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Our Vision An Australia where all young people have a pathway to a meaningful and rewarding career. Our Mission To bridge the gap between unemployment and a meaningful career for disadvantaged young Australians. About Us When a young person finishes school in Australia, they’re work-ready, right? Sadly, that’s increasingly not the case. Employers demand a diverse range and depth of skills – technical and non-technical – which regular school education won’t necessarily cover. This is where the Skilling Australia Foundation comes to the fore with our passion for skills-based education. We work in innovative ways to support young Australians facing disadvantage to forge their own career pathways through training and meaningful employment. By teaming up with schools, industry, business, governments and the vocational educational and training sector, the Skilling Australia Foundation has helped more than 1,300 young people build the skills towards a meaningful career, setting them up for a career of their choice. How we do it We take a multi-dimensional approach by offering: Free job-readiness programs Tuition-fee relief grants Merit based scholarships for high-achieving apprentices and trainees Collaboration with schools and industry with to equip students with the skills required for the workforce of the 21st century The Foundation was set up in 2012 and commenced activities in 2013. Since then our work continues to gain national and international recognition. We’re a not-for-profit charity and have Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR1) status, too. Find out how you can partner with us!

As an advisory firm we’ve been working at the heart of the digital transformation for decades. Disruptive business models have been familiar to us from our beginning. We're digital natives because that's our daily bread and butter. We answer the typical questions about what’s next for our clients in Asia, Europe and the US, every day since our foundation in 1995 (a date we share with amazon and eBay). What’s Next? How can we accelerate growth? What opportunities does the digital transformation offer our business? What are the threats? Which technologies should we consider and rely on? Is this business an attractive investment for us? How can we best optimize our investment portfolio in the digital space? What’s our best exit strategy? We’ve handled more than 4,000 What’s Next projects for our corporate clients, mainly from the sectors of telecommunications, information technology, media, e-business and adjacent service providers (“TIMES”): more than 300 of them, including companies such as AOL, Axel Springer, Bertelsmann, Cisco, Dolby, Endemol, Founder, Google, Haier, ProSiebenSat.1, SAP, Telefonica, Uzai, Vodafone, Xing, Yelp and Zeit, to name several. For more than 120 private equity players and financial institutions, we’ve executed more than 400 due diligences, managed about 180 M&A deals and supported 16 IPOs with a total transaction volume surpassing USD 6 billion. Our clientele includes 3i, Advent International, EQT, Franklin Templeton, General Atlantic, hg Capital, Iris Capital, Softbank and Warburg Pincus. Our international set-up in Asia, Europe and the US matches the challenges of our work. All Skillnet partners are entrepreneurs. We’ve all founded companies. We all invest actively. We all share the mindset of entrepreneurs and reflect it in our fields of expertise. We’re dedicated to digital transformation and delivering superior results to the world’s most sophisticated clients.

We are a national business support agency of the Irish Government, we work with companies of all sizes to identify and develop the talent they need to succeed. #ThinkTalent Our mission is to help businesses in Ireland to be the best they can be, through innovative and enterprise-driven people development. Skillnet Ireland and its 70+ Skillnet Business Networks help prepare over 18,000 businesses and 70,000 workers for the future of work each year. We believe that training and upskilling are key elements in keeping Irish companies competitive. We support groups of companies in the same region/sector and with similar training needs through our Skillnet Business Networks, delivering subsidised training to Irish businesses. Employer needs are addressed through both the preservation and growth of jobs, focusing on skills to maintain businesses and protect jobs as well as the enhancement of new skills to create new jobs. The needs of unemployed people are addressed through activation and conversion by focusing on integrated training with employees and dedicated conversion courses and work placement in areas of employment potential. Our Skills Connect initiative offers individuals the opportunity to develop new skills or reskill, build confidence and access practical on-the-job training. Skillnet Ireland was established in 1999 and is funded from the National Training Fund (NTF) through the Department of Higher and Further Education, Research, Innovation and Science.

Skillnets actively supports and works with businesses in Ireland to address their current and future skills needs. We believe that training and up-skilling are key elements in keeping Irish companies competitive. We fund groups of companies in the same region/sector, and with similar training needs, through training networks that deliver subsidised training to Irish businesses. Employer needs are addressed through both the preservation and growth of jobs, focusing on skills to maintain businesses and protect jobs as well as the enhancement of new skills to create new jobs. The needs of unemployed people are addressed through activation and conversion by focusing on integrated training with employees and dedicated conversion courses and work placement in areas of employment potential. Skillnets was established in 1999 and is funded from the National Training Fund (NTF) through the Department of Education and Skills (DES).

The future belongs to companies who better connect with their customers. Branding is a 360-degree colorful experience that we deliver through our compatible services. We at Skillnuts, make all your goals our No. 1 priority. No matter what stage of business you are in, our creative solutions help you “Connect better and Grow Faster”. We awaken your brand value and reach out to all your aspirations. Let’s be frank and keep the charm while touching newer trends. Whether you are a newbie or an experienced brand who has seen it all, we always have something to offer! Transform yourselves with us and be led by creativity and design. Let us reimagine your perceptions to deliver your brand value in the best way possible. Balance your passion so that you can eat your competition for breakfast!

SkillPad is a strategic hiring partner for Startups. We build talent communities and connect you with the right talent and help you optimize hiring costs. Our 360-degree candidate profiling helps you have a detailed candidate assessment and helps you make the right hiring choices. We're trusted by a lot of candidates to learn about start-up opportunities. If you are one who is keen to land an opportunity in the start-up world, you're in the right place.

SkillPop is a community-driven way for people to access in-person classes on a variety of subjects. Our teachers are talented, local professionals with skills to share, and classes are held pop-up style in interesting areas of the community. We strongly believe that the best learning happens in-person, and we strive to create environments where trying a new skill is social, accessible, and engaging.

SkillRace delivers an eco-system for performance-oriented learning. Currently, we are èn route to transform how football is optimizing its learning productivity at the same time as short- and long-term performance and results are achieved. This is exactly the challenge faced in all other industries, so we have developed learning eco-system that will work in any domain.