01 / Hire-Train-Deploy
Upskill Today · Hire, Train, Deploy
Consultants trained for your stack, before day one on your project
When the skills you need are scarce, we hire promising people onto GECO’s payroll, train them on your technology and your ways of working for six to eight weeks, then deploy them to your project with a GECO coach behind them.
- You need several people with the same profile, in a stack the market can’t supply fast enough.
- You’d rather have people trained to your requirement than hunt for ready-made experts in a new technology.
- You want someone else to carry their employment, training and coaching while they ramp up.
Need a senior specialist next month? That’s IT Consulting / Contracting. One permanent hire for your own team? That’s Permanent Placement.
02 / How it works
Hire, train, deploy
Three steps, one employer throughout: GECO.
03 / What you get
People who can work on your project, not just pass a course
Trained on your stack.
Each cohort is built around the roles and technology on your project, so consultants arrive knowing the tools they’ll use.
GECO carries the ramp-up.
GECO employs the consultants and pays their salary from the day they’re hired, through training and deployment.
Coaching after day one.
Mentoring doesn’t stop at graduation. A GECO coach and your account manager follow each consultant’s performance on the project.
- A shortlist to choose your cohort from
- Progress updates during training
- A capstone presentation from each trainee before they join you
- Deployed consultants on GECO’s payroll, with a coach and an account manager
04 / Terms
The terms, stated plainly
- Employer
- GECO, from the day a consultant is hired, through training and on your project.
- What you pay for
- A rate per deployed consultant, set out in your agreement.
- Engagement length
- We agree the engagement length with you before training starts.
- Where they work
- On your site in Singapore and the region.
GECO Asia operates under Employment Agency Licence No. 07C4453, issued by Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower.
05 / Track record
Cohort after cohort, in three countries
40+
cohorts since the programme began in 2020
3
countries with cohorts: Singapore, the Philippines and Indonesia
10
sectors served since May 2023, including logistics, fintech, FMCG, telecoms, commercial real estate, and oil and gas
150
graduates in 2022 alone, from Singapore and the Philippines
700+
Projects delivered
Across SAP, Oracle, cloud and data engagements since 2006.
50+
Enterprise customers
MNCs and technology firms across the Asia Pacific region.
1,000+
Consultants deployed
Screened, upskilled and placed onto client project teams.
20+
Years in Asia Pacific
Founded in Singapore in 2006 as the Asian arm of Germany’s GECO Group; independent since 2020.
Recognised for this programme
SBR Technology Excellence Award 2023, for the Upskill Today programme
SkillsFuture Employer Awards, Gold
What clients say
Overall capstone presentation shows a strong understanding of what is required to deliver the feature from end to end including architecture and infrastructure considerations. Understanding of the problem is clear and proposed realistic/practical solutions to the problem. The ESG Tech Talent Accelerator has good coverage of all the basic requirements. Updates on the talents were timely and frequent. Talents were engaged and enjoyed the programme.
The one aspect of the ESG TTA deserving appreciation is curating a training program and upskilling the talent within a short amount of time.
I find it impressive that the ESG Tech Talent Accelerator program offers students various classes and activities that equip them with practical knowledge for their future careers. Emphasizing that UI/UX isn’t solely about design but also about comprehending the underlying concepts and the effort invested in achieving the final product is crucial.
Quotes mentioning the ESG Tech Talent Accelerator refer to an Upskill Today cohort.
06 / FAQ
Questions buyers ask
GECO does, from the day they’re hired, through training and while they work on your project. You don’t carry their salary during training.
With IT Consulting / Contracting we place experienced consultants who already have the skill, billed on time. Upskill Today is for when those people are scarce: we build them from candidates who have the fundamentals, trained for your project.
Allow for selection plus six to eight weeks of training. Cohort #34, for example, started training in early December and joined its client project in January.
Tell us the roles, the stack and how many people you need, and we’ll come back with a cost alongside the track outline.
You choose who joins the cohort, get progress updates during training and see each trainee’s capstone before they join you.
Talk to your account manager; conversion terms are agreed case by case. If you want to hire someone onto your own payroll from the start, Permanent Placement is the better route.
We work with IMDA, SkillsFuture Singapore, Workforce Singapore and TeSA. Ask us whether a current programme applies to your cohort.
Recent cohorts have covered software development, business analysis, Microsoft 365 and Azure service desk, PeopleSoft, Azure DevOps and UI/UX. If your stack isn’t listed, we design the track around it.
07 / Other ways to work with GECO
Not the right model?
08 / Next step
Plan a cohort for your stack
Tell us the roles, the technology and when you need people on the project. We’ll come back with a track outline, a timeline and a cost.