Ghana - Business creation project

Describe your project or startup in a few words

D & G Career Coach is a game-changing AI-powered platform that helps job seekers create tailored resumes and cover letters that highlights their skills and experience. The platform also offers personalized career coaching on mock interview an pre-testing.

01.01 Describe your project in more detail

D & G Career Coach is an AI-empowered platform designed with the job seeker in mind to create effective CVs, cover letters and prepare for interviews that will highlight their skills, experience and accomplishments. Our mission is to empower these job seekers to present their best selves in terms of the expertise they already possess to potential employers, thereby increasing their chances of landing their dream jobs. We will do this providing personalized tools and resources for free and also advanced user experiences and expert review for a reasonable subscription fee. The value we generate by engaging with job seekers and the data generated shall be aggregated and used as insights to help recruiters, HR professionals and other experts to optimize their hiring processes.

01.02 What is the main problem you are trying to solve?

Making job seekers ready for the job market. We are doing this by helping them create effective resumes to access the job opportunities that match their skills and interests. We are also helping them prepare for interviews and tests to increase their chances of success. Our extended aim is to also help them develop relevant skills that are relevant to the positions that are applying for if they do not have them already. The platform will also help job seekers develop a strong online presence (which in itself makes a good case for their job application) and stay up-to-date on industry trends and best practices wherever their interests may be. Our focus is to make people employable because we believe that most people even after spending years at the university are criminally unprepared for the job market.

01.03 Tell us the major benefits and/or advantages of using the product/service that your project intends to provide (at least 3).

1. Personalized Support: What we seek to do with our platform is to provide personalized support for our users. Most job seekers from my experience as Senior HR Executive reviewing CVs and resumes on a daily basis have no idea what the employer is looking for. They put very little effort into maximizing the skills and experience they have even when they clearly possess them. Our platform will help job seekers everywhere overcome this hurdle. 2. Job seeking is a competition and surprisingly many people do not view it as such. For every job posting out there, there are usually 1000s of people who apply. The employer is often spoiled for choice and may not waste time on any application that does not stand out. Our platform will give our users competitive advantage in the job market. 3. Effective job searching demands a strategy or at least a clearly defined goal. Our platform will support users in developing a comprehensive career strategy taking into account their skills and interests.

01.04 Please describe who exactly your project is aimed at serving. Who are the targeted beneficiaries?

Our primary target are job seekers across every industry and experiences levels. Breaking that down, we will segment them into fresh graduates, students, career starters, NSS personnel. professionals and executives. Our aim is to tailor the right information to meet the specific needs of the various user segments. We shall offer basic refinement tools for career starters, students, fresh graduates and NSS personnel while providing advanced CV optimization tools for professionals and executives who are looking to advance even further in their career. Our platform shall be useful to recruiters, HR professionals and talent acquisition teams to gain insights into the kind of skills that are readily available on the job market. Career coaches and consultants can also make use of our platform for their gaining relevant knowledge they can apply when dealing with job seekers and employers. Finally, job boards and career websites can make use of our platforms to drive traffic to their websites.

01.05 When did you start working on your project?

2024-02-01

01.06 How many other partners are associated with your business venture?

1

01.07 Among the other partners, how many are female?

0

01.08 Please describe the profile of each of the other partners (skills, experience, etc.)

Desmond Domfeh, my partner is an Information Security Engineer with over 10+ years experience in the field. He currently works at the City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management, USA. He has a Master's in Cyber Security and Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Cyber Security from the Pennsylvania Western University. He also has a BSc in Telecommunications Engineering from Kwame Nkrumah University of Ghana. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a Microsoft Certified Azure Security Engineer Associate. He has other major certifications from relevant cybersecurity bodies. He shares the vision and passion for making job seekers employable by providing the right tools and resources for them to land the job of their dreams.

01.09 If you have a website, a social media page (Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin…), or app, please provide the link here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-gyasi-23228369/

01.10 Which industry best describes your project?

Other: Professional Services

02.01.01 My project contributes to the No poverty goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.01.02 No poverty - Justification

By providing the right tools and resources for job seekers, we empower them to secure the right jobs that will pay them salaries to sustain their lives and that of their families. All over the world, employment opportunities are very essential to lifting people out of poverty.

