Skillit — workforce pathways, verified

01How it works

From "what do you want to do?" to a map

Say it in your own words

A ZIP code, how far you can travel, how far you got in school, and what you're curious about. Skillit picks the field and focus from plain language — a picker is the fallback, not the front door.

See the ladder

Rows are cities — yours first, then neighbors with mileage. Columns are the five steps from first exposure to employer. Cards are color-coded by type and filter live: paid only, under 18, distance, education.

Thin coverage researches itself

If an area is thin, Skillit logs a research request and sends specialist agents onto the live web. Only items provable with a working link enter the library — the next person there gets an instant answer.

Skillit pathway map for an aspiring electrician in Oakland: rows for Oakland, San Leandro and San Francisco with mileage, columns from Discover to Unions & Employers, cards for training centers, JATC apprenticeships and scholarships — The real thing: an Oakland electrician's map. Your city first, neighbors with mileage, and the five steps across — including the IBEW apprenticeships that pay you to learn.

Skillit intake form asking what do you want to do, with plain-language field, ZIP code, travel distance, education level and life-situation chips — The whole interview: what you want to become, where you are, how far you can go — and life-situation chips that mark what fits without hiding anything.

Skillit card detail for the Alameda County Electrical JATC IBEW 595 apprenticeship showing age, cost, education chips, a Verified date and a Source link — A card opened: the IBEW 595 apprenticeship — paid to work, free classes, the 2026 application window, a **Verified** date, and the source link.

02The evidence rule

A directory, not advice

Nothing is invented, ever. Every card carries the date it was last checked and the official page behind it. Scholarship totals are summed only from amounts stated on official pages — funds without published amounts are counted but never totaled.

—Any US ZIP code

ZIP resolves to city and state everywhere. Nationwide programs show for everyone; state depth is added one state at a time — and when a state isn't mapped yet, Skillit says so instead of padding.

—Fields, not features

Skilled Trades, Film & TV, and Healthcare are live. The engine is field-agnostic: a new field is a registry entry and a research campaign, not a rebuild.

—Dated cards, sourced claims

Every card: what it is, what it costs or pays, age and education requirements, the last-checked date, and the proof link.

—Metrics per person

The strip above each map is computed for that person's situation — total options, nearby, paid, free, and the scholarship money actually listed on official pages.

03Who it's for

Built for the people who point people

Workforce boards and development organizations — a live, verified program directory for the region, instead of a PDF that was stale the day it shipped.
Schools, counselors, and libraries — an answer for "what now?" that respects a student's distance, age, and budget.
Unions and training providers — their real programs, shown to the people those programs were built for, with proof attached.
Families — the whole ladder in one view, including the steps that pay you to climb them.