TaskRabbit, a new online service, connects people who need errands done with those willing to do them. Some 70 percent of TaskRabbit runners are unemployed or underemployed.
Can TaskRabbit solve unemployment? The service pairs people who have time to run errands with those who need help getting them done, for a fee. In this photograph taken July 20, people arrive to seek employment opportunities at a JobTrain office in Menlo Park, Calif.
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