02.02.01 My project contributes to the Zero hunger goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification

Having stable source of income enables people to purchase food and meet their nutritional needs. This also extends to their immediate families and community members they take care of to meet their nutritional needs as well.

02.03.01 My project contributes to the Good health and well-being goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.03.02 Good health and well-being - Justification

Employment can reduce anxiety related to financial insecurity which has been found to have an impact on mental health and general well being. Some jobs even provide free access to healthcare to their workers as benefits.

02.04.01 My project contributes to the Quality education goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification

By providing access to educational resources and job training to job seekers, our platform will contribute to quality education. It will help all sorts of people in their quest to become ready for the job market by providing relevant materials.

02.05.01 My project contributes to the Gender equality goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification

Our platform will leverage technology to reach a wider audience, including marginalized communities. Women all over the world can access our platform at any time to gain the right resources needed to secure the available jobs to improve their economic situation.

02.06.01 My project contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

5

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification

Employment provides the financial means to access clean water thereby reducing the risk of waterborne diseases.

02.07.01 My project contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

5

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification

People with stable income can afford clean energy to power their homes and communities. They can leverage their positions and jobs to advocate for clean and renewable energy usage.

02.08.01 My project contributes to the Decent work and economic growth

7 - Strongly Agree

02.08.02 Decent work and economic growth - Justification

Decent work improves the economic growth of workers. They are also able to contribute to the production of goods and services which contributes to the economic growth of society as well.

02.09.01 My project contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

7 - Strongly Agree

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification

Employment in industries like manufacturing and construction drives industrial development and innovation.

02.10.01 My project contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification

Employment empowers reduced inequalities everywhere in the world. Employment opportunities provide access to education and training reducing skill gaps and promoting equal opportunities for everyone based on merit.

02.11.01 My project contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

5

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification

Jobs in urban planning, architecture and transportation can help in building sustainable cities and communities.

02.12.01 My project contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification

Most jobs are now advocating for sustainable consumption patterns in their design and thinking. CSG advocates can promote responsible production practices and help reduce pollution and ensure ethical sourcing.

02.13.01 My project contributes to the Climate action goal

5

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification

Jobs in energy efficiency and sustainability can minimize energy waste and lower emissions.

02.14.01 My project contributes to the Life below water goal

5

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification

Education on marine conservation and pollution reduction on our platforms.

02.15.01 My project contributes to the Life on land goal

5

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification

Employment in conservation and research shared on our platform can help restore and promote ecological health.

02.16.01 My project contributes to the Peace justice and strong institutions goal

5

02.16.02 Peace justice and strong institutions - Justification

Jobs in human rights, advocacy and activism promote and protect human rights and support marginalized societies.

02.17.01 My project contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification

We can use our platform as a strong advocate for the promotion of SDGs. We can design SDG related courses for our users and engage them to foster partnerships across the various sectors and industries they find themselves in.

05.01 There are a large number of customers who already use a product/service very similar to the product/service we envision creating.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.02 The product/service we envision creating represents an entirely new type of product/service.

6

05.03 The product/service we envision creating could be described as a new technology.

5

05.04 The product/service we envision creating is an improvement on an existing product or service.

6

05.05 The product/service we envision creating could be described as an extension of a range of products or services.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.06 The product/service we envision creating responds to a demand or need that has not been satisfied by other products/services.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.07 The product/service we envision creating is a new version of an old product/service.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.08 Justification

We are leveraging digital technologies to foster personal engagement with job seekers to provide them with tailored services that will improve the prospects of our users. We will also suggest training and capacity-building programs that will prepare job seekers and make them ready for the job market.

05.09 Who are your main potential competitors and what makes you stand out from them?

Visual CV and Teal are the major competitors at the local level. On the local scene, there are a number of HR professionals who provide CV revamp services for job seekers. What makes our project stand out is that we leverage the technology out there and add the nuanced expertise of our local HR professionals to build full quality service for users. Our uniqueness will come from the fact that most of the materials needed to build this platform have already been curated and the team is going through the process of putting all the resources needed together for the building.

10.06 Are you initiating actions within your community to promote the role of female entrepreneurs?

No