As job losses mount in the Pittsburgh region and beyond, local Web site Guru.com is making some strides in economic stimulus and job creation efforts.
With the economy bearing down on the Pittsburgh region, we lost nearly 28,000 jobs between April 2008 and April 2009 (according to recent labor statistics on pittsburghtoday.org). At the same time, a total of more than 107,665 project–based jobs were posted to Guru.com. Guru.com data also indicates that 69,893 freelance transactions closed through the site over this timeframe.
The company’s impressive growth rate and impact on job creation and entrepreneurship is getting national recognition. In the last month, two national award programs acknowledged Guru.com as a private tech company to watch:
· Guru.com Honored by the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City
· Red Herring 100 North America Recognizes Guru.com
Guru.com is noted as the world’s largest online marketplace for freelance talent with more than 1 million registered members. There are currently more than 1,100 Active Freelancer Profiles in the Pittsburgh region alone – including several individuals ranked at the top of their skill categories.
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