What are the Trailblazer Awards?
The Trailblazer Awards celebrates Year 12 students beyond their ATAR, recognising those who have overcome personal challenges and used their final year of school to positively impact their community.
Our Trailblazers will have the opportunity to network with industry leaders, build their personal brand and profile as a future leader, get exam ready in our 1-day HSC Trials Accelerator, and so much more!
Find out how Jasmeet Kaur navigated Year 12 differently throughout 2022!
Introducing: Jasmeet Kaur Saini
Category: Business & Entrepreneurship
School: Blacktown Girls High School
State: NSW
Career Aspiration: A career as a clinical psychologist while opening a professional cake business
Achievements
- Gained recognition for her own cake business
- Worked to fulfil cake orders, producing about 1-2 orders per month
- Developed a variety of skills such as time management and communication skills
What makes Jasmeet Kaur a Trailblazer?
Jasmeet Kaur began to build her own cake making business in Year 10, and since this time, has been able to grow her business to a substantial amount! Although she has not yet branched out professionally, Jasmeet Kaur’s business is off to a fantastic start, already having about 20 customers, producing about 30-35 orders over the past two years, which equates to 1 to 2 cake orders per month.
“This business has allowed me to not only work on something I am very passionate about but also get orders and fulfil the wants for other people and brighten up their life in a small way.”
Jasmeet Kaur’s small business has allowed her to work on a project that she is not only very passionate about, but has given her the opportunity to give back to the community and brighten peoples lives in a great way! The process of running her own business has also enhanced a variety of Jasmeet Kaur’s skills. She has learnt what it takes to run and promote a business – with some of the vital skills being time management, resources management and communication.
The process of planning, organising, gathering ingredients and materials and producing the cakes have given Jasmeet Kaur a great learning curve, helping her understand how to prioritise and run her small business alongside maintaining her school work. In addition to these amazing skills, Jasmeet Kaur has been exposed to the ins and outs of customer service, as she learnt how to best communicate with people in dealing with their orders and understanding their needs.
Alongside her studies and running her small cake business, Jasmeet Kaur also managed to complete 35 hours of work placement in the field of hospitality. She completed her work placement at Nadia’s Cafe, where she had the role of making coffee beverages, serving customers, clearing tables, setting up tables and taking orders which helped her understand the logistics behind running a large business, and helped her gain some useful customer service skills!
Like all passionate allrounders, managing Year 12 was a challenge for Jasmeet Kaur – especially during the uncertain times experienced by many due to COVID. Jasmeet Kaur found it challenging to complete extra study and revision for her exams and found COVID to be a setback to her learning as it made it harder to catch on things that she had missed out on, leaving her overwhelmed and stressed. However, she persevered through it all, and came out victorious on the other side!
In the future, Jasmeet Kaur hopes to pursue a career as a clinical psychologist, while opening up her own professional cake business.
Jasmeet Kaur has shown dedication and passion, allowing her to successfully complete Year 12, whilst managing her own small business! This is why she is one of our Top 50 Trailblazers!
The Top 50 Year 12 Trailblazer Awards
The Trailblazer Awards aim to identify and celebrate students who use their final years of school to invest holistically in the skills and experiences that will maximise their own future opportunities and make a contribution to the future of our society.
Our winners for the Year 12 Trailblazer Awards have demonstrated initiative in volunteering for their school or community, have participated in co-curricular activities, and have held leadership positions within their schools.
Learn more about who placed in the Top 50 Year 12 Trailblazers here!
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