We've made a series of updates to the CareerCircle job board to help you find the right opportunities faster and easier. From smarter filters to a brand-new way to spot jobs where <a href="https://www.careercircle.com/blog/post/candidate/what-is-stars-talent-and-why-does-it-matter">STARs</a> are already succeeding, these changes are built to put your skills in front of the employers who need them.
Here's a video on what's new.
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<h2>Recent Searches - 1:09</h2>
Your five most recent searches now appear right under the search bar. Jump back into a previous search with a single click, without retyping the details every time.
<h2>New Search Filters - 1:29</h2>
You can now filter jobs by work setting: in person, hybrid, or remote. We've also added a date filter, so you can narrow results to jobs posted in the last 24 hours, 7 days, 30 days, or all time.&nbsp;
<h2>Promoted Jobs - 2:03</h2>
Promoted jobs highlight roles where an employer is urgently hiring, so you can prioritize the opportunities most likely to move quickly. Only promoted jobs that are relevant to your search will appear in your search results, keeping your feed focused on the right matches.
<h2>Job Search Card Preview - 2:43&nbsp;</h2>
A new preview panel sits alongside your search results, so you can see the details of a job without clicking into it. The panel shows which of your skills, pulled from your resume, match the role, along with the posted date and salary (if available). Skim, compare, and decide what to apply to with everything you need on one screen.
<h2>STARs-Friendly Job Tag - 3:56</h2>
The update we're most excited to share is STARs-Friendly job tag, a new feature that flags jobs that are a strong fit for STARs directly in your search results.
Here's how it works. CareerCircle uses data from Opportunity@Work to identify roles where STARs find success, based on two criteria:
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25% or more of people in that role are STARs
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The role is classified by Opportunity@Work as either an origin role (great for entering a field) or a gateway role (ideal for advancing a career)
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These labels take the guesswork out of the search. Instead of sifting through hundreds of listings and wondering whether a degree requirement will be a dealbreaker, STARs can quickly spot opportunities where people skilled through alternative routes are already succeeding.
Log in or <a href="https://www.careercircle.com/join">join</a> and try the new job board today and put your skills to work. We're here to help you find your next role.

We've made a series of updates to the CareerCircle job board to help you find the right opportunities faster and easier.

What's New on the CareerCircle Job Board

We've made a series of updates to the CareerCircle job board to help you find the right opportunities faster and easier. From smarter filters to a brand-new way to spot jobs where STARs are already succeeding, these changes are built to put your skills in front of the employers who need them.

You may have heard the term "STAR talent" floating around workforce conversations lately. If you're not sure what it means or why it's relevant to you, you're in the right place.
<h2>What Does STAR Mean?</h2>
STAR stands for Skilled Through Alternative Routes. STARs are workers who have built real, valuable skills outside of a traditional four-year college degree. That includes people who learned through community college, trade or vocational programs, military service, apprenticeships, bootcamps, certifications, or simply years of hands-on work experience.
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STARs aren't a niche group. According to <a href="https://www.opportunityatwork.org/" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">Opportunity@Work</a>, STARs represent more than 70 million workers in the U.S., making up roughly half of the entire workforce. These are experienced and capable professionals who sometimes miss out on job opportunities simply because of how their talent was developed or antiquated degree requirements.
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"At Opportunity@Work, we believe that embedding STAR-inclusive data and logic into the platforms where hiring happens is the key to rewiring the labor market. By integrating our research on the mobility pathways where STARs have already found success, CareerCircle is helping to make skills&mdash;not pedigree&mdash;the default signal of qualification. This feature removes the 'paper ceiling' for millions of workers, allowing STARs to quickly and confidently translate their valuable skills and experience into higher-wage opportunities."&nbsp;
- Natalia Lara, Director of Product Design - STARs Inclusion Mode, Opportunity@Work
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<h2>There Are More Jobs Open to STARs Than You Might Think</h2>
A big misconception is that most good jobs require a degree. Many roles are filled by STARs and are well-suited for candidates who have built their expertise outside of a traditional academic path. STARs are found across nearly every industry and at every stage of a career, from entry-level roles all the way to management positions.
Recognizing which jobs are open to STARs is a key part of helping people find the right opportunities. That's where CareerCircle&rsquo;s tools and data come in.
<h2>CareerCircle's Commitment to STARs and Employers Who Hire STARs</h2>
CareerCircle has long believed that skills matter more than credentials on paper. Supporting STARs has been a core part of that mission, and it's what inspired us to make meaningful enhancements to our platform to make the STAR job search experience better than ever.
<h2>Introducing STARs Opportunity Tagged Jobs</h2>
The biggest update we're excited to share is STARs Match, a new feature that flags jobs that are a strong fit for STAR candidates directly in search results.
Here's how it works: CareerCircle uses data from Opportunity@Work to identify jobs where STARs find success, based on two criteria:
<ul>
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25% or more of people in that role are STARs
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The role is classified by Opportunity@Work as either an origin role (great for entering a field) or a gateway role (ideal for advancing a career)
</li>
</ul>
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These labels take the guesswork out of the search. Instead of sifting through hundreds of listings and wondering whether a degree requirement will be a dealbreaker, STARs can quickly spot opportunities where people skilled through alternative routes are already succeeding.
<a href="https://www.careercircle.com/candidates/signup" rel="follow" style="text-decoration: none; display: inline-block; padding: 10px 20px; background-color: #1010fc; color: white; border-radius: 5px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Join CareerCircle today and find roles for STARs</a>
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<h2>More Improvements to the Job Search Experience</h2>
STARs Match is the highlight, but we've also rolled out several other enhancements to make job searching on CareerCircle faster, easier, and more personalized, including updated search filters, a job preview panel, job posted date, skills matching, and more. Watch our walkthrough video to see everything that's new.
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Learn what STARs talent is and who CareerCricle helps non-traditional candidates land and excel in new roles.

