Authentic Jobs donates 1% through Kiva.org
~ 09 July 2008 ~
Since March 2008, Authentic Jobs, Inc. has donated 1% of its total revenue to entrepreneurs through Kiva, which facilitates microloans to business owners in developing countries. Because Authentic Jobs offers job opportunities for individuals throughout the world, it’s only fitting that the company extend its purpose by helping entrepreneurs throughout the world.
As shown on the Authentic Jobs lender page, so far this effort has amounted to 17 loans to male and female entrepreneurs in 13 countries. I’m committed to seeing the company donate long into the future.
Some recent listings and testimonials from Authentic Jobs are highlighted below.
Full-time (International)
- Toronto, ON Web Designer at The Globe and Mail
- London, UK Front-end Developer at Macmillan Publishers
- London, UK Client-side developer at Airlock
Full-time (U.S.)
- Tucson, AZ Applications Systems Analyst (Web Designer) at The University of Arizona Libraries
- Los Angeles, CA Sr/Mid-Level Flash Developer at 65 Media
- San Francisco, CA UI Designer at iList, Inc.
- Washington, DC Interactive / Web Designer at Illumen
- Boise, Idaho Front End Web Developer at Access Idaho / Idaho.gov
- Chicago, IL Interactive Designer at 4SIGHT Communications LLC
- Waltham, MA GUI/Web User Interface Designer at D2Hawkeye
- New York City Senior Designer at Thumbplay
- New York, NY Graphic/Web Designer at Indaba Music
- New York, NY Client-side UI Engineer at GoCrossCampus
- Henderson, NV User Interface Designer at VEGAS.com
- Conshohocken, PA Sr Front End Developer at TMX Communications
- Conshohocken, PA User Experience Architect at TMX Communications
- Houston, TX Senior Web Designer at Bishop Interactive
Freelance
- Anywhere .NET C# Web Programmer at MWI
- London, UK God-like back end developer at Thisadwillchangeyourlife.com
- New York City Senior Flash ActionScript Developer (Flex Experienced a Plus) at Magnani Caruso Dutton
Employers continue to find success with Authentic Jobs. Shannon Peterson of Shelf Reliance posted a full-time job and sent these remarks:
We got some very viable candidates! We didn’t end up hiring from the replies from Authentic Jobs, but we were impressed with the resumes we got. In the end, we are glad we used your service.
Alec Rosen of Option4 Interactive posted a freelance job and offered this feedback:
We got excellent results and I do have enough contacts to build the entire web 3.0.
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Kudos to you for giving back. Interested in learning a little more. Can I ask how your recipients are selected? Is that something you do yourself or have any control over?
Yes. I choose the person(s) to loan to and the amount to loan (in $25 increments).
Kiva is a great org, one of my nonprofit clients has been involved with them for quite a while, with excellent interactions all around.
Kudos to you, Cameron, for doing this. I also donate 1% of my income to humanitarian aid (including Kiva), and am excited to see others do the same. Keep up the great work!
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