SkillWaze Acquires tilr.com to Deliver AI-Powered, Guaranteed Career Readiness for Gen Z and Employers

Amid the largest annual gathering of human resources (HR) practitioners in the world, the SHRM 2025 Expo in San Diego, SkillWaze, the leading AI-powered guaranteed career-ready “Learn & Earn” workforce development platform transforming how young people prepare for the workforce, today announced its acquisition of tilr.com, a leading international enterprise-grade learning management, certified skills validation, and intelligent career matching provider.

This milestone accelerates SkillWaze’s mission to provide both Gen Z and employers with a guaranteed career readiness platform through AI-personalized learning combined with real-world, skill-scored employment experiences.

“As of 2024, over 87% of employers reported difficulties finding talent with the right skills, despite record numbers of job seekers,” said Dan Benveniste, Founder & CEO of SkillWaze. “By integrating tilr, we’re addressing this $11 trillion skills gap that the World Economic Forum warns could widen by 2030.”

The integration of tilr’s Learning Management Marketplace platform brings a powerful new layer to SkillWaze through certified course completion and credentialing, along with Learning and Employer Record Resume Standards (LER-RS). This combination now enables both the verification of skills learned and verification of skills applied in work through SkillWaze’s Skill Observation Engine, delivering employer-specific skill scoring for real-world applications across every micro-internship and challenge, completed through SkillWaze Innovation Challenges, Internships, and Apprenticeships.

What truly sets SkillWaze apart is its proprietary AI, which observes and skill-scores learners based on real-world skill application of employer-targeted skills, in addition to the verification of learned skills.

“The McKinsey Global Institute estimates that by 2030, up to 375 million workers will need to switch occupational categories due to automation and AI, making verified, transferable skills more critical than ever,” Benveniste continued.

“With tilr, we’re closing the loop between learning and verified outcomes. Our AI systems already personalize every step of the career journey, from skills assessment to learning and earning. Now, we can certify those experiences, ensuring every learner leaves with credentials that matter most to employers in real-time.”

This acquisition positions SkillWaze as the only solution in the market offering a comprehensive, end-to-end, AI-driven guaranteed career-readiness system for both employers and early talent. It seamlessly blends adaptive education, real-world practice, and job matching all within one ecosystem.

SkillWaze’s 100% career readiness guarantee further means that every learner achieves job-ready skills through personalized AI pathways with measurable outcome tracking.

A 2024 IBM study showed 80% of employers now prioritize skills over degrees, while 85% of Gen Z respondents say they want learning experiences directly linked to employability.

“We could not be happier for tilr to now integrate with Skillwaze and enable Gen Z in this new paradigm of skill-based guaranteed career-ready workforce development,” said Stephen Shefsky, tilr Co-Founder and CEO.

For employers and sponsoring workforce development organizations, the expanded SkillWaze platform delivers unmatched transparency and impact measurement, tracking learner progress, engagement, skill development, and career readiness.

“In the U.S. alone, skills gaps cost businesses over one trillion annually in lost productivity,” Shefsky added. “With tilr’s support, SkillWaze’s real-time analytics ensure employers see exactly how learners become workforce-ready.”

About SkillWaze

SkillWaze is the leading AI-powered platform preparing early talent for the future of work.

With six proprietary AI systems, including Agentic AI and LLM Generative AI, SkillWaze identifies skills gaps, personalizes learning, and delivers real-world learning experiences that lead to guaranteed career readiness.

Learn more at www.skillwaze.com

About tilr

tilr is the leading skills management platform helping skills-first organizations reliably hire and develop highly skilled talent.

Used by top HRIS systems, it offers skills tracking, analytics, and training to close skills gaps and support career growth.

www.tilr.com

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