{"id":29848,"date":"2017-11-11T09:03:50","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T17:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dolly.com\/blog\/?p=2300"},"modified":"2026-04-28T07:53:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:53:03","slug":"veteran-gig-economy-helpers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/veteran-gig-economy-helpers\/","title":{"rendered":"How Veterans Use Dolly to Join the Gig Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Working in a division of the U.S. Military is one of the toughest jobs in the world &#8211; just ask any Veteran you know how gruelling their time in the military was, and they\u2019ll have quite a few stories to tell you. But one of the lesser known challenges for service members doesn\u2019t happen while they\u2019re serving: it happens once they come home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finding a job as a veteran is a unique challenge: whether it was 3 years serving in the military or 20, there will undoubtedly be changes in how to find a job when a vet reenters the workforce. While Pete K. was able to find a full-time job after his 9 years of service in the Air Force, he knows that his experience isn\u2019t the same for every vet. \u201cAbout 200,000 service members transition back to civilian life each year,\u201d he explains. \u201cFor some of these members, finding employment can be difficult. Even where and how you search for jobs has changed dramatically since the last time some of these veterans were in the civilian workforce.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2307\" src=\"https:\/\/dolly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pete3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"160\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But Pete and many other veterans found <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dolly.com\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=pete-krawitz-helper-story\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dolly<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; and they got back to work immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Bringing the Muscle<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2305\" src=\"https:\/\/dolly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pete4-422x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"422\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pete4-422x1024.jpg 422w, https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pete4-124x300.jpg 124w, https:\/\/www.taskrabbit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pete4.jpg 579w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Pete, Dolly is a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dolly.com\/blog\/couple-side-hustle\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=holiday-prep-small-space\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">side hustle<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that lets him use his truck. Like all of our Dolly Helpers, Pete uses his pickup truck to move items for members of the community who needs a truck and some muscle. He started working as a Dolly Helper after years of being asked by friends to use his truck for moving.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOwning a truck means that your friends and your friend\u2019s friends without trucks are constantly asking you to help them move things. Because of that, I wondered if there was an app that allowed friends to find a pickup truck on demand. I came across Dolly, and now, if I\u2019m not available to help my friends out, I know that I can point them to a network of high quality and reliable Helpers with trucks via the Dolly app.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pete\u2019s happy his friends can rely on Dolly when he can\u2019t help them out, but he also likes that being a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dolly.com\/helpers\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=holiday-prep-small-space\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dolly Helper<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> means he can get paid to use his truck and pick his own schedule. \u201cDolly is a side job for me. I enjoy the ability to pick up a job when I\u2019m available, and the Helper app is awesome, it makes finding and scheduling gigs so easy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>The Veteran Difference<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2306\" src=\"https:\/\/dolly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Pete5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"859\" height=\"879\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the best parts of being a Dolly Helper when you\u2019re a veteran is that it allows you to continue some of the values you\u2019ve learned from your time in service. In addition to the chance to get paid to work out so you can stay in bootcamp shape, Dolly also gives you a chance to serve your community and help people in your area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s been a great experience so far! Dolly allows me to meet new people in the community, earn some extra cash, and even get in a workout.\u201d And Pete thinks it\u2019s a great opportunity for veterans to enter one of the fastest growing parts of the workforce. \u201cI truly believe everyone, especially veterans, should get some experience working in the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcgig economy\u2019 with a service like Dolly. Even if it\u2019s only a couple jobs a month, you\u2019ll learn a lot more about how this on-demand company works and get paid to do it!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To learn more about veterans at Dolly and to apply to be a Dolly Helper, check out our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dolly.com\/military\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=pete-krawitz-helper-story\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Military Service page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working in a division of the U.S. Military is one of the toughest jobs in the world &#8211; just ask any Veteran you know how gruelling their time in the military was, and they\u2019ll have quite a few stories to tell you. 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