Each year, SkillUp Coalition releases our impact report to celebrate what we’ve accomplished alongside our 180+ strong coalition. Also each year, we wrestle with the tension on how to translate the numbers into the human-first stories that convey what it really feels like to land a better job, earn a higher wage, or find a meaningful career path.
Over the years, we realized that we can’t fully capture this, but we certainly try! So, by the numbers over just the past 12 months, SkillUp has seen an incredible:
* 1.3 million+ workers supported
* 75,591+ estimated job placements
* $8.5 billion in estimated increased wages
* 499:1 return on investment
Behind these huge numbers are real people and stories. People like Winston, who leveraged our platform to translate skills gained during military service into a public sector role. Or Stacy, who continues to build her skillset via SkillUp’s training and resource catalogs to become remote work ready.
We also walk our talk. Nearly 25% of the SkillUp team are STARs a