Adepto

Adepto operates as a skills-based, Total Talent platform, functioning on a Software as a Service (SaaS) model. It provides corporate clients, ranging from organizations with 1,000 employees to Fortune 500 companies, a comprehensive view of all available talent. This includes internal employees, external contractors, freelancers, alumni, and potential new hires. The platform's primary function is to intelligently match the right skills to specific projects, gigs, and job opportunities, thereby addressing needs like internal mobility, direct sourcing, and upskilling.

The company was founded in March 2013 in Brisbane, Australia, by Chris Milligan. Milligan's background as a contractor in the human capital space revealed to him the difficulties organizations faced in engaging with the independent workforce and the lack of visibility into their existing internal talent. This experience directly motivated the creation of Adepto to solve these resourcing inefficiencies. The company expanded its operations globally, opening offices in London in 2017 and New York in 2019. A significant milestone occurred in December 2019 when Adepto was acquired by Degreed, a prominent workforce upskilling platform. This acquisition was aimed at combining Adepto's talent marketplace with Degreed's learning experience platform to offer an end-to-end solution for upskilling and workforce transformation.

Adepto's platform integrates with a client's existing HR and ERP technologies to create a unified talent ecosystem. It utilizes machine learning, AI, and a global skills taxonomy to improve the matching of people to work and to suggest career pathways. By creating private "Total Talent networks," the software enables business leaders to track and access the skill sets of their entire talent pool. This functionality helps reduce time-to-hire, cuts recruitment costs, and provides real-time, accurate data on available skills to enhance organizational agility. Before its acquisition, Adepto had secured clients like Cisco, Atos, Capita, and BAE Systems.

Keywords: Total Talent platform, skills-based hiring, workforce management, internal mobility, direct sourcing, contingent workforce management, skills inventory, talent marketplace, HR technology, SaaS, upskilling, reskilling, talent data, organizational agility, freelance management, talent ecosystem, workforce planning, resource management, Chris Milligan, Degreed