Use Competences – Enrich Lives

We will begin the Symsala story by telling you about our vision and ambition in the broader context of two interrelated megatrends: globalisation and digitisation.

Automation is on the verge of eliminating many jobs that involve repetitive tasks, while at the same time offering new opportunities for versatile craftsmen, service staff, intellectuals and artists.

The digital economy now requires human multitasking, rapid delivery of services and a broad skillset. Under-qualified and older employees are increasingly under threat of losing their jobs; however, work is a basic human need. In Symsala, we want to tap into a service market designed for all individuals who love to live and like to work.

This is Symsala in a nutshell. We will now provide you with the details you need to make that all-important funding decision. It is important to us that you are aware of the far-reaching relevance of Symsala in a volatile world, where ad hoc services along with professional and social networking are becoming increasingly important.

We know that globalisation and digitisation are both going to create new winners.

This is fair enough, but what about economically disadvantaged people? For example, receptionists in Japanese hotels who are being replaced by cost-effective androids providing a standardised level of service.

And what about others who are, or feel, personally threatened by global competition and sophisticated algorithms?

Our primary belief is that many people, whatever their age, would like to be given attractive opportunities to earn alternative sources of income and, moreover, develop an appreciation for both professional work and social engagements.

Symsala is therefore targeting online communities committed to growing genuine peer-to-peer service networks.

It aims to accomplish this by placing individual competences at the heart of each user's profile.

We believe that when everyone can explore and use the service packages provided by others, Internet-enabled social media will achieve the momentum it needs to foster neighbourly help and service delivery – thus strengthening local and eco-friendly economies.

Empowering individuals, fostering trust, demanding reliability, ensuring quality, helping to build lasting service relationships – whether for cash, payment in kind, service in return, charitable donations, or no compensation at all – these are our key ambitions.

Everybody has the ability to attain profitable self-employment and engage in satisfying work.

Symsala therefore helps people to:

• Discover their dormant capabilities
• Use their core competences
• Acquire valuable know-how
• Enrich their life and the lives of others
• Gain new friends
• Design a human digital society

Above all else, Symsala helps people to enjoy each day spent living as a human being on this unique planet.

Based on a detailed analysis of almost thirty comparable approaches in Europe, America and Asia-Pacific region, we have developed a unique set of features.

These are as follows:

• Client's service searches and provider's competence profiles are supported through ten inspiring domains (e.g., Caregiving, Household, Security) and fifteen major life events (e.g., Coaching, Litigation, Offspring). These will suggest likely competences and are visually augmented with hundreds of images.
• Clients and providers can capture any competences when entering Symsala's database.
• Unknown competences can be requested for approval by the Symsala administration team.
• Each single competence can be specified according to certain criteria (e.g. availability, location, clientele).
• Negotiation of terms and conditions is supported by handshaking via agreement tool.
• No commission, no fees – only a marginal annual subscription which can be as low as 29 CHF for providers. For clients, the service is entirely free, requiring only a verifiable registration.
• A code of conduct is agreed and signed by all users.
• Clients can satisfy their need for security by searching for providers with appropriate credentials and track records.
• In urgent situations, a 24/7 hotline facilitates a fast and efficient search for the right competences.
• Data protection is guaranteed. User data is not traded.

100% transparency is ensured since Symsala is an association pursuant to article 60 et seq. of the Swiss Civil Code.