Case Study: SleepHabits – Helping the world sleep better
The first step is always the hardest. It is especially true for tech startups. You may have a clear blueprint for the development of your company and a strong ambition to achieve something meaningful for people’s wellbeing. However, turning that vision into reality requires the right people to support you every step of the way. […]
Testimonial from Angie Huang from China
Hello everyone, my name is Angie. I am a student from China and I am currently studying for a master’s degree at UCL in the UK. During my Volunteer Term at SkilledUp Life, I was responsible for running the official account of SkilledUp Life Xiaohongshu (a Chinese social media platform) to expand SkilledUp Life’s influence […]
Career Transition through SkilledUp Life
Want to transition your career? Have you been in the same industry for over 10 years? Fancy a transition? No idea how to go about it? If so, be inspired by the success achieved by Festus Ihensekhien. Just before his second Volunteer term ended, he landed a Head of Sales job with an EdTech company. […]
How SkilledUp Life has impacted my growth as a professional: a case study on Ms. Saloni Arora
When one considers growth, one may imagine it to be something that must come from the outside to change the inside. Something they must wait for to impact their lives dramatically. Some force of nature to elevate them. This is not how growth begins. Growth first comes from the inside. It begins with your decision […]
Two Volunteers become Employees today
SkilledUp Life started by trying to solve a fundamental problem – how do you build a successful tech startup, if you do not have the capital to pay for talent? Of course, one answer is to raise capital, but not all businesses are investible. Debt finance is not the route for many tech startups in […]
Introducing Open Makers, Bingewell, Bluu Kazi and Texkoop
We are ending the week by adding 4 more tech startups to SkilledUp Life taking the total to 22 tech startup Founder Customers. Let me quickly introduce them. Open Makers (USA) by Micah Iverson Open Makers helps to organize and share your side projects, important milestones, product launches, tasks and more with the indie maker […]
I’m Collins – Being promoted to Head of HR
My name is Collins Were Ong’eta. I reside in Nairobi, Kenya. I am a graduate from The University of Nairobi where I studied Bachelor of Commerce-Human Resource (HR) Management Option. So far I have 4 years of experience in the HR field as an HR Assistant. My aspiration is to one day be the Head of the […]
I’m Benjamin – this is my Volunteer Experience
My name is Benjamin Precious and I’m based in Nigeria. I recently concluded my undergraduate studies in Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management, and a few months ago I signed up on SkilledUp Life through the LinkedIn platform as an HR Volunteer. I had knowledge in HR but I didn’t have any industry experience to […]
Josué secures employment after volunteering
I am Josué PIERRE LOUIS, a young Haitian student/professional full of dreams and projects for my country. I was born in a very poor country, ranked among the poorest in the world and the poorest in the Americas. I have a degree in economics and this training has given me a lot of knowledge such […]
I’m Chinte – Volunteered for Deal Lite
I’m Chinthake Mallawaarachchi. I had a tremendous volunteering experience over 6 months. The company I volunteered for gave extra attention to training and monitoring to make sure I was competent. It was wonderful to collaborate daily across the world with my colleagues. And the experience was thoroughly enjoyable. In the meanwhile learning about the business […]