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Resumes Remain Hiring's Most-Used -- and Most Misleading -- Signal, New eSkill Report Finds - PR Newswire
eSkill's 2026 Hiring Signals Report — based on a survey of 1,056 U.S. HR professionals conducted in August 2026 — finds that resumes remain the most widely used hiring tool (77.8% of organizations) yet are simultaneously the signal most suspected of misrepresentation (cited by 52% of respondents). Skills assessments and structured interviews each outrank resumes on trust, and nearly 79% of HR professionals express concern about candidates using AI to embellish qualifications.
Phenom and Opportunity@Work Help States Hire for Skills, Creating New Career Pathways for Public Sector Talent
HR-tech platform Phenom has partnered with nonprofit Opportunity@Work to bring skills-based hiring to state government employers, according to a Business Wire announcement. The collaboration aims to extend Phenom's talent-intelligence and ATS capabilities into public-sector hiring workflows, creating career pathways for workers without four-year degrees — a segment Opportunity@Work refers to as STARs (Skilled Through Alternative Routes). Financial terms, participating states, and a launch timeline have not been disclosed.
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