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Skillful.ly
Equitable employment platform
- 1-20 employees
- B2B
- Recruitment
- HR
- Training
- Eureka Valley, San Francisco, CA
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Company mission
To provides users a more equitable alternative to traditional resume-driven hiring, allowing them to be seen for how well they use their skills rather than just where they may have learned them.
50% female employees
Our take
Companies spend a vast amount of time and energy trying to attract the top talent, but in a tightening labour market they are often going about it the wrong way. By focusing on where people worked and studied, they are missing out on a pool of diverse candidates possessing vital skills. At the same time, skilled and talented people are overlooked for careers that could really take them places.
Skillful.ly is a chartered Public Benefit Corporation that is aiming to create a truly equitable employment platform. By partering with a wide range of educational institutes it is able to uncover and develop the hidden strengths of diverse candidates, growing them into specialists in their chosen career paths. It makes this pool of talent available to employers, allowing them to find vetted, trained and skilled candidates in places their recruitment efforts are traditionally unable to reach.
Skillful.ly is continuing to develop its platform and expand its partnership program to power the training and development of its candidates. As a company aiming to solve a serious problem in society while meeting a pressing business need, it is well poised for future success.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Remote First Workspace
- Flexible Working Hours: “office hours” are 9a-1p PST
- Health Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision: covered at 75% + Buy-up plans available
- 11 Paid Federal Holidays
- 2 Company Shut Down Weeks (July, December)
- Unlimited PTO
- Yearly Continued Learning Stipend: Up to $10k
- Bi-annual Work On-Sites, in a rotation location
- Relocation Bonus to relocate to the Bay- up to 10k
Company values
- Equity as a first principle
- Economic empowerment is the goal
- Data protection as a core value
Funding (1 round)
Aug 2024
$2.5m
SEED
Total funding: $2.5m
Leadership
Brett
(Waikart)Previously Executive Director at Portfolios with Purpose. Before that was Director, Environmental Marts with SRECTrade and Vice President for New Albion Partners.
Kelly Cure
(Head of Growth)Was Founder & CEO of FIT'D (Foot In The Door). Before that was Economic Development Consultant with Laudes Foundation and Montigny Investments, and a Senior Counsultant for Deloitte.
Johnson James
(Head of Product)Before co-founding Skillful.ly was Entrepreneurial & IP Strategy Analyst for Berkley Lab and Head of Products & Innovation at Geckolyst. Before that was Chief Product Officer with T.I.G.E.R. Innovations.