Wingham Rowan: A New Kind of Job Market

Plenty of people need jobs with very flexible hours but it’s difficult for those people to connect with the employers who need them. Wingham Rowan is working on that. He explains how the same technology that powers modern financial markets can help employers book workers for slivers of time.

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ABOUT Wingham Rowan

“Wingham Rowan is the Project Director of Slivers-of-Time Working, a UK government-funded initiative that uses advanced (but easy to use) trading technology to help individuals who need to work (on their own terms and at times of their choosing) connect with employers who need their labour.

Employers expanding their workforce in this new way include Local Authorities, Housing Associations, NHS Primary Care Trusts, retailers and caterers.

Rowan is the former producer and presenter of the UK’s longest running television series about the Internet, cyber.cafe and the presenter of the children’s TV programme Rowan’s Report. He’s is the author of two books about the social potential of online markets.”

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