Skilled Through Alternative Routes (STARs) Relevant Job Postings

Lightcast and Opportunity@Work are strategically partnered to help the public sector, employers, and education institutions make skills-based decisions with the broader understanding that "if you can do the job, you should get the job."

The "STARs Relevant" job posting filter in the Lightcast Analyst platform utilizes AI and skills intelligence to identify high skilled jobs that could be filled by STARs—workers Skilled Through Alternative Routes—instead of those trained through a bachelor’s degree.

Over 70 million Americans—representing 50% of the US labor force—do not have a bachelor’s degree, but have gained valuable skills through pathways such as community college, workforce training, bootcamps, certificate programs, military service or on-the-job learning. STARs work in every field and occupation across the labor market, from travel and hospitality to retail, health care, information technology, manufacturing and more.

Opportunity@Work’s research has proven that millions of STARs possess the skills required for higher-wage work, yet, they have been systematically excluded from career advancement opportunities, held back by the “paper ceiling” – the invisible barrier of degree screens and biased algorithms that blocks their access to better jobs. The field-building research developed by Opportunity@Work now has real-world implementation through the Lightcast ecosystem.

Across the Lightcast Analyst platform (Analyst, Talent Analyst, and Developer), users can apply the STARs Relevant filter in the same way that they can filter job postings by region, occupation, salary requirements, etc. Using this filter can support a range of use cases across sectors.

Public Sector

Enterprise

Education

With the STARs Relevant job posting filter, Lightcast and Opportunity@Work enable our customers to lean into the skills-based economy and create a labor market that truly works for everyone.