Hire for Skills
South Africa's first skills-first recruitment platform. Voice-powered profiles, AI-driven matching, and verified talent - built for the 350,000 SMEs who deserve better than expensive agencies and unreliable CVs.
CVs Are Failing South Africa
The traditional recruitment process is broken. CVs are a poor indicator of practical skills, leading to costly bad hires and overlooking a vast pool of hidden talent.
CVs Miss Real Skills
Paper qualifications don't show what someone can actually do. Talented workers without formal education are invisible to traditional hiring.
Agencies Are Expensive
Traditional recruitment agencies charge 15-25% of annual salary. For SMEs with tight budgets, that's simply not an option.
Hiring Takes Too Long
The average time-to-hire in South Africa is 6-8 weeks. Every week without the right person costs your business money.
Three Steps to Better Hiring
Whether you're looking for work or looking to hire, SkillRise makes it simple.
For Job Seekers
Record Your Voice Intro & Upload Your CV
Tell us about yourself in your own words and upload your CV or documents. It takes just 2 minutes - right in your browser, in any South African language.
AI Builds Your Profile
Our AI extracts your skills, experience, and qualifications from your voice recording and documents - automatically generating your complete profile and SkillScore.
Get Matched with Jobs
Based on your profile, we show you jobs you're qualified for - welder, accountant, project manager. The right opportunities find you.
For Employers
Post Your Requirements
Describe the skills you need - not job titles. Our system understands what matters for your business.
AI Matches Candidates
Our AI matches your requirements against verified candidate profiles, ranked by SkillScore relevance.
Hire with Confidence
Review pre-screened candidates, manage your pipeline with our Kanban dashboard, and hire faster than ever.
Everything You Need to Hire Smarter
Powered by AI, built for South African businesses.
Voice-Powered Profiles
Candidates showcase their skills and personality through authentic voice recordings. No more generic CVs - hear the real person.
AI Skills Extraction
Our AI analyses voice profiles to identify and categorise key skills, experience levels, and competencies automatically.
SkillScore Algorithm
Every candidate gets a SkillScore - an objective measure of their abilities, completeness, and relevance to your requirements.
Skills Verification
Optional skills verification through free assessment platforms lets candidates prove what they can actually do.
Pipeline Management
Kanban-style dashboard to manage your entire recruitment pipeline - from application to offer - in one place.
Simple Subscription
Transparent seat-based pricing via PayFast. No hidden fees, no per-hire charges. Scale your team affordably.
Affordable Hiring for Every Business
No recruitment agency fees. No per-hire charges. Just transparent, seat-based pricing.
Job Seeker
- Create your voice profile
- AI-powered skills extraction
- SkillScore generation
- Upload CV and certificates
- Get matched to opportunities
- Receive employer messages
Employer
R2,500 platform + R1,900 user seat | R3,500 once-off setup
- Everything in Free, plus:
- Unlimited job postings included
- Post unlimited jobs
- AI-powered candidate matching
- Candidate search & filtering
- Pipeline management (Kanban)
- Direct messaging
- Analytics dashboard
- 1 primary user seat included
Enterprise
- Everything in Employer, plus:
- Unlimited recruiter seats
- Custom integrations
- Dedicated account manager
- Priority support
- Custom reporting
- API access
Built for South African SMEs
We serve the 350,000 small and medium businesses that are the engine of our economy.
Ready to Get Started?
Whether you're looking for talent or looking for your next opportunity - SkillRise Careers is live and ready for you.
Free forever for job seekers. No credit card required for employers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Instead of filling in forms or uploading a CV, you simply record yourself talking about your skills and experience - like a conversation. Our AI listens to your recording and automatically identifies your skills, experience levels, and strengths. It takes about 2 minutes and works right in your browser - no app download needed.
Your SkillScore is an objective measure of your abilities based on your voice profile, verified skills, and profile completeness. It helps employers quickly understand how well you match their requirements - and it helps you stand out from the crowd without needing fancy CVs or connections.
Yes, completely free. Job seekers can create their voice profile, get their SkillScore, upload documents, and get matched to opportunities at no cost - ever. We believe everyone deserves a fair chance at employment regardless of their financial situation.
It's just R3,500 once-off setup + R2,500/month platform fee + R1,900/month primary user seat = R4,400/month. Additional team members are R450/month each. Compare that to agencies charging 15-25% of annual salary per hire - SkillRise pays for itself with your very first placement.
Our AI speech recognition supports all major South African languages including English, Afrikaans, Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho, and more. You can speak naturally in the language you're most comfortable with.
SkillRise Careers is live and accepting early adopters. Sign up now to be among the first to experience skills-first hiring in South Africa and provide valuable feedback that shapes the future of recruitment.