Using Artificial Intelligence to Match Veterans to Jobs

SkillMil, a new business venture spun off from the independent, nonprofit research center SRI International, aims to pair military veterans with civilian job opportunities. SkillMil uses a platform that quantifies the percentage match of a veteran's skills and experience with current job postings. The platform also identifies the training and skills needed to achieve a 100 percent job match. "Using state-of-the-art semantic reasoning technology, SkillMil improves the civilian employment experience for veterans by precisely matching the skills and experience of military veterans with job opportunities at companies seeking to hire veterans," the Menlo Park, California-based SRI announced in a release. To leverage a veteran's background, the platform also helps translate military jargon, revamping the process of understanding a soldier's skills and qualifications into a less confounding experience for civilian hiring managers.