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Skills for Chicago has received a $225,000 grant from the Richard L. Duchossois Foundation to launch the first phase of a military-to-civilian career pathways initiative powered by Career Highways. The initiative is designed to help veterans translate military experience into civilian skills, career pathways, and employment opportunities through a structured, skills-based workforce development model.

The program will leverage Career Highways technology to translate military occupations into a comprehensive skills framework, map veterans to high-demand civilian careers, identify skill gaps, and provide targeted upskilling pathways. Veterans will also gain access to AI-powered career tools, including resume development, career path visualization, interview preparation, and direct connections to employers seeking skilled talent.

The initiative builds on Skills for Chicago’s proven success using skills-based hiring and career pathway technology to improve job fit and hiring outcomes. By extending these capabilities to veterans, the organization aims to create a scalable solution that strengthens veteran workforce transitions while helping employers better identify, understand, and hire veteran talent. Additional phases are planned as future funding opportunities become available.

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Career Highways has been named a Pinnacle Partner by Businessolver, marking a significant step in advancing a new model for workforce strategy known as “career health.” The partnership connects benefits, skills intelligence, and career pathways into a unified system designed to improve employee engagement, retention, and workforce planning.

By integrating Career Highways’ Skills Intelligence platform into Businessolver’s ecosystem, organizations can align benefits with career progression, enhance internal mobility, and gain real-time visibility into workforce capabilities and gaps.

This collaboration reflects a broader shift toward unified workforce intelligence, helping employers make more informed, forward-looking decisions.

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Companies have invested heavily in learning—but most still struggle to translate it into real capability. SkillXP changes that. Career Highways’ new platform connects learning to skills, roles, and career pathways, helping organizations reskill faster and turn development into measurable workforce performance in the age of AI.

A growing number of organizations are reducing entry-level hiring in favor of AI-driven efficiencies—but new insights suggest this strategy may create costly long-term consequences. As highlighted in a recent analysis, eliminating early-career roles disrupts the talent pipeline needed to develop future leaders, forcing companies into expensive external hiring cycles and increasing organizational risk.

Career Highways CEO Liz Eversoll emphasizes the hidden danger: without entry-level hires, there is no foundation for leadership development. Companies that rethink—not remove—these roles by integrating AI alongside human skill-building are better positioned for sustainable growth.

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