Inspiration
I have visited a Job Fair in Chicago with my friend who is a worker. She tried to apply for some of the companies, but actually couldn't find and apply for any job. Because of a lack of skills. It's very difficult nowadays for workers to build a career. More than 20 million blue collar workers in the US want to apply for a better job but don’t have appropriate skills. They dream about a career uplift but it’s not transparent how to approach it.
What it does
Promozip empowers blue-collar workers with a clear path to build up their professional career. We build a platform that allows blue-collar workers to master new skills and get a job they are dreaming about.
How I built it
Worker put a job description which he likes and skills which he has. We match his skills to the job description and show a learning plan which will help him to get his job.
Challenges I ran into
In the process of building a platform I found out that is very difficult to find some really good courses for workers
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
My business partner got sick. So I did idea polishing, coding and pitching by my self.
What I learned
I have learned that I have to spend more time on thinking about the idea, impact and use cases than on coding. it's very important to give workers a helpful tool that will help to build a career.
What's next for Promozip
I'm also a Co-Founder & CTO of Workly which is an on-demand workforce platform for workers. And we will integrate Promozip with Workly to help people get new skills and after apply for more qualified jobs.
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