TPO – UC Talent – a recruitment platform in the technology sector – has won the first prize of the SURF 2024 Startup Competition. This year, the competition also attracted many quality projects from students in Da Nang.
On August 30, within the framework of the SURF 2024 Innovation and Startup Festival, the Department of Science and Technology of Da Nang City organized the award ceremony of the SURF 2024 Innovation and Startup Competition.
Accordingly, UC Talent - a recruitment platform in the technology field - won the First Prize.
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UC Talent platform won first prize at the SURF 2024 Innovation and Startup Competition. Photo: Giang Thanh |
According to Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Duong (Founder & CEO of UC Talent), this is the solution to his own job search problem when he just returned from Ho Chi Minh City to his hometown Da Nang.
As a web 3 platform that leverages the power of AI and Blockchain technology, UC Talent is a start-up born with the desire to build a "market" for recruiting human resources in the technology field.
“In 2022, a friend introduced me to a blockchain startup and exposed me to this futuristic technology.
Soon after, the idea of UC Talent was conceived. By 2023, I started to form a project team and build the platform,” said Mr. Duong.
This is a platform that connects technology professionals with businesses that need to recruit. Anyone who joins the platform can become a head hunter and earn money from that job.
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Founder Nguyen Ngoc Duong presents project at the Final Round of the competition |
“Compared to traditional methods, recruiting through this platform will help reduce intermediary buyers, reduce costs for recruiting businesses, increase the speed and efficiency of recruitment technology thanks to AI and Blockchain technology,” Mr. Duong shared.
This year, projects apply a variety of new technologies such as: artificial intelligence (AI), web3, blockchain technology, augmented reality technology (AR), 360-degree virtual reality technology (vR360)...
Currently, this platform has about 800 personnel profiles with 600 job applications submitted and processed on the system, 3 companies are using this platform. For a start-up that was only established in June 2024, these are impressive numbers.
“Winning the top prize of the SURF Startup Competition will be a huge boost for UC Talent to go faster and further.
Besides, by participating in SURF 2024, we also have the opportunity to connect with students of Danang University of Technology, potential future employees," Mr. Duong expected.
Great opportunity for student start-ups
This year, many student start-up projects also excelled and competed in the final round of the SURF 2024 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition. Among them, there were projects that won prizes and were highly appreciated by the judges.
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Delegates visit BINKS Vegetable Ink booth at SURF 2024 |
Just a few months after winning first prize in the 6th Student Startup Idea Competition (SV – STARTUP) – 2024 organized by the Ministry of Education and Training in collaboration with the Central Youth Union, the BINKS Vegetable Ink project team decided to establish a start-up business while still being students. At the SURF 2024 Startup Competition, BINKS excelled over many strong competitors in technology to win second prize.
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This student project won second prize in the competition. |
Awarded the competition's promising prize, the ElevaBot public stair cleaning robot project by a group of students from Le Quy Don High School for the Gifted is a solution to automate the stair cleaning process, ensuring safety for users. The robot is capable of moving and cleaning itself according to a pre-set schedule.
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Students share about the ElevaBot project |
“Currently, the Robot is still in the process of completion and development, and has been tested at some high schools in the area. The Le Quy Don High School for the Gifted project has agreed to test cleaning the stairs on campus at certain times in the evening,” said Huynh Huu Hung (representative of the ElevaBot project).
According to Ms. Le Thi Thuc, Deputy Director of the Department of Science and Technology of Da Nang City, over the years, the SURF Innovation and Startup Competition has discovered and nurtured many startups such as: Wetex (won the National Management Performance Award), Beekids (top 10 Finalists of the TechFest 2023 Startup Competition), FiveSS (successfully raised capital on Shark Tank season 7)...
“This year, the finalist projects are all high quality, in leading technology fields, which is a positive sign for Da Nang’s startup ecosystem. What’s more special is that the competition also attracted many high quality projects from students, which shows the strong spread of the startup spirit,” said Ms. Thuc.
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