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#TearThePaperCeiling: Let's shatter the myth that no degree equals no skill to open up opportunities for STARs (workers Skilled Through Alternative Routes).

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Philadelphia kicks off 2024 by tearing the paper ceiling!

On her first day in office, Mayor Parker signed an order to remove unnecessary degree requirements from some city jobs.

inquirer.com/politics/phila….

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Here's to another great year of creating opportunities for our STARs (Skilled Through Alternative Routes). Happy 2024!

Here's to another great year of creating opportunities for our STARs (Skilled Through Alternative Routes). Happy 2024! #HireSTARs
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'If companies don’t have a STARs talent strategy, they only have half a talent strategy.”

WATCH: Our CEO Byron Auguste was interviewed by Ryan Stowers, the executive director of the Charles Koch Fdn., to discuss our campaign and how companies should create…

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We're proud to help empower economic success, increased autonomy and a stronger sense of belonging for people experiencing poverty in communities in the U.S. via our Economic Mobility and Opportunity Strategy with $100M in new investments and partnerships. apnews.com/article/bill-g…

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DELIGHTED to share that the Gates Foundation announced their commitment to STARs (workers Skilled Through Alternative Routes) as part of the foundation’s four-year commitment to improve economic systems for everyone.

50% of US workers are STARs. With the Gates Foundation’s…

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AI-based career navigation interventions must be designed to center or consider structural inequities. Learn more about this, and other issues relating to career navigation, in “Unlocking Economic Prosperity: Career Navigation in a Time of Rapid Change” from National Fund for Workforce Solutions

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'The college degree that was once a bridge to opportunity has become a drawbridge that gets pulled up if you don’t have a bachelor’s degree.'

Inspired by this feature by Anti-Racism Daily!

the-ard.com/2023/12/05/the…

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STARs, or workers who are “skilled through alternative routes,” could be the answer to your talent needs! What separates this segment of the workforce from traditional employees is often a lack of opportunity rather than lack of ability. Learn more: bit.ly/3Mvohvc

STARs, or workers who are “skilled through alternative routes,” could be the answer to your talent needs! What separates this segment of the workforce from traditional employees is often a lack of opportunity rather than lack of ability. Learn more: bit.ly/3Mvohvc
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Skills matter. No matter where you learned them.

We must recognize the different pathways in which people learn their skills.



Where did you learn the skills to do your current job?

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