Souktel Locations
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| Organization that developed the Tool: | Souktel |
| Website for the Tool: | http://www.souktel.org |
| Main Contact: | Jacob Korenblum |
| Main Contact Email : | info@souktel.com |
| Problem or Need: | In many developing countries, labor markets are in chaos--not because there’s a lack of job opportunities, but because there are no good information networks to help job-seekers and employers find each other: Web access is low, public/private resources are few, and infrastructure is poor. As a result, many skilled workers get trapped in cycles of joblessness and hardship. However, a huge number of people in developing countries have basic cell phone access, even in rural areas. Recognizing this reality, Souktel has created a simple, phone-based JobMatch service--a software application that reduces unemployment and poverty by helping ordinary job-seekers get key job information on their phones. |
| Brief Description: | Our solution is simple: from any phone, job-seekers create SMS "mini-CVs" that include basic data on their skills, location, etc. These are then sent by mobile to our central database--which hundreds of employers search daily, via web or phone. From their side, employers create similar “mini job ads” and post them on the same database—so that job-seekers can search these jobs from their own phones. The database also matches job-seekers/employers who have similar profiles, sending them SMS alerts with each other’s data. |
| Tool Category: | App resides and runs on a server |
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| Main Services: | Bulk SMS, Voting, Data Collection, Surveys, and Polling, Mobile Social Network/Peer-to-peer, Information Resources/Information Databases |
| Tool Maturity: | Currently deployed |
| Current Version: | 2 |
| Platforms: | Linux/UNIX, Windows Mobile, All phones -- SMS |
| Program/Code Language: | .NET Compact Framework, PHP, Other |
| Organizations Using the Tool: | Employers - Middle East:
Institutional/Funding Partners - Middle East
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| Number of Current End Users: | 1,000-10,000 |
| Number of current beneficiaries: | 10,000-100,000 |
| Handsets/devices supported: | Any handset. |
| Languages supported: | Arabic, Kurdish, English, French, Somali, Spanish |
| Is the Tool's Code Available?: | No |
| Is an API available to interface with your tool?: | Yes |
| Cost Per User: | $ 1 |
| Global Regions: | Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East and North Africa |
| Countries: | Iraq, Jordan, Palestine |
