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Solution Overview

Solution Name:

Be employable in Peru

One-line solution summary:

Accelerate peruvian’s learning process with low job opportunities in soft and tech skills to introduce them to the tech industry.

Pitch your solution.

In Peru, 4 in 10 young people are unemployed. They are not studying careers or if they do, they do not have a job opportunity when they finish it and the result is they cannot help in their home economy. On the other hand, there are companies with a high demand for tech positions. In Perú, the search for tech positions has increased to 60% and its salaries have been duplicated in the last 2 years. WeBlockie wants to use that to give opportunities to Peruvians from every Peru city. We offer flexible training in an accelerated way in soft and hard skills to move them to their next Tech job position. This is for Peru now as we see the needs and the lack of opportunities. It can be scaled globally later as tech job positions are also offered in remote mode.

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What specific problem are you solving?

We found there is a huge unbalance in job positions in Peru, 4 in 10 young people do not have employment. It is knowable retail, building and other industries, which is not Technology, does not have a high job demand; plus their salaries are the minimum required by government. 33% of Peruvians are employed, which means 10Million of Peruvians and 20M do not have a job nor are working in a stable company. In this times, there are more opportunities regarding scholarships but Peruvians do not know about them and the majority of those solutions are centralized and, sometimes, restricted to Peru capital(Lima), they do not have a chance to improve their economy situation. The people we help have the attitude and that is what we look for to help them. By today, there are just 164,000 job offers for just one tech role, we can fill that high job demand training them in WeBlockie.

What is your solution?

We provide accelerated flexible training in soft skills and technical skills with Mentoring included. We move them to their next technology job position. We need to see them growing in communication skills and be more confident in their selves; regarding technical knowledge, we train them with the specific topics, starting with an introduction about Tech World continuing with more specific topics. As part of their training, we look for a trainee job position for them, so they have the opportunity to start gaining experience. WeBlockie is a juniority program that is not very common to find these days. The first step is to have a job position, after that they can grow easily in Technology. We maintain the mentoring once they finish it.

Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?

WeBlockie program is made for people between 16 to 38 years old with no education opportunity or in a current unemployed status with attitude living in Peru. We look forward to find people with attitude and are really open to learn something totally new. They are our target population because they do not had an education opportunity as some people cannot study due to money constraints or some studied a career where they do not find job opportunities. To understand their needs, we have had focus groups for the current programs we have in Peru and have involved in community groups to understand the concerns on why they were unable to get a job or get into any of those programs. The usual answers we had were: they did not have the chance to be accepted as they studied another career, they do not have some basic knowledge to be able start or they were rejected for not being a specific gender that the program is designed. Here we look for people with talent to learn and desire to develop themselves. We are open to any gender in WeBlockie. We have proved this and we have our first alumni and she got into this 6 month program where she changed her salary to a 3x times salary in 6 months. Help us to be able to scale this solution.

Which dimension of the TPrize Challenge does your solution most closely address?

Offer training and flexible curriculum in hard (technical) and soft (social and interpersonal) skills, preparing people for the work of the future

Explain how the problem you are addressing, the solution you have designed, and the population you are serving align with the TPrize Challenge.

The pandemic has impacted Peruvian people economy. In Peru, 4 in 10 young people are unemployed. They are not studying careers or if they do, they do not have a job opportunity when they finish it. Although, there are companies with a high demand for tech positions. In Perú, the search for tech positions has increased to 60% and its salaries have been duplicated. WeBlockie wants to use that to give opportunities to Peru people. We offer flexible training in an accelerated way in soft and hard skills to move them to their next Tech job position.

In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?

Lima, Peru

What is your solution’s stage of development?

Prototype: A venture or organization building and testing its product, service, or business model.

Explain why you selected this stage of development for your solution.

We have an nonprofit organization Sol Diferente who is helping to get resources. We have made a proof of concept with one person, we had a 6 month program with her and she was able to change her job position. She has a Education degree. After the training, she got a job offer as a Trainee and 3 months ago, was hired as a Cloud Engineer by Globant company as she has soft skills and tech skills required. As we tested with her, we want to replicate it with different locations and for that we require help from you.

Who is the Team Lead for your solution?

Carolina Herrera