Hiring | Could Uber be the next firm to source your candidates?

The Financial Times is reporting that car-hire service, Uber, are set to break into the recruitment market.

Their new platform, dubbed “Uber Works”, is stated to have plans to provide “on-demand” temporary contractors for events and corporate functions – mainly in the hospitality and security sectors.

A pilot version has been in progress in Chicago for several months after an initial trial in Los Angeles. The company’s website has insinuated that it is looking for staff with a “strong interest in the on-demand labour space”.

Despite Uber’s brand name and potential ability to scale, Tom Miller, Associate Director of Cardiff-based Vargo Recruitment told  Recruitment Grapevine that he can't see Uber's platform posing a threat to most types of recruitment and that traditional contractor recruiters shouldn’t worry.