{"id":3482,"date":"2021-05-17T15:47:39","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T14:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paperound.com\/?p=3482"},"modified":"2021-08-23T16:37:39","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T15:37:39","slug":"tech-nation-paperound-lets-you-hire-an-intern-to-do-tasks-you-dont-have-time-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i8i.711.myftpupload.com\/landing\/tech-nation-paperound-lets-you-hire-an-intern-to-do-tasks-you-dont-have-time-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Nation: Paperound lets you hire a student to do tasks you don\u2019t have time for"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3482\" class=\"elementor elementor-3482\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-854a528 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"854a528\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b33a7a\" data-id=\"2b33a7a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-545571f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"545571f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 26-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>This article was first posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/news\/paperound-lets-you-hire-an-intern-to-do-tasks-you-dont-have-time-for\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tech Nation<\/a>, written by Kane Fulton.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0ae7580 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0ae7580\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0df589d\" data-id=\"0df589d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-490c569 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"490c569\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The UK is facing a looming digital skills crisis. At a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/technation.io\/news\/how-can-the-uk-develop-digital-skills-in-a-post-covid-world\/\">series of roundtables<\/a>\u00a0recently held by Tech Nation and the Digital Economy Council, delegates highlighted the benefits of student internships, namely that they increase the supply of people with relevant skills while giving young people experience of working in tech.<\/p><p>In a post-pandemic world, a new online platform is set to evolve traditional, in-person work experience to provide flexible opportunities for both companies needing digital skills support and university students looking to earn extra cash. Called\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i8i.711.myftpupload.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paperound<\/a>, it works by letting students from UK-based universities (called \u201cTaskers\u201d) create a profile listing their skills, the digital tools they use and their availability for work.<\/p><p>Hiring companies can browse and book students to work on ad-hoc tasks remotely and by the hour based on their availability and reviews left by other businesses. Marketing and market research work, ranging from blog writing and social media management to data analysis, is in highest demand and students are booked for an average of four hours per individual task.<\/p><p>Paperound\u2019s Brighton-based CEO Jake Fox (pictured, above) co-founded the company with Billy Rebecchi, its CTO, in January this year. Noticing how difficult it was to access student resources efficiently \u2013 even though students are desperate for the work \u2013 Jake wanted to provide startups and SMEs with an alternative to traditional internships, which he says can be rigid in nature, hard to find and contrast with startups\u2019 agile ways of working.<\/p><p>\u201cWith internships, companies have to decide when to hire interns, where to get them from and how they are going to fill their time,\u201d he says. \u201cIn reality, founders and small business owners should be spending their time on more important work \u2013 they want students that can jump on a task that anybody can do, quickly.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-88c1d59 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"88c1d59\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-574b452\" data-id=\"574b452\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-addbc0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"addbc0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 26-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/i8i.711.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/LinkedIn-Banner-Cover-1024x256.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2030\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i8i.711.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/LinkedIn-Banner-Cover-1024x256.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/i8i.711.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/LinkedIn-Banner-Cover-300x75.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/i8i.711.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/LinkedIn-Banner-Cover-768x192.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/i8i.711.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/LinkedIn-Banner-Cover-1536x384.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/i8i.711.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/LinkedIn-Banner-Cover.jpeg 1584w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a470437 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a470437\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ed229a8\" data-id=\"ed229a8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3af256 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a3af256\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.22.0 - 26-06-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Paid work<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9e01d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9e01d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Students are interviewed and vetted before being accepted onto the platform, a decision that Paperound\u2019s founders made with value in mind. Jake says that this rigorous process ensures businesses are hiring \u201chard-working students with initiative and good communication skills\u201d, all while promoting equal opportunity between students across the UK\u2019s range of universities including world-renowned institutions and lesser-known colleges.<\/p><p>All work on Paperound is paid and the rates are set by the students, Jake stresses, with tasks typically booked out at the average graduate rate of \u00a310-\u00a312 per hour and always at least minimum wage.