UpSmith’s mission is to address the skilled worker shortage by creating high dignity, high pay career opportunities for talent. The company solves employers’ needs by identifying high potential candidates and facilitating sponsored, accelerated, foundational training to rapidly qualify them for entry level roles in skilled professions. UpSmith’s initial focus is addressing the 1.3 million unfilled skilled construction and manufacturing jobs in the U.S. This shortage is poised to triple to over 4 million openings by 2030, costing the country $280 billion annually. Globally the problem is even greater, with an 85 million skilled worker shortfall across industries poised to cost $8.5 trillion by 2030.