Rocket Internet-fired work.com.mm follows offline strategy to get Myanmar job seekers online

Rocket Internet-fired work.com.mm follows offline strategy to get Myanmar job seekers online

Lynette Chong at the office of work.com.mm in Yangon. Image by : Juliet Shwe Gaung.

These are interesting times for internet-powered businesses in the frontier market, Myanmar, which is slowly but surefootedly embracing the digital.Internet platform Rocket Internet-powered jobs site in Myanmar, work.com.mm, is witnessing quantum leaps in registration from job-seekers who previously had only offline methods to hunt for employment.The portal is used by prominent employers like foreign telecom operators Telenor and Ooredoo and local players like Myanmar Post and Telecommunications, who scout for talent in the region.

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