Challenges in computerized job search for the developing world

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 2079-2093

  Medhi, Indrani ^a   Menon, Geeta ^b   Toyama, Kentaro ^a  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Stree Jagruti Samiti   (India)

Author keywords

Developing world; Domestic laborers; NGO; Paper based system

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS;

BANGALORE , INDIA; COMPUTERBASED SYSTEMS; COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES; DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPING WORLDS; DOMESTIC LABORERS; EXISTING SYSTEMS; JOB SEARCHES; LESSONS LEARNED; NGO; TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACIES; VALUE PROPOSITIONS;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 57049101461     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1358628.1358640     Document Type: Conference Paper

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