SkilledUp Life as a Career Accelerator – Our Volunteer Opportunities

SkilledUp Life teams

SkilledUp Life is a career accelerator that helps people gain real-world experience and skills from global tech startups, build credible and referenceable proof of experience, and fast-track transition into paid roles, freelancing or entrepreneurship including career transition. Unlike traditional courses or internships, SkilledUp Life places people inside live tech startups from across the world where […]

Testimonial with a smile – Dora Blasberg

Dora blasberg

At SkilledUp Life, we are privileged to work with remarkable global talents who bring fresh energy, new perspectives, and a relentless drive for excellence. Among them Dora Blasberg has truly stood out. Based in the UK and originally from France, Dora has contributed immensely in her role as Deputy Head of HR (Productivity). With a natural flair […]

How Volunteering at SkilledUp Life Helped Ye Wang Secure an Opportunity at Lenovo

Ye Wang, a talented UI/UX Designer, recently leveraged her volunteer experience at SkilledUp Life to land a job as a Web Designer at Lenovo in Beijing, China. Ye joined SkilledUp Life as a UI/UX Designer volunteer in August 2024. She did two volunteer terms with our product team, refining her skills and gaining real-world experience […]

From Volunteer to Global SEO Expert: Emmanuel Akyeam’s Journey with SkilledUp Life

In today’s competitive digital world, breaking into remote work or even securing long-term employment without prior experience can seem like an uphill battle.  After the pandemic, when businesses began to adopt the culture of working remotely, it gradually got saturated– I mean who wouldn’t want to work from the comfort of their homes? Emmanuel Akyeam’s […]

How to Use SkilledUp Life Volunteering to Build Your Personal Brand

Everyone talks about how building a personal brand can help you to not just stand out alone, but also get jobs as a beginner, but they don’t really show us how.  Even when they do, they try to sell us their courses in the process. I know how hard it is to build trust and […]

Testimonial from Angie Huang from China

Angie Huang

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

Festus

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. […]

Two Volunteers become Employees today

Godwin and Cecilia become employees

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 […]