JobStrap is a non-profit organization that:

1. Funds a substantial part of its operations through JobStrap Workforce ^SM by generating revenue from recruiting and employment services that are offered to employers and job hunters.
    
2. (a) Delivers sustaining income to self-funding entrepreneurs "bootstrappers" accepted into the JobStrap Self-Fund Program by delivering contract work opportunities that pay 90%-100% of the negotiated market rate [Note: standard industry practice is for an agency keep 50% and payout 50% to the contract worker];
   
   (b) Obtains and optimizes work contracts to meet the unique financial and time constraints of bootstrappers; and
   
   (c) Provides health insurance.
    
3. Creates an accountability structure for bootstrappers that accelerates the maturation of their startup; delivers startup milestones reliably and with velocity; and dramatically increases the rate of market successes.
    
4.  Is an advocate in both public and private sectors to: build awareness of the economic development benefits of bootstrapping, to remove employment barriers, and to dissipate the stigma and perceived risk associated with hiring bootstrappers.
    

JobStrap Workforce ^SM
Recruiting & Staff Service has Launched at:
http://jobstrap.iapplicants.com

JobStrap website & blog was moved to
http://jobstrap.wordpress.com

The move is temporary.  All websites will be consolidated under www.jobstrap.org domain within the next few months.
 

JobStrap began launching from ground-zero in March 2008.