Skillwise Consulting was founded in 2013 to provide workforce development and training programs to address a skills gap between existing employees and emerging technologies. The company builds a team of learning and development experts and works with over 200 subject matter experts to offer over 400 training courses across technical skills, leadership, foreign languages, and individual domains. Skillwise aims to provide high-quality training both virtually and in-person to help clients improve workforce output, reduce costs and time, and increase returns on investments. Looking to the future, Skillwise has expanded its operations internationally and plans to further grow its global operations and management of overseas training assignments.

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46Consultants Review
Skillwise Consulting :
Creating Radical Workforce Development
Training Programs
“A
strong economy be-
gins with a strong,
w e l l - e d u c a t e d
workforce.” This
quote by Bill Owens is a reflection
of the contribution that the workforce
can make to an organization’s success.
With continuous efforts, appropri-
ate skills required for the job and the
right approach, a team can bring forth
steady growth of an entity. However,
every organization, irrespective of its
size and nature of business, needs to
consider unremitting growth and de-
velopment of its employees. To make
this happen, either the employee has
to explore ways to step up to the next
level, which remains a rare possibil-
ity. Thus, such initiatives are needed
to be taken by companies to keep their
employees updated and competent.
This was made possible with the com-
mencement of Skillwise Consulting,
the flagship company of Skillwise
Group. The company offers corporate
training solutions and project & tech-
nology consulting services to corpo-
rates across verticals.
Delivering FuturisticTraining
Solutions
Founded in 2013, Skillwise
Consulting aims to provide quality
workforce development training
programs globally. The founders of
the company witnessed a gap between
the operational working group and
emerging technologies and legacy
systems being introduced to them. To
deal with this, they created Skillwise,
a name capable enough to bridge this
skill gap. Elaborating the company’s
approach, Bastian Babu, Founder &
CEO, Skillwise Consulting says, “We
atSkillwisebuildastrong,experienced
and competent team of learning and
development professionals who
engage more than 200 subject matter
experts with job level competencies
in the respective technologies and
domains.” Addressing the need for a
skill upgrade in almost every sector,
the company introduced training
programs for technical workforce,
leadership programs and foreign
languages training apart from domain
specific training programs. The
company also adapts to technological
methods for knowledge transfer such
as virtual classrooms and labs.
Adapting to a Result-Driven
Approach
Skillwise was brought to existence
with the assurance of better output
from workforce apart from reduced
turnaround time and improved returns
on investments. The company intends
to bring a change to the way the
corporate world works. However,
initially, when the industry had multiple
challenges for the company to witness,
the team geared up for a victorious
future. From boot camp training,
integrated instructor led online virtual
class to providing training material
to clients and identifying off the shelf
solutions, the company did everything.
Skillwise has more than 400 courses
for its corporate clients. The team has
also conducted online training programs
spanning over 2500 hours. “Our
programs help our clients to face their
customers and maintain great rapport
with all stakeholders for repeat and
referral business,” explains Bastian.
Planning for the future remains
a major task for every organization.
Skillwise Consulting too has been
working on its plans for future growth.
The company apart from its India
operations has commenced operations
in the U.S. and other countries as
well. Skillwise has been handling
International training programs apart
from delivering staffing and placement
solutions in the U.S. In the coming
years, the organization plans to expand
geographically. Thus, one of the major
focus areas for the team would be to
manage overseas assignments.
Skillwise has been
handling International
training programs
apart from delivering
staffing and placement
solutions in the US
Bastian Babu,
Founder & CEO
Learning & Development
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