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Insights on verified credentials, career development, and the future of school-to-work transitions.
Skills-based hiring is here — and it's changing who finds whom
Most employers now hire entry-level talent on skills, not credentials — but a CV still can't prove a skill. Here's what skills-based hiring actually means for students and graduates, and why the model increasingly runs in reverse: companies search, and your verified profile is what they find.
Hiring hotel school graduates: why go through the school
For front of house, kitchen, reception and retail roles, going through the school that trained the candidates gives you documented experience and a compliant channel. Which contracts to use with young people and what to ask the placement office.
Hotel school diploma and first job: how to show what you can do
Placement hours, summer seasons, certificates: they are the evidence you need for your first job. How to collect them while at school, get them in writing and show them to employers.
Job placement at hotel and catering schools: from work placements to the first contract
What Italian law allows a hotel and catering school or vocational school to do for its graduates' first job, under which conditions, and how to plan the year so that placement hours and tutor evaluations are not lost.
We counted how many job ads on our board actually show the pay. It is 11%.
Directive 2023/970 has been Italian law since 7 June 2026. We measured every open role on our board: 11.2% publish a salary, 26.6% of Italian ones do, and 9.4% name the collective agreement the law asks for. Here is the query.
The roles nobody applies to: what Indeed's shortage data says, and what our own board shows
Indeed Hiring Lab measured which Italian job ads get the fewest applications. Engineering, technology and healthcare lead. We ran the same question against our own board and published what we found — including where we have almost nothing.
AI Drove 26% of US Layoffs in a Month: What That Means for Graduates Entering the Market
A year ago, AI was cited as the cause of 0% of US layoffs. This April, that figure hit 26%. Entry-level hiring is the visible edge of a bigger shift — and the CV format won't carry the signal much longer.
What 'Entry-Level' Really Means in 2026 — And How to Stop Losing to It
Job ads say entry-level but ask for five years of experience. The graduates who break through share one thing in common — and it isn't luck.
End-of-semester with Anna, professor who endorses six projects in twenty minutes
Professor endorsement is not the moat. AI extraction from real artifacts is. But when professors do have time to weigh in, their endorsement adds a trust layer that makes a good signal even better. Here's how Anna does it without it becoming another commitment.
Monday with Federica, talent acquisition lead at a manufacturer
A TA lead at a mid-market industrial company opens a Monday morning with two open roles. By Friday she has shipped three Decision Packs to her hiring manager and has a candidate in for a trial. Here's the workflow that took the place of phone screens.
Friday with Lorenzo, engineering manager who stopped doing intro calls
An engineering manager at a software SMB used to lose four hours a week to first-call screens that mostly went nowhere. Now he reads two-page Decision Packs in the morning and only takes the calls that should happen. Here's what changed in his calendar.
Wednesday with Marco, ITS Meccatronica student in Bergamo
A second-year ITS Academy student uploads a robotics project at lunch, gets contacted by an automation company by Friday, and figures out what to say in the interview using a Decision Pack he didn't write himself.
Wednesday with Stefano, career services director at a university
A Wednesday morning at a university career office. Company messages to approve, internship agreements to follow, a placement report due Friday for the board. The same work that used to live in spreadsheets and email threads.
What a Recruitment Agency Costs vs a Verified-Talent Platform
Italian recruitment agencies typically charge 15-25% of the candidate's annual salary. For a €35,000 hire, that's €5,250-€8,750. What you get for €89/mo with a self-serve verified-talent platform — and where agencies still earn their fee.
InTransparency vs AlmaLaurea: An Honest Comparison for Italian Career Services
AlmaLaurea was designed in 1994 as a CV warehouse. Three decades later, what does it still do well, what can't it do, and where does a modern career-service operations layer fit? A factual comparison based on AlmaLaurea's own contract and pricing.
InTransparency vs JobTeaser: Two Models for European Career Services
JobTeaser is the European career-service incumbent — strong employer branding, weak skill verification. InTransparency leads with verified evidence and a stage-lifecycle workflow. Where each fits, honestly.
InTransparency vs LinkedIn Recruiter: When You Need More Than a Search Engine
LinkedIn Recruiter is a search engine over a billion self-declared profiles. InTransparency is a verified-evidence layer over students from European institutions. Different problems, different solutions.
Why ITS Academies Need Their Own Placement Platform — Not a University Database
ITS Academy graduates have hands-on technical projects — robotics, automation, mechatronics, applied biotech. Career-service systems built for university laureati can't represent that work. What changes when you build the placement layer for ITS first.
Entry-Level Hiring Down 18.8%: What Institutions Can Actually Do About It
LinkedIn's 2026 First Job Barometer confirms the gap between education and employment. 88% of graduates don't feel ready. Here's how institutions can turn the tide.
Skills-Based Hiring Reduces Bias. Co-Creation Makes It Stick.
How verified, skills-based recruitment naturally promotes diversity — and why universities and platforms must build the solution together.
The Graduate Employment Crisis: Why Verified Skills Matter More Than Ever
Entry-level jobs are down 35%, and only 30% of 2025 grads landed roles in their field. Here's what's happening and how students, universities, and companies can adapt.
Why Transparency Matters in Graduate Recruitment
How verified credentials and institutional backing are transforming the way companies hire graduates — and why traditional CVs are no longer enough.
The Complete Guide to ITS Academy Diplomas in Italy
Everything you need to know about Italy's ITS Academy system — from enrollment to career outcomes, and how these technical diplomas compare to traditional degrees.
10 Tips for Landing Your First Job After Graduation
Practical, actionable advice for recent graduates entering the Italian and European job market — from portfolio building to interview preparation.