Towards a change of mindset

Many people have criticized and still criticize the mechanical and repetitive nature of work, such as Charlie Chaplin in Modern Times (1936) where he plays a character struggling to survive in the industrialized world as a factory worker. Examples abound, but this metaphor illustrates what work once was: Alienating and repetitive. Today, work is much more diverse and we have more choices about what we consume in goods or services, but one negative aspect of work persists to this day: too many workers are postponing their lives until retirement. This is what Tim Ferriss, in his best-seller The 4-Hour Work Week, explains and tries to solve through the examples in his book. He believes that anyone who wants to get out of the 9-to-5 downward spiral must change their mindset about money and time management. He states this: "The new rich are defined by a power more elusive than just money. Unrestricted mobility" Fortunately for us, new technologies allow us to have items delivered from a convenience store without leaving home (UberEats), they also allow us to reserve and rent cars Communauto, to compare hotel prices to get the best quote in a few moments (Trivago), to buy and sell goods (Kijiji, Facebook Marketplace), to rent an apartment room to tourists (Airbnb), etc. However, we still don't have the reflex to order a handyman, a painter, a plumber, a landscaper and so on from the comfort of our home via a mobile application. On-demand web and mobile applications have made this possible. Just download a mobile application to have access to an array of workers available and close to your home to do minor repairs, install a TV stand, plaster a wall, paint a room, change your old light bulbs, wash your gutters, install a light fixture, run your lawn mower and many other such jobs. Some work-for-hire web or mobile applications even offer a rating system for workers, JobFlash is one of them.

JobFlash is an innovative mobile application in its industry that groups several types of home-related jobs into categories and sets a fixed hourly rate based on the average market price. Customer-users will be pleased with its ease of use and the quality of the workers hired by the platform. A descriptive video even informs you of the hiring process as well as the worker rating system: JobFlash Descriptive Video. Whether you want to beautify the front of your house, prepare your property for winter, perform periodic maintenance on it, give your property a new lease on life, perform minor work on it with a view to selling it or simply to increase its value. You can always count on the services offered by our mobile application, available according to your needs and easy to access.

According to a Statistics Canada study, the number of on-demand workers has increased by more than 2.5% between 2005 and 2016, from 5.5% to more than 8% of all Canadian workers. More details are available in the blog Should we trust on-demand workers? This number will continue to grow over time as these types of mobile applications become more popular, but very little documentation currently exists related to this type of platform or this industry in general.

We can see that Canadian consumers are not only looking to increase their income through on-demand work, but more importantly, as far as we are concerned, we are increasingly looking to make the most of our free time. As a result, customer-users of mobile platforms such as JobFlash can now be connected with a worker almost instantly with a simple click of a button. This allows them to encourage the local economy and qualified local workers through an application built for both customers and workers to reconcile the supply and demand of jobs at any time.

In the specific case of JobFlash, the method of finding customers is by word of mouth, although we strive to target our customer base with CRM (customer relationship management) software, this is usually done by trial and error. That's why JobFlash once acted as a staffing agency. Indeed, the company was founded in 2020 by two Quebec entrepreneurs. It passed the embryonic phase in which it had to innovate to make its product known in specific sectors (as a staffing agency for hospital disinfection starting in the fall of 2021, finding personnel to offer snow removal services for staircases in the winter of 2022, and as a staffing agency for cleaning services in high-rise rental apartments in the summer of 2022). From this point on, the growth phase of the company will begin to ensure its development, which has allowed it to invest in development, marketing, business software and a center to house data collected from its clients and workers. This initiative was made possible by door-to-door marketing campaigns or the distribution of explanatory brochures to residential areas previously targeted according to their population density and economic income.

We have seen a high level of receptivity from many of the customers JobFlash has dealt with regarding the new trend of on-demand work. There has been little resistance to change and they have been quick to adopt the application. In addition, the customers that JobFlash workers have done work with have all requested our business cards and have told the company that they want to do more work with us. Over the years, the company has done many seasonal or interior contracts in high-rise condos (moving appliances in several units, installing address numbers on several floors, deep cleaning of condo units, etc.), in apartments (plastering, painting, caulking, minor work, installing floating floors, etc.), in houses (plastering, painting, caulking, etc.), in apartments (cleaning, cleaning, etc. ), in houses (plastering, painting, caulking, installing a faucet, decorating for an event, etc.) or in the surroundings of the house (grass cutting, leaf raking, reinforcing stone stairs, pouring mortar between concrete slabs, other paving work, pool maintenance, etc.)

In order to encourage you to adopt the application in your turn, we propose you the elements of the last realization of our devoted workers, we list the following works:

• Installation of protective film for the floor
• Cleaning of windows and patio doors
• Replacement of fixtures
• Replacement of light fixtures
• Installation of wall plates
• Installation of door sill plates
• Cutting and installing floating floors
• Painting of doors, mouldings and door frames
• Painting of door bottoms
• Painting the entire lobby and ceilings
• Painting of metal posts
• Complete caulking

Many other jobs have already been done by our workers and you will notice their versatility when you visit our website: jobflash.ca under the services section, as soon as you download the mobile application, you can choose your worker based on the comments left by other customers, their rating as well as the number of jobs they have done for the company, so you will be spoiled for choice as a customer and workers will be strongly encouraged to raise their rating to appear at the top of the search feed and be connected with you.

In conclusion, we have seen that the on-demand work industry is growing in Canada and that this growth seems to be sustained. We also know that by disseminating information about these platforms, it will become easier and easier to adopt this type of solution in your daily life. In addition, JobFlash puts a lot of emphasis on retaining its customers and workers by offering them the peace of mind of a job well done, at a competitive price, within a reasonable time frame and according to time slots that suit both the customer and the worker. So when you see a problem in your home, apartment or on your property that you don't have the time or energy to fix yourself, consider opening JobFlash and you'll be connected to a local worker in no time.