Skill Connect

What Skill Connect does

Skill Connect is a privately held placement consultancy headquartered in Vadodara, Gujarat, India, with a branch office in Ankleshwar. Founded in 2016, the firm operates across Gujarat's industrial corridors — Vapi, Dahej, Panoli, Jhagadia, and Vadodara — and places candidates for manufacturing, pharmaceutical (API, formulation, injectable), banking, NBFC, engineering, and packaging clients. Its service surface spans entry-level to senior management roles with disclosed CTCs ranging from INR 2 lakh to INR 20 lakh, sourced via walk-in interviews, telephonic screenings, and an online Current Openings job portal.

The underlying delivery model is relationship-driven and human-mediated rather than technology-driven. The firm maintains a proprietary database of 58,000+ candidates across multiple Gujarat locations and segments, plus a "negative database" of banking and NBFC employees used to flag prior issues. There is no disclosed technology platform, software product, API, or automation layer; the ISO 9001:2015 certification by UKAC covers process quality, not technology. The firm supplements core placement with employee background verification through a partnership with Aum Solution and offers HR consulting covering labour law compliance and workforce management.

Skill Connect makes money through transaction-based placement fees, typically calibrated to placed candidate CTC, on a pay-as-you-go basis with no disclosed subscription or retainer pricing. The go-to-market is sales-led, relying on the leadership team's industry relationships — particularly the co-founder's 12+ years of banking contacts and the head of HR's 42 years of manufacturing-sector experience — rather than digital marketing, paid acquisition, or self-serve channels. The company is privately held with no disclosed external funding, operates exclusively in India, and reports a 21-person headcount.

Name

Skill Connect

Legal name

Skill Connect

Website

https://skillconnecthr.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Skill Connect is a Vadodara, Gujarat-based placement consultancy placing candidates for manufacturing, pharmaceutical, banking, NBFC, and engineering employers across Gujarat through walk-in and telephonic interviews, supported by a 58,000+ candidate database.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recruitment & Staffing Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171), Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (5419)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Help Supply Services (7363)

akta.pro primary industry

Skilled Trades & Industrial Direct Hire (BPACAFAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Skills Assessment & Talent/Employability Testing Platforms (EDAFADAM)

Keywords

• Placement consultancy services
• Recruitment services
• Talent acquisition
• HR consulting
• Staffing solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Vadodara

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Placement and Recruitment Services: Placement consultancy services connecting job seekers with employers across manufacturing, banking, NBFC, and engineering sectors. Places candidates for various positions from entry-level to senior management roles.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Skill Connect is a Vadodara-based placement consultancy that provides recruitment and staffing services to corporate clients in Gujarat, primarily in the manufacturing, banking, NBFC, and engineering sectors. The firm sources, screens, and shortlists candidates from its in-house database and through walk-in interview drives, and offers supplementary services including employee verification (via partner Aum Solution) and HR/labour law advisory.

Product overview

Skill Connect operates as a placement consultancy offering a unified suite of HR services centered around its core placement and recruitment consultancy. The primary offering is placement consultancy services supported by a job portal displaying current openings. Additional services include employee verification through a third-party partnership with Aum Solution, and HR consulting/advisory services covering labor law compliance and workforce management. The company maintains a database of 58,000+ candidates across various locations and industry segments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Placement Consultancy Services
• Employee Verification Services
• HR and Labour Law Advisory

Quantifiable outcome

• 400+ corporate clients served in Gujarat
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Aum SolutioncoreOthersEmployees verification tie up with Aum Solution for Gujarat. Aum Solution provides employee background verification services for candidates placed by Skill Connect in the Gujarat region.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Quess Corp: Large Indian staffing and business services firm offering general staffing, IT staffing, and workforce management across BFSI, manufacturing, and engineering — overlapping directly with Skill Connect's permanent-placement focus.
• Randstad India: Indian subsidiary of Randstad, providing permanent placement, temporary staffing, and HR solutions across industrial, BFSI, and engineering verticals with a pan-India footprint.
• ManpowerGroup India: Indian operations of ManpowerGroup, offering permanent and contract staffing across manufacturing, BFSI, and engineering — directly comparable service lines to Skill Connect.
• Adecco India: Indian arm of global staffing leader Adecco, providing permanent placement, temporary staffing, and recruitment process outsourcing across industrial and BFSI sectors in India.
• ABC Consultants: India's leading executive search and permanent placement firm, serving mid-to-senior hiring across BFSI, manufacturing, and engineering — closely aligned with Skill Connect's senior-level placement work.
• TeamLease Services: India's largest staffing and human resource services company, providing temporary staffing, permanent placement, and payroll across manufacturing, BFSI, and engineering — the same verticals Skill Connect targets, but at national scale.

Emerging players

• Apna: Tech-enabled Indian hiring platform focused on entry-level and blue-collar job matching across manufacturing, retail, and BFSI — competing for the same entry-to-mid level hiring segment that anchors Skill Connect's placement volumes.
• Ciel HR Services: India-focused staffing and HR services company with strength in BFSI, pharma, and engineering hiring — directly comparable verticals to Skill Connect but with broader geographic reach.
• Xpheno: India-based specialist staffing and talent-as-a-service firm, focused on IT and engineering permanent hiring — comparable in model but distinct in vertical mix versus Skill Connect.

Broad incumbents

• Info Edge (Naukri.com): Operator of Naukri.com, India's dominant job platform; not a direct placement agency, but the most material indirect competitor for candidate sourcing and employer demand aggregation across the same verticals.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/skill-connect

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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