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Every HR-technology story tagged #skills-based hiring.
skills-based hiringPR Newswire · HR & Workforce· Nov 12, 2026
Smoothstack, a workforce transformation company, has earned a 2026 Gold HIRE Vets Medallion Award from the U.S. Department of Labor, its third Gold honor after 2022 and 2025. The award requires employers to meet published benchmarks for veteran hiring and 12-month veteran retention. Smoothstack says its MEI framework mirrors client engineering environments, and its federal arm Fedstack issues a Full Stack SI Engineer credential assessed across four measures.
ATSSnark Attack· Nov 11, 2026
An opinion column by Matt Charney on Snark Attack argues that employers' Veterans Day messaging often misses the mark on hiring. He says veterans are automatically screened out by applicant tracking filters when their resumes lack civilian keywords such as "enterprise resource planning," and calls for translating military skills and building skills-based talent pipelines.
ATSBusiness Wire · HR & Workforce· Sep 30, 2026
HR-tech recruiting platform Phenom has partnered with nonprofit Opportunity@Work to bring skills-based hiring to state government employers, aiming to open public-sector career pathways for workers without traditional degree credentials. The integration targets a largely underserved segment — government HR teams — by applying Phenom's ATS/talent-intelligence tooling to skills-first hiring workflows.
