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What is the SIA Foundation?
The technology industry is facing an unprecedented supply and demand skills issue, with demand for sales and broader go-to-market talent far outstripping the supply.
Additionally, the technology industry is now the biggest driver of the global economy, worth 10s of trillions of dollars.
The ability of the technology industry to create huge corporate valuations, combined with the extreme skills shortage means entry-level roles with no work experience can command $50,000 plus in starting salaries.
At the same time, university education is so expensive it's now out of reach for many people, and vast swathes of society simply don't have the right skills for our modern, complex global economy.
We are also emerging from a global pandemic that taught everyone, that physical location is no longer a barrier to working successfully in sales and go-to-market roles.
So we have set up this foundation to give free access to marginalized people to teach them all the skills they need to secure lucrative sales, customer success, and operations roles in the technology industry and embark on life-changing careers.
All you need is a web connection.
Who are we doing this for?
We want to help a number of adult groups including:
People who are economically disadvantaged, unemployed or in low-paid jobs
Underrepresented groups with the
aim of improving diversity in all its forms across the tech industry
Other groups who need support such as veterans, refugees, parents re-entering the workforce, and
young people priced out of
university education
How does the SIA foundation help?
Learn with others in live, online classes focused on various early-career roles in sales and go-to-market teams
Learn with others in live, online classes focused on various early-career roles in sales and go-to-market teams
Validate and prove newfound skills to potential employers with standardized knowledge
certification
Validate and prove newfound skills to potential employers with standardized knowledge
certification
Gain insights into the world of tech to understand the opportunities
for future
employment
Gain insights into the world of tech to understand the opportunities
for future
employment
Now recruiting for the sia foundation
🎉 This is an exciting time to join the Foundation as it develops 🎉
We are currently recruiting for Trustees and an Executive Director to join the Foundation.
A note from
our founder
"We started with the simple mission to help people who were struggling with their jobs and their businesses. Sales is really hard, building commercial teams is really, really hard. So many businesses have failed because, by and large, everyone is making it up as they go along with no access to formal structured education to give them the best possible chance of success..."
The SIA Foundation is currently in the process of being formally established as a company limited by guarantee and, once it has been incorporated, the charitable status will be sought from the Charity Commission for England and Wales.