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Advancing Skills-Based Hiring Using Data & Insights

Declining Mobility vs Talent Shortage

Talent Tech and Algorithms.

STARs are a massive talent pool.

92% of hiring managers agree that the best place to get relevant skills is on the job.

All of them gain valuable skills - like leadership and accountability, operations and project management - that qualify them for good jobs in the civilian workforce.

Hispanic STARs

Moving from skills-first commitments to implementation together.

Removing Degree Screens

We’re awarding $200-$300k in grants to talent developers who prepare STARs (workers Skilled Through Alternative Routes) for roles that offer upward mobility in communities throughout the country and across all industries! Tag a contact or organization who may be interested in applying for this grant, or share it with your network! Pass it on. Application details here: opportunityatwork.org/powe...

15 states (and counting!) have already taken the first steps to #tearthepaperceiling, removing unnecessary degree requirements for government jobs. This opens doors to over 26 million STARs - workers Skilled Through Alternative Routes instead of a bachelor’s degree to opportunity and upward mobility. Visit tearthepaperceiling.org to learn more about #skillsbasedhiring and join the movement to #...

Breaking Through

68% of workers who hold a skilled credential believe it helped them progress in their careers. The nearly 750,000 #skilledcredentials available can include certifications, micro-credentials, apprenticeships, and badges. Visit www.tearthepaperceiling.org/skilled-credentials to learn more about #skillsbasedhiring and join the movement to #hireSTARs.

Millions of STARs - workers Skilled Through Alternative Routes - are held back by the paper ceiling - the invisible barrier that comes at every turn for job seekers without a bachelor’s degree. From biased algorithms to degree screens and stereotypes, it's time to tear the paper ceiling and see the world beyond it. Launched in September 2022 and led by Opportunity@Work and the Ad Council, the T...

Tear the Paper Ceiling and see the opportunities beyond it!

We MUST Open Up More Paths to Mobility for STARs

Old Navy is championing skills-based hiring.

Tear the Paper Ceiling with Skills-Based Hiring

Walmart Championing Skills-Based Hiring - A Tear The Paper Ceiling Story

The IBM Apprenticeship Program, A Tear the Paper Ceiling Story

Google is championing skills-based hiring

Beyond the Bachelor’s Degree A New Talent Strategy for Bay Area Employers

See What You're Missing | STARs are Individuals Skilled Through Alternative Routes

New Data: The Talent Pool Employers Should Know

STARs are Workers Skilled Through Alternative Routes | Opportunity@Work

#HireSTARs: See What You're Missing

Stellarworx: STARs Talent Marketplace

Navigate with the STARs: Reimagining Equitable Pathways to Mobility

Skilled Through Alternative Routes (STARs): Giancarlo Martinez