Give Jobs to 90 Underserved Young Adults in Israel

STARTECH:

At the beginning of December the Startech Mobile App school participants worked with 4 high tech experts on a Code Review exercise in which they put into practice all that they had learned over the course of the program. Participants received expert feedback on their coding while experiencing part of the interviewing process that is common to the high tech industry. the high tech experts were from Wix, Sears Israel and Inneractive and we can't thank them enough for the time and effort they put into our Mobile School. 

December 21 makret the final session of the Mobile School led by Sears Israel. At the final session, participants learned important skills such as networking, CV wriiting and interviweing skills tailored for the high-tech industry from two highly talented Rhodium leaders. Following the employment workshop, participants received their Startech Mobile App School Certificate of Completion. 

This was our first ever Mobile App School and we want to extend a very special thanks you to Sears Israel for helping to create an ever adapting and relevant curriculum. Thank you to the amazing instructors from cutting edge companies who taught and mentored our participants. Finally, good luck to all our participants!!!!

We are excited to being our next Startech School, the DevOps school whcih will start in the next month.

SEEDS III:

The SEEDs technological entrepreneurship program, in partnership with Pelephone, kicked off at the beginning of November at the Pelephone offices, in the presense of senior executives from Pelephone, Appleseeds' CEO Dafna Lifshitz and Board of Directors member Kobi Nizri. The goal of the progam is to provide tools for young entrepreneurs from all over the country, who will develop innovative technological ventures in the coming months, will be exposed to the Israeli entrepreneurial world and will gain an understanding of the fast paced challenges in the industry. The program is comprised of 14 young entreprenuers; incuding 10 Net@ graduates and 2 Tech-Career graduates. 

On December 21, the SEEDS III participants gathered for a Hackathon at the Brightcome offices. The program began with al lecture on innovation and entreprenuership by Sagi Ben-Zidaf, Brightcom's Vice President of Products and Technologies. Participants were then divided into 4 groups and brainstormed more than 100 solutions for different needs including smart public transporation, time management and technological tools to prevent theft of personal effects. At  the end of the session, the groups chose one innovate and applicable solution that they will develop over the next few weeks.