Skillfully

United States - San Francisco, California

• 06/08/2024
• Seed
• $2,500,000

Skillfully was founded on the belief that hiring should be efficient, inclusive, and skills-centric. Through experiential hiring methods using virtual simulations, employers now see applicant skills in action. This solution uncovers the perfect fit for a role before the interview phase, saving HR teams time, money, and effort.

For decades, recruiters have relied on resume-based hiring to superficially qualify candidates by parsing applicant descriptions of skills to determine employability. The rise of AI tools that automatically enhance and submit applications at an unprecedented scale has overwhelmed employer pipelines, making accurate and precise decision-making nearly impossible.

Enter Skillfully’s recruitment solution - HiredNow. The HiredNow tool allows employers create custom simulations of real-life, on-the-job scenarios to effectively assess an applicant’s actual skill level. For the first time, employers can see an applicant’s skills firsthand to determine if their abilities match the unique requirements of a job opening before engaging with the applicant directly. These simulations provide a precise skills scorecard for every applicant, vastly improving hiring efficiency compared to traditional resume-driven tools and enabling skills-first hiring at scale.

Through the Skillfully platform, employers can also hire directly from our exclusive, skill-verified TalentNetwork, which includes national career partners such as leading universities, community college systems, HBCUs and workforce development organizations. Employers hiring from our TalentNetwork get access to a deeply diverse and highly motivated candidate pool often overlooked by conventional resume-first hiring tools and professional networks.

In this new Age of AI “Good on Paper” is no longer good enough for employers searching for the very best talent. Discover how Skillfully can transform your hiring process today!

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Brett WaikartCo Founder

United States - San Francisco, California

Since 2019 I've run Skillfully, an AI-native HR platform that lets employers shift to a skills-centric model of employment. We build virtual simulations of real workplace challenges that are used as the first step in recruitment for a wide range of jobs. Our simulations replace outdated resumes and static job profiles in the hiring process, giving recruiters the ability to see applicant skills in action before they hire.

We envision a future of work that is more fair, inclusive, and meritocratic. Skillfully was founded as a Public Benefit Corporation to make this vision a reality, and I'm incredibly fortunate to work with an amazing set of co-founders and a team of all star missionaries who break new ground each every day in bringing about a skills-first future of work. If our mission resonates with you and you'd like to learn about opportunities to join our team, I'd love to meet you.

I spend 99% of my time working with the world's top employers, equipping them with the tools needed to hire the very best talent for any given role. Reach out if you'd like to learn what it means to "Hire Skillfully"!

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettwaikart/