Urban Interns

MYFOXNY.COM - Lauren Porat and Cari Sommer co-founded Urban Interns almost a year ago to connect small business owners and busy professionals with people seeking part-time, flexible work.

• URBANINTERNS.COM

If you're looking for work, you can search this online marketplace to find a job, and the bets part os you might not even have to leave home to make money or land an internship.

the site isn't just for unpaid internships, there's paid part-time work too with companies all over the country and even some international business' looking for people.

"Urban Interns functions like a job board, but better," said co-founder Lauren Porat. "With our targeted focus, proprietary database and search tools, we've created a new way to find part-time help. Plus, its simple design is easy for both employers and candidates to use."

How the site works:

• Employers search our proprietary database and contact candidates they're interested in. Or, they can post a job and have candidates proactively apply. Urban Interns is not an agency.
• Using advanced search filters, employers can find candidates interested in helping with a wide range of tasks, ranging from the more professional in nature (research, scheduling, general administrative) to the more personal (shopping, organizing, etc.). Employers can also filter prospective assistants by hours of availability and schedule.
• All contact information will be protected with blind email addresses at the initial point of contact.
• All candidates must verify that they are at least 18 years old and are either in college or have a college degree.

BIOS OF FOUNDERS

Porat has a background in finance, M&A and strategy. She worked for eight years at IAC, the diversified new media conglomerate.

Sommer is a lawyer who worked for six years as a litigator at Bryan Cave LLP and then as Director of Business Development at Lexolution, LLC, a contract legal staffing firm.