2024 Year in Review

We cover a bunch of exciting features released during the year, and setup for a brilliant 2025.

As we reflect on 2024, we are full of gratitude and excitement for the extraordinary achievements made possible, thanks in part to you. This past year marked a pivotal shift for SkillsDB—a year where we reimagined the very essence of what’s achievable for skills-based organizations and charted our course for the future.

After 16 years of growth, listening to customer and user feedback, and thorough exploration into the evolving dynamics of our industry, we embarked on a ground-up redesign of our SaaS platform. With 18 months of unwavering dedication, we delivered a completely rebuilt, cutting-edge platform, engineered to empower skills-driven organizations to build winning teams.

Here are some of the key advancements that made 2024 truly exceptional:

• Launched a revolutionary, ground-up redesigned and rebuilt platform, leveraging a state-of-the-art modern tech stack
• Introduced entirely new analytics, charts, and graphs, empowering L&D teams to gain profound insights across the organization and pinpoint training vulnerabilities
• Implemented smarter, more intuitive mechanics for organizing skills into advanced job roles and competency groups, enhanced employee skills summary pages, and upgraded grading workflows with manager-definable benchmarks
• Developed enhanced, powerful tools to seamlessly align customer job frameworks and competency-based career ladders, supporting a structured competency based training program that drives organizational growth
• Created upskilling pages, dedicated to each skill for centralizing critical learning resources and relevant connected content, fostering a culture of continuous improvement
• Rolled out a new, streamlined skills survey workflow for regular employee self-assessments and manager evaluations
• Overhauled email notifications across nearly all functionality, providing timely reminders for completion, expiration, and other crucial actions like closing out regular assessments
• Deployed a new method to seamlessly connect internal subject matter experts and mentors to specific skills, enabling easy discovery through robust search
• Unveiled an entirely new, highly efficient workflow for certifications, complete with proactive expiration notifications
• Delivered a flexible, new skills matrix for job roles and competency groups, alongside a comprehensive training matrix, clearly showcasing when employees are trained on specific skills.
• Implemented a system-wide search that enables instant access to all data, including experts, mentors, skill grades, roles/groups, certifications, geography/division/shift, and more

Every feature was meticulously crafted and designed with one singular goal in mind: to empower you in building winning teams.

As we look at the 2025 roadmap, our commitment to delivering rapid innovation and sustained improvement remains unwavering. This quarter, we’ll be unveiling a completely reimagined, purpose-built marketing website that embodies an even sharper vision for SkillsDB and showcases our strengthened dedication to our customers’ success.

Thank you for being an indispensable part of our journey. We look forward to an incredibly useful, prosperous and forward leaning 2025!

FAQ

What did SkillsDB release in 2024?

SkillsDB delivered a completely rebuilt platform from the ground up using a modern tech stack. Key releases included new analytics and reporting, advanced job role and competency group tools, a streamlined assessment workflow, overhauled certifications, skills and training matrices, and system-wide search.

Why did SkillsDB rebuild its entire platform?

After 16 years of growth and customer feedback, SkillsDB undertook an 18-month ground-up redesign to deliver a cutting-edge platform engineered for skills-driven organizations. The rebuild leveraged a modern tech stack to support the evolving needs of L&D teams.

What new analytics features were added in 2024?

SkillsDB introduced entirely new analytics, charts, and graphs that empower L&D teams to gain deeper insights across the organization. These tools help pinpoint training vulnerabilities and track development trends at the organizational level.

How did SkillsDB improve its assessment workflow?

SkillsDB rolled out a new streamlined skills survey workflow for regular employee self-assessments and manager evaluations. The platform also overhauled email notifications across nearly all functionality, providing timely reminders for assessment completion, expiration, and other critical actions.

What is the SkillsDB skills matrix?

The skills matrix is a flexible tool for job roles and competency groups that maps employee capabilities against role requirements. SkillsDB also delivered a comprehensive training matrix alongside it, clearly showing when employees are trained on specific skills.

How does system-wide search work in SkillsDB?

System-wide search enables instant access to all data across the platform, including experts, mentors, skill grades, roles, groups, certifications, geography, division, shift, and more. It eliminates the need to navigate through multiple screens to find specific information.

What changed with certifications in SkillsDB?

SkillsDB unveiled an entirely new, highly efficient certification workflow complete with proactive expiration notifications. This ensures teams stay current on required certifications without manual tracking or follow-up.

How did SkillsDB improve skill organization in 2024?

The platform implemented smarter, more intuitive mechanics for organizing skills into advanced job roles and competency groups. This included enhanced employee skills summary pages and upgraded grading workflows with manager-definable benchmarks.

What are upskilling pages in SkillsDB?

Upskilling pages are dedicated pages for each skill that centralize critical learning resources and relevant connected content. They foster a culture of continuous improvement by giving employees a single destination for all development resources tied to a specific skill.

Can SkillsDB connect mentors and experts to skills?

Yes. SkillsDB deployed a new method to seamlessly connect internal subject matter experts and mentors to specific skills. These connections are discoverable through robust search, making it easy for employees to find the right people for guidance and knowledge transfer.