How 50skills works
50skills blends automation and AI to simplify the complex, often messy processes that HR teams deal with every day. Instead of chasing tasks across inboxes and disconnected tools, HR teams build workflows that run themselves and deliver a smoother experience for candidates and employees from start to finish.
Automation in action
With 50skills, anything repeatable becomes automated. Contracts create themselves from approved templates. Required checks run without prompting. Systems update each other without human nudging. Approvals move forward without long delays. Every workflow is fully configurable, so teams can build processes that fit their organisation rather than wrestling with rigid software.
Where AI enhances automation
AI can be added wherever teams want workflows to go further. It can route incident reports based on context and seriousness, flag missing details in onboarding steps, summarise performance concerns for HR review, identify the right policy for a complex employee request and improve document-heavy steps like contract creation. It also helps surface the right actions at the right time, while automation keeps every process running consistently and transparently. For organisations preparing for regulations like the EU AI Act, every workflow includes a full audit trail that shows exactly where AI was used, what prompt was applied and how the output was generated. Workflows can also be reviewed for fairness and clarity, adding an extra layer of trust.
Proven impact
The impact is significant. Companies reduce admin by up to 80 percent and cut workflow times from days to minutes. Processes become consistent across locations. HR teams regain hours each week to focus on the human side of their work. And the people going through these journeys finally get an experience that feels smooth rather than painful.
Built to scale
50skills scales across the entire employee journey, from hiring and onboarding to internal requests, training and compliance. If there’s a process, it can be automated. If there’s a bottleneck, it can be removed. It’s a platform designed not just to save time but to raise the standard of how people experience work.
Real results from customers
- Íslandshótel reduced time spent on benefit applications by 80%, cut onboarding time from 3 hours to 2 per employee and saves 90 hours every month.
- FESTI saved over 200 hours by automating their employee stock option programme.
- GRID cut onboarding admin by 90% and hired 13 employees in 4 weeks.
- Airport Associates avoided 270 hours of manual admin by automating offboarding and crossboarding.
- Íslenska gámafélagið launched 38 automated workflows with 563 employees using them and saved 90 hours monthly.
Why this work represents BOLD innovation
50skills is more than an automation tool. It gives HR teams control, transparency and the ability to build processes that scale without needing IT. It brings AI into HR in a safe, compliant and auditable way that directly supports better employee experiences. Its measurable impact, global applicability and human-centric design reflect the core values of the BOLD Awards: meaningful impact, transparency, scalability and the H Factor.
