Skillsnet Corp
Source: SkillsNET Corp
The SkillsNET Corporation was founded in 1996 by its current President & CEO, Michael Brown. Cognitive Training Associates (CTA), the predecessor of the SkillsNET Corporation, was founded in 1982 by Mr. Brown. The organizational histories of these companies speaks to the pivotal roles that the SkillsNET Corporation, CTA, and Michael Brown have played in the advancement of voluntary industry skill standards and workforce development.
The goal in forming the SkillsNET Corporation was to bring cutting-edge research on skills identification and workforce skills development to the workplace utilizing a new structure one that would allow for the rapid design and delivery of products consistent with the needs of the industry. Our motivation to form this new company stemmed from our belief that a dual approach to address workforce initiatives would be to superior to most traditional approaches: we believe that a focus on initial research and development should be followed by an equally strong focus on application. In the skill standards arena, the needs of the customer base have not been met, resulting in a proliferation of practical problems that must be overcome in order to effectively apply skills data. We believe that SkillsNET, with the support from various constituencies , including industry labor, skill standard boards, and federal, state, and local governments, can make this goal happen.
Since it's inception in 1996, the SkillsNET Corporation has focused on bringing different constituencies together to apply skill standards in work force development. The SkillsNET Corporation began to build coalitions through the use of website development and the delivery of online skills training. Recent efforts have focused on the development of formal partnerships with various state and local educational groups who are attempting to develop and apply skill standards in workforce development, including the V-TECS division of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the State of Minnesota (MnSCU), the State of Hawaii, and Texas SOICC to mention a few.
These partnerships were expressly formed to provide training and educational organizations with new techniques that identify, assess, and develop workforce skills consistent with the O*NET-centric SkillObject™ model.
The 1992 theme, "Building the skill standard, ……one skill at a time"™ continues to ring true in today's new economy. SkillsNET and its partners are dedicated to building regional skill communities that make a difference.
The goal in forming the SkillsNET Corporation was to bring cutting-edge research on skills identification and workforce skills development to the workplace utilizing a new structure one that would allow for the rapid design and delivery of products consistent with the needs of the industry. Our motivation to form this new company stemmed from our belief that a dual approach to address workforce initiatives would be to superior to most traditional approaches: we believe that a focus on initial research and development should be followed by an equally strong focus on application. In the skill standards arena, the needs of the customer base have not been met, resulting in a proliferation of practical problems that must be overcome in order to effectively apply skills data. We believe that SkillsNET, with the support from various constituencies , including industry labor, skill standard boards, and federal, state, and local governments, can make this goal happen.
Since it's inception in 1996, the SkillsNET Corporation has focused on bringing different constituencies together to apply skill standards in work force development. The SkillsNET Corporation began to build coalitions through the use of website development and the delivery of online skills training. Recent efforts have focused on the development of formal partnerships with various state and local educational groups who are attempting to develop and apply skill standards in workforce development, including the V-TECS division of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the State of Minnesota (MnSCU), the State of Hawaii, and Texas SOICC to mention a few.
These partnerships were expressly formed to provide training and educational organizations with new techniques that identify, assess, and develop workforce skills consistent with the O*NET-centric SkillObject™ model.
The 1992 theme, "Building the skill standard, ……one skill at a time"™ continues to ring true in today's new economy. SkillsNET and its partners are dedicated to building regional skill communities that make a difference.
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