BAP Professional Partner Representative
Brett Waikart, CEO and Co-founder
BAP Professional Partner Organization: Skillfully
About Skillfully
Skillfully is a professional-development and skill validation platform that helps members hone critical professional skills. Skillfully's on-demand platform and programming empower you to boost your accounting and finance career-readiness by completing “skill challenges'' that simulate real-world work scenarios. You’ll practice relevant skills and invest in your professional success! Join their member community of over 15,000 strong.
What You’ll Gain with Skillfully
- Improve professional preparedness
- Identify strengths through science-backed self-discovery assessments.
- Build your professional presence with interactive workshops led by career coaches and industry experts.
- Demystify careers and improve industry fluency
- Gain insight into different careers through case-based skill challenges that simulate real-world tasks and projects.
- Strengthen relevant skills alongside a community of driven, like-minded peers.
- Show off your skills and get hired now
- Earn skill badges and amplify your career connections with Skillfullly’s employer partners.
- Network and interview with confidence with practical recruitment preparation resources.
About Brett Waikart
Brett Waikart is the CEO and Co-founder of Skillfully, a Public Benefit Corporation that's on a mission to build a fairer and more inclusive future of work. The Skillfully platform generates customizable virtual simulations that help employers see applicants’ skills in action during the hiring process, letting them look past traditional resumes to see real applicant skills in action and spend more time with great talent.
Prior to Skillfully, Brett founded and led Portfolios with Purpose, an edtech non-profit that used realistic virtual simulations to help young students develop critical financial and investment literacy skills. Brett lives in San Francisco and can be found surfing, sailing or sliding down the side of a mountain most weekends.
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Throughout this report, you will find that Beta Alpha Psi is proud of the members, alumni, faculty advisors, Professional Partners, Board of Directors, Chapter Advocates and every volunteer that contributes to the success of this organization. Learn more here.
Hear what our Professional Partners think about BAP!
Through Beta Alpha Psi, we are provided an opportunity to engage with a motivated network of future professionals, sharing insights, offering resources, and fostering connections that help prepare them for successful careers in the field. This collaboration not only benefits students but also enriches the accounting profession by cultivating a continuous pipeline of well-prepared and motivated talent.
Teka Miller-Alston
Director of Engagement
North Carolina Association of CPAs
