SkillsNET® Appoints Ms. Joan L. Wills to the Technical Advisory Board

WAXAHACHIE, TX September 9, 2006 -

SkillsNET Enterprises, LTD. is proud to announce the appointment of a new Technical Advisory Board member, Ms. Joan L. Wills. Ms. Wills holds the position of Director of the Center for Workforce Development (CWD) of the Institute for Educational Leadership. As director, she focuses on the "development and improvement of employment-related learning systems" according to the IEL website. This focus is inline with the IEL's mission which is to improve education -- and the lives of children and their families -- through positive and visionary change.

Ms Wills comes to SkillsNET with a profound background in career education, skill standards, and school-to-work initiatives at local, state, and national levels. In addition to her vast experience in leadership roles in both government and non-profit, she has authored multiple publications focused on transition issues, literacy and occupational skill standards.

Ms. Wills currently serves as member of the National Work Readiness Board, Athena Alliance, and the National Skills Standards Board Institute. Previously, Ms. Wills held various memberships, advisor, and chair positions with other organizations such as, National School Boards Association, National Youth Employment Coalition, National Urban League, National Center on the Educational Quality of the Workforce, Commission for Employment and Unemployment Statistics, board of the Corporation for Enterprise Development, American Council on Education's Commission on Education Credit and Credentials, the National Vocational-Technical Education Honor Society, the Workforce Excellence Board, the Development Training Institute, Youthwork, Inc., National Child Labor Committee and U.S. Basics.

About SkillsNET
SkillsNET provides a revolutionary tool suite and consulting service, which allows enterprises to rapidly capture work, worker, and workplace skill data elements (SkillObjects®) and their relationship to performance. The SkillsNET methodology allows employers to capture their workforce environment through web-based applications with minimal worker and capital investment. Highly trained Skills Analysts and Industrial and Organizational Psychologists, available on-site or via phone, assist the employee and employer through the data collection process. At the end of the process, employers receive a detailed analysis of the skill base required in their workforce, the level of skill in the current workforce, and the performance standards needed to operate in today's dynamic environment. SkillsNET methodology is aligned with the Department of Labor O*NET taxonomy. For additional information please visit www.skillsnet.com.