Cardiff Residents Auctioning Jobs To Beat Recession

The recession has seen Cardiff residents turn to the casual labour market for additional income. Jobless school leavers, recently unemployed and even those in work are topping up there income bidding on jobs ranging from gardening to temporary office work. The trend is being catered for by the Cardiff's jobs marketplace JobOasis.co.uk which has seen over 1000 people sign up for the service since its launch in July.

Cardiff, Wales (PRWEB) November 3, 2009 -- Many Cardiff residents are turning to alternative revenue channels to help ease the financial burden placed on them as a result of the recession. A mixture of students, recently unemployed and trades people have been undertaking jobs ranging from putting together Ikea furniture to a days work as an office assistant, through the Cardiff's jobs marketplace JobOasis.co.uk. The website's format appears to be popular with over 1000 people from Cardiff signing up since its launch in July. Based on a similar model to the hugely successful eBay, http://www.JobOasis.co.uk allows users to bid on jobs in Cardiff and receive feedback after a job has been completed.

Nick Braithwaite the site founder stated "The amount of sign ups to the website illustrates how many people are looking for temporary jobs in Cardiff at the moment; there is someone who is willing to do almost any job for the right price in this current economic climate."

He added "Admittedly the majority of users are seeking work; however there have been quite a few businesses and homeowners looking to outsource certain tasks, such as household chores or office administration work. We are beginning to see shops and bars looking for temporary staff in the run up to Christmas."

With redundancies and unemployment remaining a prominent feature of Cardiff's economic landscape for the foreseeable future the trend for alternative sources of income will no doubt continue to grow over the next couple of years.

About JobOasis.co.uk:
Founded in 2009 by Swansea University graduate Nick Braithwaite, the website is aimed at the casual labour market, catering for homeowners and small businesses wanting to hire people on a temporary or one off basis. The website has received over 200 job postings over the past 4 months. Homeowners or small businesses select the best job applicant based on a combination of their feedback from previous jobs completed through JobOasis.co.uk, uploaded CVs, YouTube Videos and the amount they are willing to undertake the job for per hour, task or day. The website is completely free to post and quote on jobs. For more information please visit JobOasis.co.uk.

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