Guild

Guild is an EdTech company whose educational marketplace ecosystem is re-skilling the workforce for jobs of the future. This EdTech concern enables employers to offer employees strategic professional education and degree learning opportunities for upskilling. Such training enables employees to take on new roles and responsibilities in the company, thereby increasing worker retention. The company’s platform makes it easy for employees to take advantage of job-related educational opportunities or to earn a degree to advance career opportunities, debt free. For corporations, Guild creates customized education benefits programs, handles back-end operations and processing, acts as a third-party facilitator for payments and other administrative tasks, and provides program performance analytics at every stage. They are also eligible for tax breaks for Guild’s offerings. Employees benefit from Guild coaching and education management support in areas such as enrollment help, course selection, or keeping track of goals. Its wide array of accredited educational partners and its payment technologies assist employees to study debt-free instead of having to wait for employers’ reimbursements after the courses. Guild is a B certified corporation and does not work with for-profit colleges. Customers include Fortune 1000 companies like Disney, Walmart, Target, Lowe’s, Chipotle, Taco Bell, Waste Management, and Macy’s.