<\/p><p><strong><em>\u201cFundamentally, I believe that hard work should be enough to get you to your next stage in life \u2013 it shouldn\u2019t matter where you come from,\u201d says Jake. \u201cIf you get given a piece of work and work hard at it, that should be enough for you to unlock more opportunity.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p>Shortly after launching, Jake noticed that businesses had begun making repeat bookings on the back of trust built up with Taskers. He sees the relationships forged on the platform as Paperound\u2019s USP and something that sets it apart from \u201ctransactional\u201d competitors such as Fiverr, Freelancer.com or Upwork. \u201cWith our competitors, people pay freelance consultants to do something but they never go back to them,\u201d he says.<\/p><p>Paperound is now seeing students use their experience on the platform to land longer-term graduate roles. \u201cSince founding the platform, I always thought that if companies gave students a \u2018chance\u2019 in the form of ad-hoc tasks, then larger opportunities would likely follow,\u201d says Jake. \u201cThe added value in Paperound is that you\u2019re not just getting more work done efficiently, you\u2019re also discovering your next hire.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fe89b94 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fe89b94\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b23c23d\" data-id=\"b23c23d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2e77df elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b2e77df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"558\" src=\"https:\/\/i8i.711.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-14-at-12.04.23-1024x558.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3487\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i8i.711.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-14-at-12.04.23-1024x558.png 1024w, https:\/\/i8i.711.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-14-at-12.04.23-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/i8i.711.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-14-at-12.04.23-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/i8i.711.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-14-at-12.04.23-1536x836.png 1536w, https:\/\/i8i.711.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-14-at-12.04.23-2048x1115.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b089b7a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b089b7a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-139da28\" data-id=\"139da28\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49d8c49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"49d8c49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hooking up<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1717d16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1717d16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At a glance, Paperound looks like a marketplace and operates like one, taking a percentage of each booking (and only getting paid when its Taskers do). However, Jake sees it as a productivity tool for founders, at its heart. He is developing the platform in this direction by integrating it with popular SaaS productivity tools, removing the need for companies to leave their workflow to book or communicate with Taskers.<\/p><p>In Slack or Trello, for example, a business adds Paperound as a member (with admin rights). That business can then message Paperound directly, or create and assign a Trello card from within the platform, requesting a Tasker to provide three hours of social media support (for example). Paperound then finds a suitable Tasker and connects them with the requester. Hooking into the tool\u2019s API, the platform pulls over information such as the task description, comments and files sent for the student to work on, with the company paying after the task is complete.<\/p><p>For businesses, this provides the advantage of being able to commission work to multiple Taskers at one time through a single interface without having to give their accounts elevated rights in their productivity tool workspaces. Students meanwhile benefit by being able to undertake tasks and projects for several companies simultaneously. For Jake, streamlining the commissioning process for its business users is a necessary and important step to help today\u2019s generation of remote workers find work and fulfil their potential post-pandemic.<\/p><p>\u201cThe idea of working flexibly for a few different companies, picking up work that you are good at doing quickly and efficiently, will become the norm,\u201d he says. \u201cWe are already seeing it now with freelancers becoming more fluid at picking up jobs. This generation has more natural remote workers than any other, so it makes for them to pick up and crack on with jobs in a slick way.\u201d<\/p><p>Paperound is certainly not lacking in ambition having raised a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jensonfundingpartners.com\/2021\/04\/20\/jenson-seis-fund-invest-in-paperound\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">six-figure pre-seed investment from Jenson Funding Partners<\/a> in April just four months after incorporating. In addition to developing its core product, Paperound is now looking to increase its marketing output and spread the word on why Taskers are the best resourcing option for busy small businesses.<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.technation.io\/south-east\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">For more insights, visit the Tech Nation South East National Network page<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a post-pandemic world, a new online platform is set to evolve traditional, in-person work experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i8i.711.myftpupload.com\/landing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3482"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i8i.711.myftpupload.com\/landing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i8i.711.myftpupload.com\/landing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i8i.711.myftpupload.com\/landing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i8i.711.myftpupload.com\/landing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i8i.711.myftpupload.com\/landing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i8i.711.myftpupload.com\/landing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i8i.711.myftpupload.com\/landing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i8i.711.myftpupload.com\/landing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i8i.711.myftpupload.com\/landing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}