New trend of service networking

During this time of high unemployment, lots of folks are using the internet to connect with people who have particular skills sets. And this trend seems to be really popular.

Instead of social networking, it’s being called “service networking.” It’s when you hire somebody who may be underemployed but has valuable knowledge to help run errands, organize your closet or basically just de-clutter your life.

Taskrabbit.com , Zaarly.com and Agentanything.com all allows you to hire someone in your local area to run errands for you.

For instance, if you buy some furniture, you might hire a "rabbit" to assemble it for you.

Then there's fancyhands.com and asksunday.com , which are more virtual. Both subscription services offer monthly fee packages where you can hire people to fulfill a number of requests. They're mostly completed on the web and through e-mail or on the phone.

Normally the typical task will cost about $25, or a monthly subscription fee starts at $25. In essence, users of this "service networking" can find cheap labor and also help someone who needs a few extra bucks.