The State of Early Career Hiring in 2026: How to Hire on Skills in the Age of AI

What will it take to identify truly job-ready talent in an AI-driven hiring landscape?

Early-career hiring is at an inflection point. Between AI-generated applications, candidate fraud, and changing levels job readiness, talent teams are navigating one of the most disruptive moments in early career recruiting history.

In this value-packed discussion, we’ll explore the forces reshaping how employers attract, evaluate, and hire emerging talent. From the crisis of inflated applicant pools to the rise of skills-based hiring, this conversation will unpack what it takes to identify true readiness in an automated world, and how leading teams are adapting their processes for the next era of recruiting.

Key topics we'll explore:

• 🚀 The key challenges defining early-career hiring in 2026, from AI-assisted applications to declining employer response rates
  
  
• 🎯 Why skills-based hiring is becoming the new standard for evaluating potential
  
  
• 🤖📊 The technical, analytical, and “power skills” that will define success in the AI era
  
  
• 🔗⏱️ How to integrate skills assessments into your existing process without slowing down your hiring timeline
  
  
• 🤝✨ How RippleMatch and CodeSignal are partnering to automate skills screening and help employers prove ROI

This webinar is an essential opportunity for talent leaders, HR professionals, and early-career recruiters looking to modernize their strategies for 2026 and beyond.

By understanding how AI, shifting candidate readiness, and the rise of skills-based hiring are reshaping the landscape, you'll be better equipped to build processes that surface truly job-ready talent and keep your organization competitive in a rapidly evolving market.

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