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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;As the recession seems to grow more and more dire by the day, we are constantly finding people attempting new, clever methods&amp;nbsp;to find work and get paid. This time, it&#39;s a group of recent college grads in Boston who have created a site that effectively puts odd jobs up for auction.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;At &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Jobaphiles.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;, anyone can post a job, ranging from &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;paid summer internships&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt; and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;research assistance&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt; to &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;graphic design&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt; and&amp;nbsp;good old fashioned &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;manual labor&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;. Desperate college students interested in a job then have the opportunity to bid on it by submitting how much they&#39;d be willing to work for and a brief description of why they&#39;re the best fit for the job. The potential employer then makes a selection, based not just on the lowest bidder, but on the student&#39;s rating on the site (similar to eBay, job seekers and employers are rated once the job is complete, giving future users an idea of a particular person&#39;s reputation and reliability). Students also have the option to post the services they offer and hope to be discovered by potential employers, rather than try their luck at an auction.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Given the generally boring nature of many typical&amp;nbsp;campus work-study jobs, the site seems like it could be a nice alternative for recession-addled undergrads. There are more than a few internship opportunities for the truly intrepid, but there seems to be room for everyone, including &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Thai the Snow Shoveler&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt; who reminds us that all you really need to make a few bucks in the long, cold, economic winter is a positive attitude and the proper gear, aka &quot;a shovel and a kid bro to help out.&quot; Nothing says &quot;recession-proof&quot; like child labor!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;--Posted by Steven Schiff, Vault News &amp;amp; Commentary&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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