HOW YOUTHNNOSOURCE WORKS
THE PROBLEM
There is a global shortfall of 1.8 billion formal jobs. That means unemployment for 60% of the 3 billion young people seeking formal work.
Most workers in developing countries are employed in informal sectors, such as basic agriculture or domestic service. Lacking the opportunity to make a living wage or advance in their careers, these workers are trapped in the cycle of poverty.
Now is the time for change. Approximately 54 million people could benefit from our the Microwork model–which creates small, computer-based tasks taken from larger data projects. This work helps workers build skills and generate life-changing income. Recent improvements in telecommunications and infrastructure across the developing world allow us to utilize our unique Microwork model to tap the world’s greatest underutilized potential: the brainpower of the bottom four billion people.
Help us give work to women and youth living in poverty.
Youthnnosource has pioneered a breakthrough model that directly connects the poor to the formal economy through a proprietary business process we invented called the Microwork model. Our Microwork model breaks down digital projects into small tasks, sends those tasks to individual workers through the Internet and uses software to recompile the projects and ensure quality.
YOUTHNNOSOURCE MODEL
4-STEPS TO COMBATING UNEMPLOYMENT WITH MICROWORK
STEP-1
SOURCE CLIENT PROJECTS
Our work begins in www.microworkers.com, where our sales team sources large-scale data projects from clients such as Google, LinkedIn and Microsoft. Projects vary for each client and can include basic Internet research, image tagging and transcription services.
STEP-2
CONVERT PROJECTS INTO SMALL TASKS
This is where our Microwork model comes in. Project managers load these big data projects onto the Hub, our proprietary technology platform, which breaks them down into small, digital tasks and delivers them to our partner centers around the world. Our local partners follow our social impact guidelines and provide critical in-country infrastructure and computers.
STEP-3
RECRUIT & TRAIN WORKERS
Youthnnosource works with in-country partners to recruit women and youth formerly earning below a local living wage, as determined by the Fair Wage Guide. These recruits receive 2-4 weeks of computer-based training on the YouthnnovationHub, including English and soft skills, to prepare them for performing work. Once they finish training and demonstrate proficiency on trial projects, workers begin performing tasks for client projects, and in turn begin to earn a living wage.
STEP-4
DELIVER COMPLETED PROJECTS
Each unit of work goes through a rigorous quality-assurance process via the YouthnnovationHub and is ultimately aggregated into complete projects and returned to the client.