What Is STAR-Friendly Talent and Why Does It Matter?

CareerCircle has long believed that skills matter more than credentials on paper. Supporting STARs has been a core part of that mission, and it's what inspired us to make meaningful enhancements to our platform to make the STAR job search experience better than ever.

What Is STAR-Friendly and Why Does It Matter?

We're proud to share that CareerCircle has been awarded a&nbsp;<a href="https://aba.stevieawards.com/awards/aba-winners/Web-Achievement-Category-Winners" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">Gold Stevie Award for Achievement in Accessibility</a> for our website and platform.
<h3>What's a Stevie Award?</h3>
Often referred to as the "Oscars of the business world," the Stevie Awards are among the most coveted business honors globally. Since 2002, they've recognized achievement across more than 60 nations, with this year&rsquo;s competition drawing more than 3,700 nominations from organizations of every size and industry.
What makes this recognition so meaningful is the process behind it. Every entry is evaluated by a panel of expert judges, drawn from a pool of more than 1,000 respected executives, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders worldwide. The Gold Stevie is awarded to the highest-scoring entry in each category, which means this recognition reflects work that stood out against a deep and competitive field.
<h3>What We Submitted and Why It Matters</h3>
Our submission centered on a platform-wide initiative to achieve Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA compliance, a comprehensive audit and remediation effort that touched every corner of CareerCircle.com.
Here's what that looked like:
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We partnered with <a href="https://beaccessible.com/" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">Be Accessible</a> to audit the platform, identifying where we fell short of WCAG 2.2 AA standards.
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Our Product, Design, and Development teams resolved over 140 critical, high, and medium priority errors, addressing color contrast, font sizes, alt text, click targets, tab functionality, and screen reader compatibility across every page.
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We were formally revalidated against WCAG 2.2 AA standards.
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Our internal site health score jumped from 67 to 86, placing us in the top 10% of high-performing sites industry-wide.
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But here's what we're most proud of: we built accessibility into the fundamental architecture of our platform rather than bolting on a third-party plug-in. Many platforms rely on overlays that let users toggle accessibility features on as needed. We don&rsquo;t think that&rsquo;s good enough. Accessibility shouldn't be something a member has to opt into. It should be how the product works from the first click.
On our 2025 survey all member survey, responses showed users noticed our work. Here is what one user had to say:
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"CareerCircle is easy to use and I enjoy the ease of the functions when it comes to the job search process."
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<h3>What This Award Means for Our Hiring Partners</h3>
When our members, and we mean all of our members, can use the platform effectively, our hiring partners get better outcomes. It's that simple.
Today, our partners have access to a platform where 1 in 7 members have self-identified as professionals with disabilities since we launched our self-identification feature in 2024, and where 225,000+ members are looking for opportunities. They're also tapping into strategic relationships with organizations like Broad Futures, Hire Autism, United Spinal Association, the National Organization on Disability, and National Industries for the Blind, all of which feed a pipeline of skilled, job-ready talent.
Our partners get real visibility into their recruiting efforts. They're reaching an engaged audience, with a 70% engagement rate among members actively seeking career advancement, and they get detailed candidate engagement reports that track who's clicking, applying, and moving through the hiring process. Virtual career fairs, webinars, and targeted job promotion put their brand in front of the right communities. And because our platform is built to WCAG 2.2 AA standards, the skilled veterans, professionals with disabilities, and community-affiliated candidates they're trying to reach can engage with their open roles.
That's what this Gold Stevie represents to us. Not just a trophy, but proof that the infrastructure behind our partners' hiring goals is working the way it should.
<h3>Let's Keep Building</h3>
The Gold Stevie is recognition of work we've been doing for years, and work we'll keep doing. If you'd like to learn more about what it looks like to partner with CareerCircle, we'd love to talk.
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CareerCircle wins Gold Stevie Award for Achievement in Accessibility, recognizing our WCAG 2.2 AA compliance and inclusive platform design.

CareerCircle Wins A Gold Stevie Award for Accessibility

CareerCircle wins Gold Stevie Award for Achievement in Accessibility, recognizing our WCAG 2.2 AA compliance and inclusive platform design. Learn how we did it.

CareerCircle Wins Gold Stevie Award for Achievement in Accessibility

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