About Helpers Near Me
As the name suggests, Helpers Near Me (HNM) helps you find & hire workers near you.
HNM uses technology and a lot of groundwork to help you connect directly with workers without any middlemen or commissions.
On one end, HNM helps the underprivileged workers of India find local employment, free of cost, directly from nearby employers like yourself. And on the other, the digital infrastructure built around HNM makes it easy, quick, reliable & affordable for anyone to find & hire 100+ profiles of nearby workers.
With a vision to end poverty, forced labour, worker exploitation, and human trafficking, HNM is working towards building an unbiased and inclusive digital ecosystem where the underprivileged workforce of India can join the platform easily and access local employment free of cost, with or without smartphones.
HNM believes having enough local employment opportunities allows the workers to find a better working environment, better salaries and a chance to improve their & family's quality of life.
From time to time, HNM also engages with Government bodies and NGOs to spread the accessibility of the platform to as many workers all over India as possible.
Please note that HNM is not an NGO. It is a for-profit social enterprise.
HNM makes business decisions based on the social impact it brings to our world. The platform also looks at financial growth in the process. This helps HNM self-sustain the system.
HNM's parent company is INeedAHelp Technologies Pvt Ltd.
Lives impacted thus far:
78,200+
Workers have joined Helpers Near Me to find local employment
40,300+
Workers have received local employment offers directly from nearby Employers
31,700+
Women Workers have received local employment offers directly from nearby Employers
2,01,300+
Family members of Workers have been supported by the Helpers Near Me initiative
We believe:
Simple choices affect the world we live in.
We are flooded with multiple choices for things we consume every day - Which Tea/Coffee? Which Cereal? Which Car? What kind of Fruits & Vegetables? Etc.
At times, these simple choices we make every moment affect our environment, planet or a group of individuals or community, directly or indirectly. Or else they are just simple means of earning financial gains.
It is okay if an enterprise earns revenues for itself. However, it would be great if financial gains could also impact our world. And therefore, make the world better than what it is.
At HNM, we believe with the help of technology, it is possible to make a digital ecosystem which can help millions of Indian workforce find local employment opportunities. The ecosystem can sustain itself in the process with a nominal fee. We firmly believe that technology today can impact the lives of millions in multiple ways.
With your help, we can make this happen.
So, go ahead. Connect with your nearby workers directly. And impact the life of one or a few of whom you can.
Past engagements:
NSDC
National Skill
Development Corporation
Engaged with NSDC to help +25,000 Skilled Workers find local employment in India.
National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), a not-for-profit, Public-Private-Partnership organization, aims to contribute significantly to the overall target of skilling people in India.
SEWA Bharat
All India Federation of
Self-Employed Women’s Association
Engaged with SEWA to help +4,000 Women Workers find local employment in India
SEWA Bharat is a federation of membership-based organizations of women workers. It aims to strengthen the movement of women workers in the informal economy.
DWSSC
Domestic Workers
Sector Skill Council
Engaged with DWSSC to help +950 Domestic Workers find local employment in India.
Domestic Workers Sector Skill Council (DWSSC), under NSDC, is working towards enhancing the employability of Domestic Workers and helping them acquire the status of a profession or a trade.
Research contributions:
With shrinking work opportunities in the agriculture sector, the future relies upon improving women’s access to jobs in the manufacturing and services sector.
In this context, ISI (Indian Statistical Institute), representing IWWAGE (Initiative for What Works to Advance Women and Girls in the Economy), partnered with HNM to understand the demand and supply factors that determine the participation of women workers in these sectors.
View report on: Job Search Platform and Labor Market Outcomes of Blue Collar Workers
Our core members:
Rajiv R Pandey
Founder
Rajiv is the Founder of Helpers Near Me. He leads the business.
Prior to HNM, Rajiv worked as the Head of Marketing at McCormick India (earlier Kohinoor Foods) and VLCC. Earlier in his career, he worked in the advertising industry as a Planner on multiple categories of products & services.
Rajiv holds an Executive Program Certificate from IIM, Ahmedabad, Masters degree in Marketing Communication from Stuart School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago and Master in Business Administration from Amity Business School. He is also a Mechanical Engineer.
Rajiv is originally from Bihar and connects strongly with the workers' community. He visions spreading HNM to +500M Workers all over India.
Umesh Kumar
Co-Founder
Umesh is the Co-founder of Helpers Near Me. He leads the technology.
Prior to HNM, Umesh worked as a Software Developer in the Ministry of Defence, Government of India. He started his career as a Software Developer.
Umesh holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Science.
Umesh is originally from Gurgaon. He is a son of a Worker, and hence he has a deep-rooted inclination for the workers. With his codes, he visions simplifying the problems workers face while searching for local employment.