Invisible Talent: Fixing the Skills Visibility Gap in Career Readiness & Hiring

Most career readiness programs start in senior year. By then, it’s already late. Hiring is shifting toward demonstrated skills, work samples, and real evidence of capability, while schools still rely heavily on GPA and transcripts. So where is the disconnect? In this episode, Zahra sits down with Allison Danielsen, CEO of Tallo, to talk about skills-based hiring, early career exposure, and why making student talent visible to employers is becoming one of the biggest challenges in education.

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Invisible Talent: Fixing the Skills Visibility Gap in Career Readiness & Hiring is an episode from Tech in EdTech by Magic EdTech.

This episode is 47:43 long.

This episode was published on Mar 12, 2026.

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