Smoothstack builds AI-ready tech talent through workforce development, apprenticeships, and skills-based hiring. Powering what’s next. #Smoothstack
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Most companies didn't fail at skills-first hiring. They stopped too early: they dropped the degree requirement and kept the same process.
Removing a line from a job description isn't a pipeline. #SkillsBasedHiring
ALT On paper, skills won. 57% of U.S. employers surveyed say they've eliminated degree requirements, but fewer than 1 in 700 hires benefited.
ALT Then the outcome: non-degree hires rose just 3.5 percentage points; fewer than 1 in 700 hires benefited.
ALT The companies that changed how they hire changed the outcome: 37% skills-based hiring leaders, 45% in name only, about 1 in 5 backsliders.
ALT Removing a line from a job description isn't a pipeline. A workforce development model that identifies, develops and proves capability is.
30+ open positions. One opportunity could change your trajectory.
Smoothstack is hiring Entry Level Software Engineers ready to start building their careers in tech.
If you’ve got the aptitude, the drive and the willingness to keep learning, we want to hear from you.
Apply now: Link in comments👇️
#Hiring #SoftwareEngineering #EntryLevelJobs #TechCareers #Smoothstack
Security Is A Skillset.
Security depends on daily choices, strong practices and people who take ownership.
#CybersecurityAwarenessMonth #Smoothstack
Behind every breakthrough is an IT professional who made it work.
Today we’re celebrating the people who build, solve, adapt, troubleshoot, and keep technology moving forward.
Happy National IT Professionals Day to the people who turn possibility into progress.
#ITProfessionalsDay #TechTalent #Smoothstack
25 years later, we still remember. We still honor. We will never forget. 🇺🇸🕯️
#PatriotDay #NeverForget
Friday status: Tailored, polished and ready to deliver. 🧵
Introducing Joey’s Custom Fit, the completely unofficial Smoothstack tailoring shop where talent is never off the rack.
Every cohort is different. Every client is different. Joey’s measuring twice before delivery.
#Smoothstack #FridayFun
Friday status: Smooth, stacked and fully charged. 🥤
Introducing Yarissa’s Smoothie Stack, the unofficial Smoothstack snack pit stop for people who bring their own energy.
Custom blends. Endless add-ons. Zero coffee required.
Served up by Yarissa Torres. 💜
#Smoothstack #FridayFun
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Elite is earned. And this is where it starts.
Join Fedstack live on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at 12 PM ET to learn more.
This is not just another software engineering job.
The opportunity is significant. The bar is high.
👉 Register for the live hiring event. linkedin.com/events/74988143…
A Smoothstack moment: Realizing your career can change before your title does.
It happens when someone asks what you think. Trusts you to lead. Starts relying on your judgment.
Those moments don’t always make the résumé.
But they’re often the moment a job starts becoming a career.
#Smoothstack #CareerGrowth
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Federal hiring changes in 2027: early-career talent, shared hiring and validated technical assessments, with fewer resources.
This is bigger than recruiting. It’s a talent infrastructure challenge. The hiring model is changing. So must the pipeline.
fedstack.com/blog/federal-hi…
At Smoothstack, software engineering careers take shape through milestones no résumé captures: recovering from mistakes, earning a teammate’s trust and realizing, “I can do this.”
Small moments. Lasting confidence.
#Smoothstack #SoftwareEngineering #TechCareers
AI can accelerate components. Architecture still requires human judgment.
The enduring skill isn’t a language or framework. It’s seeing how each decision affects the whole system.
Tools will change. Systems thinking will endure.
#AIEngineering #SoftwareEngineering
💜 Some sacrifices change everything.
On Purple Heart Day, we honor the service members who were wounded or gave their lives in defense of our country.
Behind every medal is a person. A family. A sacrifice whose impact reaches far beyond one moment.
Today, we recognize every Purple Heart recipient with gratitude and respect.
#PurpleHeartDay #HonorAndRemember #Smoothstack
Same hiring strategy. Same talent problems.
Smoothstack helps organizations break the cycle and build the talent they actually need.
Break the cycle.
#Smoothstack #BreakTheCycle
AI can remove friction. But less friction does not automatically create more capability.
People still build judgment and intuition by working through real problems and learning through experience.
The comfort trap is confusing ease with growth.
#Smoothstack #FutureOfWork
More output does not have to mean more overhead.
Smoothstack builds talent that helps organizations expand delivery capacity without scaling headcount at the same pace.
Smarter scale starts with stronger capability.
#Smoothstack #TechnologyTalent
Potential does not always show up neatly on a résumé.
At Smoothstack, we look beyond where someone has been to understand what they are capable of becoming.
Through full-time training, meaningful work, and a clear path into the systems powering AI, we help driven people turn curiosity, discipline, and determination into lasting careers.
Progress beats pedigree.
#TechCareers #WorkforceDevelopment #Smoothstack
AI pilots are the fun part. The messy middle is what comes after. 👀
#Smoothstack #WorkforceDevelopment #AIReady
#AiCareers. #MessyMiddle
AI is very good at the trees: tasks, code snippets, components, and the next thing to generate. 🌳
But technical value still comes from seeing the forest.
How the pieces connect.
Where they can fail.
What makes them scale.
Building the forest takes more than code. It takes judgment.
#Smoothstack #SystemsThinking #EnterpriseAI #FutureofWork
