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Challenge
Diretto Employment Services is a social impact startup and we are addressing the challenge of alienation between the older and younger generation as well as lack of employment and network amongst youngsters and amongst the immigrant populations. For integration to happen it’s important that people from different backgrounds; well-established, newcomers and youth, have a chance to meet and that this meeting is beneficial for both parties.

Solution
Diretto Employment Services provides a platform for peer to peer employment. It provides a way for private individuals to easily and correctly hire help in their home. Getting a first job and recommendations via “gig employments” for private individuals is not as difficult as getting a job at a company but it’s a very important step to get going in the job market. Working in a home is a good starting point. The job seeker can use existing formal or informal skills and this type of jobs are more similar in character from one country to another rather than work in a company. It provides a possibility for one person to get an income and for the other to get help.
On the Diretto platform you can find someone to employ for a short job or on a more continuous basis. The platform has crowdsourced validation through recommendations both of the employer and employee. The platform automates the administration and payments required by the employer and ensures that the rules regarding working hours and minimum wages are adhered to. The employer pays in advance, the platform holds the payment until the job is carried out. The platform has an accident insurance for the person who works. Private employment has the advantage of being the most economical way of hiring help in the home as there is no overhead.