Talent marketplace for Indian mid-market
A talent marketplace matches every employee's skills against every internal opportunity (projects, gigs, lateral roles, promotions) using skills as the unit of currency. SKILWI.ai runs the same architecture as Gloat and Eightfold, built India-first on NCO 2015 and INR-denominated decisions, priced for 200-2,000 employee firms.
Talent marketplaces emerged because the old model (post a vacancy, hope an internal employee notices) costs companies an average of 9-14 months of opportunity per role and a measurable share of voluntary attrition. The new model treats every employee's skills as supply, every project and vacancy as demand, and matches them like a two-sided marketplace.
The challenge for Indian mid-market firms: Gloat, Eightfold and Fuel50 are built for US Fortune-500 budgets ($30-100 PEPM), use US job taxonomies, and require months of change-management to deploy. A 500-employee Indian mid-market company cannot deploy a 12-month implementation against a $300,000/year licence. The market needed an India-fit talent marketplace. SKILWI is that.
What is a talent marketplace?
- Talent marketplace
- A two-sided internal marketplace that matches employee skills (supply) with organisational opportunities (demand): full-time roles, lateral moves, projects, gigs, mentorship.
- Unit of currency
- The skill, not the job title. Indian job titles are noisy; skills are stable.
- Operating principle
- Active recommendation. The marketplace surfaces opportunities to employees who would never self-apply, and surfaces hidden talent to managers who would never have shortlisted them.
Talent marketplace vs job board vs ATS vs HRMS
| HRMS | Intranet job board | ATS | Talent marketplace (SKILWI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built for | Payroll + compliance | Internal posting | External hiring | Internal matching |
| Direction | Top-down | Pull (employee notices) | Pull (candidate applies) | Two-way (active recommendation) |
| Unit | Employee record | Job posting | Application | Skill match |
| Covers projects/gigs | No | Sometimes | No | Yes |
SKILWI vs Gloat vs Eightfold
The comparison most CHRO prospects actually want to see. All three are competent talent marketplaces. The fit differs by company size, geography and budget.
| SKILWI.ai | Gloat | Eightfold | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built for | Indian mid-market (200-2,000) | Global enterprise (5,000+) | Global enterprise (5,000+) |
| Pricing model | ₹800 PEPM (INR, GST incl.) | ~$50-80 PEPM (custom) | ~$40-100 PEPM (custom) |
| Skill taxonomy | NCO 2015 + ESCO + O*NET + NSQF | Proprietary, US-centric | Proprietary, US-centric |
| Payroll benchmarks | India market medians | US/EU defaults | US/EU defaults |
| Deployment | 2-6 weeks | 6-12 months | 6-12 months |
| DPDP 2023 native | Yes | Adapted | Adapted |
| Best for | Indian mid-market CHRO with ₹5-50 Cr people budget | Global F500 with multi-region rollout | Global F500 with deep recruiting need |
How SKILWI runs the marketplace
- Skill graph for every employee. Built from resume, manager rating, project history, certification, all anchored to NCO 2015 + ESCO v1.2.
- Capture every demand signal. Open roles, new projects, gig opportunities and mentorship asks all flow into the marketplace as demand.
- Active matching. Every employee sees opportunities matched to their skill graph. Every manager sees ranked internal candidates the moment a role opens.
- Decision Engine on every match. The internal move comes with a rupee comparison against an external hire, so the CHRO can defend the decision in numbers.
Related capabilities
The talent marketplace sits on top of skill intelligence and internal mobility. It feeds succession planning and uses the same Decision Engine that powers hire-vs-upskill. See the full Workforce Intelligence OS.
Common questions
- How is this different from a job board?
- A job board waits for self-application. A talent marketplace actively recommends opportunities and covers projects and gigs, not just full-time roles.
- Will employees use it?
- Adoption depends on the recommendation quality. Because SKILWI personalises matches against each employee's skill graph, the relevance is high. Not a list everyone ignores.
- Does the marketplace require a separate change programme?
- Less than Gloat or Eightfold. The Indian mid-market deployment is 2-6 weeks because the architecture is lighter and the taxonomy is already India-native.
- What does it cost?
- ₹800 per employee per month, GST inclusive, billed annual. Part of the Org Intelligence tier. See full pricing.