How can marginalized workers and job seekers pursue new skillsets efficiently? It is challenging for anyone to navigate the virtually infinite number of useful skills, let alone for individuals characterized by hardships such as forced displacement, geographic isolation or a lack of formal education/experience.
Skilllab is a mobile app that empowers marginalized workers to take control of their skillsets, and to identify the straightest pathways toward their career goals. Starting with self-identified goals and experiences, our AI engine supports users in identifying their full skillsets from a 13,485-skill database, and outlines the applicability of these skills, drawing from a database of 2,942 occupations.
Our technology has already refugees across three continents discover the usefulness of their present skillsets, identify occupation-specific skill gaps/growth pathways, and explore remote up-skilling opportunities. This all despite significant structural, geographic and documentation-related hurdles – hurdles confronting millions across the LAC region.