India's largest skilled talent pool — built in 10 months.
Retail Samarth — AI-powered hiring and learning that transforms how 1M+ frontline workers are screened, trained and deployed across Reliance Retail's 1,000+ store network.
The Challenge
- Hiring was entirely offline — 70%+ through store managers' personal networks with no standardised screening.
- Only 11% of new hires were women due to information barriers and predatory intermediary practices.
- New joiners lacked role-specific competencies — performance varied drastically across 1,000+ store locations.
- 70% of employees unaware of their benefits and entitlements — directly hurting engagement and retention.
- No central platform to measure performance or upskill workers consistently at national scale.
How skillBetter Solved It
- Skills RepositoryMapped role-specific skills and proficiency levels for every retail job role.
- AI-Powered RecommendationsPersonalised course and assessment paths ensuring full interview-readiness.
- Post-Hiring OnboardingComprehensive training integrated immediately after hiring for fast role integration.
- Spaced Repetition EngineStrategic training revisions to enhance long-term knowledge retention.
- Gamified Leaderboards + 35+ LanguagesSustained engagement across a diverse, multilingual workforce.
skillBetter's Retail Samarth transformed how we hire and train at Reliance — 500K+ workers skilled in just 10 months with over 60% savings in cost per hire.