SOLID, Inc.

09/04/2026

What does it take to make skills information truly trustworthy?

During Trusted Records, Better Hires: Skills-Based Lessons from Veteran Talent, SOLID’s Lauren Runco Bevilacqua shared an important lesson from our work translating military learning and experience: AI alone isn’t enough.

Technology can help accelerate analysis, but trusted skills intelligence also depends on rigorous methodologies, meaningful evidence, and input from subject-matter experts. SOLID’s approach brings these elements together—grounding analysis in source evidence and the context needed to interpret it accurately.

That context is especially important when translating military learning and experience, where a title or record alone rarely tells the full story. By looking more deeply at what individuals learned and did, we can represent their skills in ways that are reliable, recognizable, and useful to both individuals and employers.

Thank you to Jobs for the Future, Hire Heroes USA, The Manufacturing Institute, and the other participating partners for bringing together perspectives on how trusted records can strengthen skills-based hiring and help employers better recognize veteran talent.

08/27/2026

How can we make veterans’ skills, training, and experience more visible—and more useful to employers?

On September 3, SOLID’s Lauren Runco Bevilacqua will join JFF, Hire Heroes USA, The Manufacturing Institute, and Sytease Geib for Trusted Records, Better Hires: Skills-Based Lessons from Veteran Talent.

This practical conversation will explore how trusted records can support skills-based hiring and what employers and workforce partners can do to better recognize and use the skills veterans bring to the workforce.

📅 September 3, 2026
⏰ 9:00–10:00 a.m. PT / 12:00–1:00 p.m. ET
🔗 Register: https://loom.ly/fXM2sdQ

08/13/2026

The conversation about making military skills visible doesn't end when the webinar does.

Following The Manufacturing Institute's Beyond the Résumé: Making Military Skills Visible to Unlock Manufacturing Talent webinar, we're excited to share the recording and key takeaways for anyone who wasn't able to join live.

SOLID's Lauren Runco Bevilacqua joined Sytease Geib to explore how manufacturers can better recognize the skills military-connected talent already brings to the workforce and turn those skills into meaningful opportunities for career growth and mobility.

A big thank you to Sabrina Zarifi, The Manufacturing Institute, and National Association of Manufacturers for hosting the conversation and sharing these great resources, and to Sytease for sharing her expertise and perspective. These kinds of discussions help move us closer to workforce systems where military experience is not only valued, but understood, trusted, and actionable.

🎥 Watch the webinar: https://loom.ly/2qtwPlQ

📄 Explore the key takeaways: https://loom.ly/fbeRSYw

This webinar will explore how skills-first practices can help manuf...

08/12/2026

Military-connected individuals bring valuable skills wherever they go. The challenge is making sure those skills are recognized wherever life takes them.

We're proud to share Making Military Skills Visible, a new guide from the Center for Skills by C-BEN and the National Governors Association, co-authored by SOLID's Lauren Runco Bevilacqua

The guide provides practical strategies for helping states recognize military-acquired skills, build trusted skill signals, and strengthen talent marketplaces that better serve service members, veterans, military spouses, and ROTC cadets.

At SOLID, we're proud to contribute to work that helps make military skills more visible, portable, and connected to opportunity.

📖 Read the guide: https://loom.ly/FJFsjUE

08/12/2026

🚀 Military experience translates into valuable civilian skills—but understanding those connections is key.

Our MilGears webinar explores how data-driven tools and Learning & Employment Records (LERs) help service members identify meaningful education and career pathways.

Join us to learn how MilGears helps users:

✔ Discover career opportunities
✔ Translate military experience
✔ Explore education pathways
✔ Better understand transferable skills

📅 August 18 | 11:00 AM ET

🔗 Register: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=VgQcB2A3EkqzjXgVepTtvpXckQKa1JdDvWkFY_rxd0lUMEhWNEI4WklIMko3M0FRVlBNM0xRS0FHVC4u&route=shorturl

07/16/2026

We were proud to see Lauren Runco Bevilacqua representing SOLID this week as a panelist at the Jobs for the Future (JFF) Horizons Summit, joining Katie Belous (Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity), Sytease Geib ( The Manufacturing Institute), and Meena Naik (JFF) for a discussion on improving learner and worker mobility through more connected, skills-based systems.

The session explored an important question: What happens when learning and employment records don't keep up with people's skills and experiences? Through the perspectives of a veteran, a community college student, and a frontline worker, the panel examined practical ways to better recognize learning wherever it happens and connect people to opportunity.

These conversations are at the heart of the work we're doing every day. The challenge isn't simply collecting more information—it's ensuring people's skills are recognized in ways that are trusted, portable, and actionable across education and employment.

At SOLID, we're helping advance this work through initiatives like Map My Future®, making military-acquired skills more visible, verifiable, and connected to meaningful career pathways.

Thank you to JFF for convening this important discussion, and to Katie, Sytease, and Meena for sharing their expertise and perspectives. We look forward to continuing the conversation.

07/15/2026

The release of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation 's Experience You Phase 2 Final Report highlights an important shift in workforce development: creating trusted, portable skills that connect people to real opportunity.

At SOLID, we've been tackling one of the hardest parts of that challenge for more than 20 years.

Military records were designed to document readiness and training—not workforce skills. Translating that evidence into meaningful, employer-recognized skills requires more than AI or data extraction. It takes military occupational expertise, rigorous analysis, and validated evidence.

That's the foundation behind Map My Future - MMF®, and we're proud to have contributed to the Experience You initiative. As Learning and Employment Records, digital credentials, and AI continue to evolve, we're committed to ensuring military skills are represented with the rigor, accuracy, and credibility they deserve.

Congratulations to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, the T3 Innovation Network, and everyone advancing this important work.

📖 Read the report: https://loom.ly/EnZ6BpQ

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation harnesses the power of business to create solutions for the good of America and the world.

07/08/2026

🎓 Ready to make the most of your military training and experience?

Join the 2026 Webinar Series: Navigating Credentialing & Career Readiness with MilGears and COOL to learn how military training can support credentialing, education, and civilian career success.

Across six live webinars this year, participants will explore topics including:

✔ Credentialing Opportunities On-Line (COOL)
✔ Military credentialing standards
✔ MilGears career exploration tools
✔ Learning and Employment Records (LERs)
✔ Military-to-civilian career pathways

Whether you're currently serving, transitioning from the military, supporting service members, or simply interested in military credentialing resources, these free sessions offer practical guidance from subject matter experts.

📅 The series begins July 21

🔗 Register today: forms.office.com/r/tf946yq5Fb

07/04/2026

This Independence Day, we're reminded that service doesn't end when the uniform comes off.

We're proud to work alongside military members, veterans, educators, employers, and partners who are helping create stronger pathways from military service to lifelong learning and meaningful careers.

Wishing everyone a safe and happy Fourth of July.

07/02/2026

🔐 Cyber workforce development starts with access to the right information.

SOLID partnered with Navy COOL and Marine Corps COOL to support the Department of the Navy Cyberspace Workforce (DON CWF) Community site, a centralized hub for cyber career pathways, training, credentialing, and workforce resources.

Whether you're exploring a career in the DON cyber workforce or supporting those who are, the site makes it easier to find the guidance and resources you need.

🔗 Explore the DON CWF Community site: https://loom.ly/WeAB_Wg