENTES
Búsqueda de trabajo basada en el uso de teléfonos celulares cambiará la forma del reclutamiento
NEW YORK, Abril 28, 2010 – Assured Labor, Inc., (www.AssuredLabor.com), el primer Mercado web y telefónico para encontrar trabajo creado exclusivamente para mercados emergentes anunció hoy que obtuvo fondos por $1 millón como capital semilla. Dicho capital permitirá a la [...]
Planning 2010: White-boarding and Surf-boarding
The Assured Labor team is often asked how a start-up focused on emerging markets distributed across three continents can stay on the same page. The secret lies in lies good planning and making the most of our time together when we have it.
This January Assured Labor’s founders gathered in at the Managua office for a [...]