Problem/Goal:

Veterans:

• Highly skilled, trained professionals with advanced education
• Approximately 600K veterans will leave the service in the next two years
• Over 500,000 of the current enlisted forces are available for part-time jobs or projects
• The veteran skills market offers millions of trained and experienced applicants with skills that commercial companies seek

Employers:

• Employers struggle to effectively identify, communicate with, and gain access to transitioning and unemployed service members who have the skills they seek
• Corporate and military terminology do not align, creating a communication gap between veteran skills and commercial job descriptions

Research:

The Impact of Missed Opportunities

• Approximately 600K veterans will leave the service in the next two years
• Veterans bring highly valuable skills, training, and education
• Over 500,000 of the current enlisted forces are available for part-time jobs or projects
• Military job applicants offer field experience alongside their formal training

Why Is It Challenging?

• Employers have limited understanding of transferable veteran skills and competencies
• Misalignment between applicant competencies and commercial job descriptions
• Missed opportunities to hire quality individuals due to knowledge gaps
• Fragmented employment sites create a disjointed experience
• Reliance on resumes results in inadequate alignment of competencies and skills
• Limited understanding of how military experience translates to business value

Ideation:

Introducing SkillMil

• SkillMil offers precision hiring by matching the right skills to the right jobs for high-performance hiring
• Machine learning and knowledge-based reasoning automates the mapping of military skills to commercial equivalents
• Our proprietary methodology ensures accurate translation between "military speak" and "business speak"
• A unique "NO RESUME" algorithm aligns individual competencies with equivalent job skill requirements

Video: What is SkillMil?

Wireframes:

I helped define SkillMil's logo and color palette:

I designed how employer job listings would match with veteran profiles:

• Both veterans and employers can accept/reject matches, message each other, and provide feedback
• The system creates mutual value for both sides of the marketplace

SkillMil Application and Styleguide Screenshots

The SkillMil recruiting platform serves two types of users:

1. Veterans seeking employment opportunities
2. Employers looking for veteran talent

I designed both the employer and veteran application flows along with a reusable component design system library. The platform enables users to accept/reject matches, initiate conversations, and provide feedback about their experience.

SkillMil Product Screenshots

Deliverables:

I designed and developed the SkillMil marketing landing page:

SkillMil Marketing Landing Pages

I also designed and developed both the veteran and employer web application interfaces:

Skillmil Veteran Web Application

Skillmil Employer Web Application