Explosion of Gig Economy Means There’s an App for Juggling Jobs
- Human-resources startups raised $1.2 billion this year
- Critics say many workers would rather have one full-time job
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One of the reasons Mustafa Muhammed finally broke down and bought a smartphone was because he needed to find a job.
The 57-year-old cook was tired of using a library computer to look for work and watching friends get a jump on leads via alerts on their phones. After picking up his first phone about two years ago, he downloaded a mobile app called Snagajob. This summer he landed a gig at a new IHOP opening in Harlem after seeing it pop up in his inbox.