TechGirls Finalists

Congratulations to the Junior School students involved in the Techgirls competition. Greta, Elena, Lisa, Ava and Sienna were State Finalists in the competition. For their submission, the girls decided to create an app called Start Smart Jobs, which matches teenagers, with little to no workforce experience, to potential employers. The app is designed to help them find their first job, and the idea for the app runs alongside United Nations Sustainable Development Goal Number 8 – ‘Decent Work and Economic Growth’.  

“It simplifies both the job search and employee search process, offering valuable resources for young job seekers, such as the ability to upload information about yourself, browse jobs in your area, and complete checklists and quizzes. Start Smart Jobs guides teenagers on their journey to employment success, and helps employers find workers”, says Lisa.

The competition is run by the Techgirls Movement Foundation, who are all about encouraging girls to enter STEM fields throughout their schooling and higher education journeys. This experience ran for 12 weeks and tasked the girls to go through the process of ideating, planning, researching and coding an app that solves a problem in the community. The group was coached by Mrs Rasheed and the group’s mentor, an app developer for Commonwealth Bank. 

Congratulations to all involved.