Today, with @AdCouncil and nearly 50 leading organizations, we’re delighted to announce the launch of #TearThePaperCeiling, a national campaign that aims to shatter the myth that no degree means no skill. Visit to join the movement. #HireSTARs

Public sector leaders, ready to unlock the full potential of your workforce?. Learn more about the services we can provide to support your needs: #SkillsFirst #HireSTARs #PublicSector #TearThePaperCeiling

As part of our ongoing commitment to enhance the STARs Public Sector Hub experience, now, you can sign up for an account and access our resources, events, playbooks and more!. Sign up here: #PublicSector #HireSTARs #Wkdev

The energy sector faces a critical challenge: securing the workforce needed to meet future demands and workers Skilled Through Alternative Routes are the solution. We're cohosting a webinar on building the energy workforce with partner @rise_kit.

Today, join us for a dynamic one-hour virtual event as we wrap up the #PaperlessPathways Podcast pilot season!. We’ll revisit the standout moments and powerful stories that shaped this season. RSVP: #TearThePaperCeiling

At our State of the Paper Ceiling event, we asked a simple question of our panelists:. What’s the next bold step you’re taking to break down barriers for STARs—workers Skilled Through Alternative Routes?. View our report: #TearThePaperCeiling

At our State of the Paper Ceiling event, we unveiled a roadmap to move 10 million STARs to higher-paying jobs by 2030. View our State of the Paper Ceiling report: #OpportunityAtWork #STARs #SkillsFirst #TearThePaperCeiling #FutureOfWork #InclusiveHiring

We appreciate your expertise and support, and look forward to the work we will do together going forward to ensure STARs across our communities have access to public sector jobs, and are valued for the skills they bring to our economy!. #skillsfirst #tearthepaperceiling (2/2)

After a year of the STARs Public Sector Hub, sending a big thank you out to all of our partners who have helped to advance skills-based hiring in the public sector through policy change, research, community-building and more!. #HireSTARs #SkillsFirst #PublicSectorHub (1/2)

Backed by major producers and industry leaders, UNTAPPED by @netflix and #TearThePaperCeiling partner @Workday shines a spotlight on the transformative impact of skills-first hiring and challenges traditional ideas of what makes someone “qualified.”. If you believe in

At our State of the Paper Ceiling event, Jim Shelton of @bluemeridianp shared powerful reasons why skills-first hiring is more urgent—and more possible—than ever. View our State of the Paper Ceiling report: #TearThePaperCeiling #SkillsFirst #STARs

New from @BrookingsInst: Our CEO @byron_auguste and Chief Impact Officer, @DebroyPapia, share how AI can shift hiring systems from exclusion to inclusion. Read more: #TearThePaperCeiling #SkillsFirst #HireSTARs.

#ICYMI: Governor Laura Kelly recently signed a bipartisan Fostering Competitive Career Opportunities Act, officially removing unnecessary degree requirements for most state jobs. Read the press release: #TearThePaperCeiling #SkillsFirst #Kansas

We’re inspired to see #TearThePaperCeiling partner, @HireHeroesUSA’s call for skills-first hiring— and honored they called out Opportunity@Work as a partner driving this movement in their written statement. View the recent hearing: #TearThePaperCeiling.

Fireworks aren’t the only STARs worth watching this July 4th. Let’s tear the paper ceiling for the 70M+ STARs—workers Skilled Through Alternative Routes—lighting up our workforce. 🎆 Skills matter. 🧨 Opportunity for all. #TearThePaperCeiling #HireSTARs

Today, Opportunity@Work’s Paige Bongiorno represented STARs at the @GFOA’s 119th Annual Conference in Washington, D.C!. Paige, a STAR herself, was the moderator for a panel on solving the public sector talent gap. #TearThePaperCeiling #HireSTARs #GFOA2025

We’re delighted to be at #SHRM25 Annual Conference this week- come see us at our kiosk!. See how the #tearthepaperceiling movement is reshaping talent strategies with SHRM’s latest piece: @SHRM

With Kansas and Nevada joining the skills-based hiring movement, now 28 STATES have committed to remove unnecessary degree requirements for state jobs!. If you would like to implement a #SkillsFirst hiring strategy within your state, click here:

The past 30 years have seen the creation of a paper ceiling - an invisible barrier limiting opportunities for STARs - workers Skilled Through Alternative Routes. The State of the Paper Ceiling points the way to a better future for STARs. View our data:

We honor #Juneteenth not just as a historic milestone, but as a call to action: to continue the unfinished work of equal opportunity. This Juneteenth, let’s commit to building economic freedom for our country’s Black STARs.