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New Software Can Hire, Evaluate, and Pay Workers, Making Human Bosses Obsolete

By Rebecca Boyle Posted 05.10.2010 at 1:46 pm 11 Comments

Anyone looking for work these days knows how hard it is to get your resume into the hands of a human. Fortunately, perhaps, it may soon be possible to get hired without that step.

Freelancer.com, an Australian jobs site, is using software algorithms that allow computers to automatically recruit, hire and pay workers to do a wide range of tasks, New Scientist reports.

"Software can now simply post a job and hire one, three, or 500 humans; software can now literally assemble an army overnight to solve complex problems," says Matt Barrie, Freelancer.com's CEO, in a press release.

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5-Minute Project Video: A Musical Stash For Your Cash

Jake builds a safe box out of an Altoids tin and a musical greeting card.

Posted 09.19.2007 at 8:06 pm 0 Comments

Jake demonstrates how to keep prying coworkers out of your secret stuff with this Altoids-tin storage box, complete with an "alarm" fashioned out of the guts of one of those musical greeting cards.

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5-Minute Project Video: A Musical Stash For Your Cash

By popsci Posted 09.19.2007 at 4:06 pm 2 Comments

Jake demonstrates how to keep prying coworkers out of your secret stuff with this Altoids-tin storage box, complete with an "alarm" fashioned out of the guts of one of those musical greeting cards. Ah, the "sound of punishment." Enjoy.

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