Press Coverage
New ways to Visualize and Use Skills Intelligence - ebizq.net
I talked to Jeff Leventhal, CEO of Work Market, an integrated hosted portal that is sort of like an ERP system for you to find the technical and non-technical skills you need to work on projects, and take it end-to-end, from locating them, to vetting them, to hiring them and finally paying them.
Work Market manages IT staffers the one-stop way - crainsnewyork.com
This beta software offers businesses large and small a system for seeking, hiring and paying contractors.
IT Should Enlist HR to Help Manage 'Gig' Contractors - itbusinessedge.com
In January my IT Business Edge colleague Susan Hall wrote about companies' increasing employment of contract workers, sharing information from The Human Capital Institute, CareerBuilder and online marketplace oDesk, among others. It certainly looks like those sources were on to something.
WorkMarket.com Update: More Customers, More Capital - varguy.com
Nearly a year after former OnForce CEO Jeff Leventhal founded WorkMarket.com, things are starting to pick up speed. The service, which pairs VARs with available temporary service personnel and manages the entire workforce soup to nuts, is gaining real traction among the resale community.
OnForce founder launches new labor resource venture, Work Market - techtarget.com
Jeffrey Leventhal, founder of OnForce, the self-described marketplace for orchestrating computer repair services, has surfaced as the founder of what he is calling a “labor resource platform” called Work Market. The new company is his fifth.
CRN Study: VARs Leveraging More External IT Technicians - www.crn.com
More solution providers are using external IT resources than a year ago, in part because they're nervous that the economic recovery may not be sustainable to allow them to begin hiring additional staff, according to new research by CRN.
Work Market: The “Millionaire Matchmaker” of the Channel? - www.smbnation.com
Running on a cloud-based platform that is hosted on Amazon EC2, WorkMarket could possibly be compared to the Facebook or even maybe the eHarmony of the channel...
New Platform Manages a Varied, Elastic Workforce - www.channelprosmb.com
OnForce founder creates new “labor resource platform” called Work Market, enabling not just IT pros to manage the entire labor supply chain.
Help Wanted: IT Talent Agencies See Growth in Demand for Contractors - www.channelinsider.com
Looking for short-term or long-term help with an IT project? IT solution providers are turning to IT talent agencies to fill the gaps in the still uncertain post-recession economy.
Managing the Variable Work Force - www.itbusinessedge.com
Much to the probable dismay of the president, the fact of the matter is that companies are trying to avoid hiring full-time employees whenever possible. The challenge they have with doing that, however, is managing the comings and goings of the temporary contractors that make up an increasingly higher percentage of the work force.
Work Market Labor Market Launches! - www.smbnation.com
Jeffrey Leventhal, the founder of OnForce, the well-known labor market, is back in the game. SMB Nation readers will remember that Leventhal’s OnForce was acquired in 2007 and he went into what I call semi-retirement. Yesterday he returned with a roar to the online labor market with the introduction of Work Market...
Spark Capital's Koyfman Says Google 'Lost Product Mojo' - www.bloomberg.com/tv
Moshe "Mo" Koyfman, principal at Spark Capital, discusses the oulook for Google Inc. and other social-networking websites such as Facebook Inc. Koyfman, whose company was one of the early investors in Twitter Inc., speaks with Deirdre Bolton and Erik Schatzker on Bloomberg Television.
The 25 Hush-Hush New York Startups You Need To Know About - www.businessinsider.com
Forget about Foursquare. Two year-old, $100+ million companies are old news. The real excitement in startups comes from figuring out the next big thing that no one's heard of yet.
Former OnForce CEO Launches Work Market for VARs, MSPs - www.talkincloud.com
Jeffrey Leventhal is using the cloud to jump back into the IT channel. The former CEO of OnForce has co-founded Work Market, a SaaS platform that will allow VARs, MSPs and integrators to more effectively manage internal staffs, contractors and IT projects, Leventhal says. There’s also a free PSA (professional services automation) component and an online marketplace component. But will channel companies embrace Work Market when the system shifts from beta to production in January 2011?
Work Market Prepares Free PSA In The Cloud - www.mspmentor.com
Former OnForce CEO Jeffrey Leventhal is preparing his next business move. It’s called Work Market — a SaaS-based labor resource management platform for VARs and managed services providers. Work Market, hosted in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), is set to include a range of features — including some PSA (professional services automation) capabilities. Here’s the strategy.
Leventhal Returns For LI Talent - Long Island Business News
When we last left him, entrepreneur Jeff Leventhal had just bid adieu to Long Island after failing to find the roughly 20 computer programmers he needed to launch his latest startup company, Workmarket.com. Having only found three qualified individuals on Long Island, Leventhal instead turned his gaze toward the skyscrapers and subways of Manhattan. Four months...
Union Square Ventures, Spark Capital Invest in Work Market - VentureBeat.com
Union Square Ventures and Spark Capital have invested in stealthy company called Work Market that allows business to manage their labor and services. Neither fund disclosed the size of the round.
Work Market - www.avc.com
We are big believers in the power of Internet marketplaces to bring efficiencies and new opportunities to people and businesses. And the market where this has the most potential of all is the labor market.
Former OnForce CEO Launching Tech Labor Marketplace - www.thevarguy.com
The Six Million Dollar Man is back. Steve Austin? Nope. In this case, The VAR Guy is referring to Jeffrey Leventhal (not pictured). The founder and former OnForce CEO apparently has raised $6 million to build Work Market, a forthcoming B2B marketplace that will “deliver and manage labor and services.” It’s safe to say the effort will include VARs, MSPs and solutions providers.
Work Market - mokoyfman.com
I've always put tremendous stock in my relationships with people. People are the lifeblood of our world, and strong relationships form the basis of all meaningful human interaction — families and friendships, business partners and colleagues, investors and entrepreneurs. I am therefore especially pleased today to announce Spark Capital’s investment in Work Market – the latest company from serial entrepreneur Jeff Leventhal.