Mission Statement
“To serve our clients and community by matching global opportunity to local talent, bringing sustainable positive change to both.”
Reason for the Mission
We live in a world where in order to get even an entry level job in the tech industry most candidates at least need a four-year degree in some type of Engineering and often a Master’s Degree along with some relevant certificates. The problem is that these degrees are incredibly expensive and require years of full-time work. This means that in order to become a successful Engineer you need to be wealthy or lucky enough to get an opportunity to go to one of these colleges.
We recognize that wealth and opportunity are not spread equally throughout the world but a strong work-ethic and the desire to learn is. There are hard-working individuals in every community on earth who, if given the opportunity, have the potential to excel at any technical skills. Unfortunately, there are many individuals in overlooked and underprivileged communities who lack access to traditional educational institutions. We imagine a world where a career in computer science is possible for anyone from any background by providing extensive on-the-job training for them through our extensive apprenticeship programs.
The reality is that all people in technical fields will have to continuously learn new things everyday as the industry adapts to rapidly evolving technologies. Why is it that most companies will invest in their people by providing their current employees with opportunities to learn new skills that are related to their job but won’t hire new employees unless they have already attained the skills on their own? Of course, it is true that money and resources are scarce because of the huge amount of competition in the tech industry and thus most companies don’t want to invest in people that they fear may not be loyal to them in the long term. Companies feel it is a safer investment to train current employees rather than developing extensive training programs for new employees because their current people are more likely to stay with the company and thus make a return on the investment.
In the global workforce, only 29% of IT workers express a high intent to stay with their current company anyway. In other words, only 29% of IT workers have what we call “loyalty” (The number for Asia, where we operate is 19%). Given this situation, many companies make the strategic calculation that funding advanced training for new people is a bad investment. But what if the reason for low employee loyalty is because of low company loyalty?
At SkyFish, we believe that if our company is loyal to our employees and generously invests in their growth from day one, then we will experience a far more constant and loyal team so we can provide a more consistent quality in our products and services for our customers. Because of this, it is our goal to maintain a workforce that is at least 25% made up of people who were trained and educated through our internal apprenticeship programs rather than traditional educational institutions.