For adults without a college education who don’t have the funds for an education, GIST is a resource that allows the users access to job postings that have video-course requirements that would provide the basic skills for that position and ultimately begin their career.
Educational Inequality is a prevalent issue in today’s society. Our team is tasked with addressing the problem of an unequal distribution of resources. With higher education becoming more expensive, more and more people are attempting to start a career without a degree, but find themselves struggling to meet qualification standards.
GIST connects employers with potential employees who are looking to expand their skill set. Employers have the ability to post job openings with video course requirements so that users can compete and earn a certification for this training in order to apply for the position.
GIST is a resource for adults who could not afford to go to college, but still want to have a successful career in their chosen field of work. It prepares future employees with an understanding of what is required of them in that field.
GIST connects employers that are willing to take employees with less training, as they will be more able to mold to the company’s preferences, with employees that are passionate to learn. It offers courses that the employers can request and will help to schedule in-person interviews.
When users go on GIST they will be able to log back into an existing account or sign up for a new one. After entering the App. users will end up on the dashboard that will change it’s background to reflect the time of day. New users will be given the opportunity to watch a short video tutorial of the App. and it’s features.
The dashboards background will change colors to reflect the time of day that is happening in real time. This is a way to remind the users what time it is, or how long they've been on the app.
The users will be prompted to chooses if they are looking for a job or a course. When they are looking for a course they will be able to scroll through a list of industries that have courses on the App.. One they find an industry that they want they can narrow down the courses using the filter option.
GIST also offers local office space inside their Hub’s. This is where users can work on their courses or meet with potential future employers.