HR Executive and HR Tech recognition highlights RecruitMilitary and Findem’s innovative approach to helping employers identify and engage military talent beyond traditional job titles and keywords

NORFOLK, Va., Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — RecruitMilitary, the nation’s leading military hiring organization, today announced that RecruitMilitary Veteran Talent Source®, Powered by Findem Copilot, has been named a 2026 Top HR Product of the Year by HR Executive and HR Tech.

The annual Top HR Products competition recognizes technologies introduced or significantly enhanced during the past year, with products evaluated on innovation, functionality, ease of use, and value to HR organizations.

Developed through RecruitMilitary’s partnership with Findem, Veteran Talent Source combines RecruitMilitary’s deep military hiring expertise with Findem’s AI-powered talent intelligence to address a longstanding challenge in veteran employment: helping employers understand how military experience translates into civilian workforce capabilities.

Military careers rarely match neatly to civilian job titles. Leadership experience, technical expertise, specialized training, adaptability, and the ability to perform in complex environments can be difficult for traditional résumé searches and keyword-based recruiting systems to recognize. Veteran Talent Source is designed to change that.

The solution translates military roles, training, and experience into correlated civilian skills, creating more comprehensive candidate profiles and assisting recruiters to identify qualified veterans, transitioning service members, and military spouses without requiring specialized knowledge of military occupations.

“The talent has always been there. The challenge is helping employers see it,” said Tim Best, CEO of RecruitMilitary and former U.S. Army Special Operations Attack Helicopter Pilot. “That’s what makes this recognition so meaningful to us. By combining RecruitMilitary’s deep understanding of military talent with Findem’s innovative technology, we’re building a better way for employers to recognize the capabilities behind military experience. This award is validation of what our teams have accomplished together in a very short period of time, and I believe we’re just getting started.”

The recognition comes approximately one year after RecruitMilitary and Findem launched a partnership to apply advanced talent intelligence and AI to military hiring. The joint effort reflects RecruitMilitary’s broader commitment to ensuring emerging hiring technologies expand opportunity for the military community rather than reinforce the limitations of traditional recruiting methods.

Companies like Southern Company, located in Atlanta, Georgia, earned measured success with recruiting efforts aligned with Veteran Talent Source.

“The energy industry depends on skilled professionals who can lead in complex, high-consequence environments,” said Josh Deason, recruiter at Southern Company. “Veteran Talent Source has helped Southern Company uncover military talent whose experience closely aligns with those demands. By focusing on capabilities, leadership, and potential rather than military job titles alone, the platform has enhanced our ability to attract veterans who can make an immediate impact across our organization.”

“Employers shouldn’t need to understand every military occupation to recognize someone who could be a great fit,” said Hari Kolam, CEO and co-founder of Findem. “RecruitMilitary brings the military expertise, and Findem brings the labeled data and AI to connect that experience to what an employer actually needs. This recognition reinforces the value of looking beyond job titles to understand what people can do and create more equitable paths to meaningful careers for veterans and their families.”

RecruitMilitary Veteran Talent Source®, Powered by Findem Copilot, will be recognized during the HR Icons Awards Dinner on Oct. 19 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, ahead of HR Tech 2026. Attendees will also have an opportunity to see Veteran Talent Source during the HR Tech conference, Oct. 20–22.

For RecruitMilitary, the recognition represents more than an advancement in recruiting technology. It reflects an ongoing commitment to ensuring veterans, transitioning service members, and military spouses have greater visibility as technology plays an increasingly influential role in hiring.

“AI should expand opportunity, not narrow it,” Best said. “If technology can help employers recognize exceptional military talent they might otherwise overlook, then we’re using innovation in service of the right mission.”

About RecruitMilitary

RecruitMilitary is the most comprehensive recruiting organization for employers to connect with job-seeking veterans, transitioning military service members and spouses. Employers hire and engage top candidates by sourcing RecruitMilitary’s extensive database of job seekers, participating in 100+ hiring events and implementing recruiting solutions that attract and nurture relationships and deliver qualified talent. RecruitMilitary is comprised of veterans and military family members, as well as industry-experienced civilians, serving as subject matter experts for both sides of the military hiring equation. With more than 30 years of experience and a tenacious focus on customer results, RecruitMilitary serves nearly two million veterans and transitioning military service members and thousands of organizations. 

About Findem

Findem is the AI infrastructure for people-centric work. Its People Intelligence platform turns fragmented people data into context that teams and their AI systems can reason over and act on. Powered by Findem’s 3D People Graph, it connects trillions of data points across individuals, companies, and time. Expert labeling translates that data into consistent, evidence-backed signals about experience, capabilities, and relationships, designed to provide explainability at every step so teams can make confident decisions. Findem’s agents and enterprise applications run on this foundation with human review built in, and partners can build on this infrastructure and bring the same intelligence into their own products. Named one of the most innovative companies by Fortune and Fast Company, Findem is trusted by industry leaders including FedEx, Intuit, RingCentral, and Emirates.

Media Contact

Kelly Wagner
Senior Director, Communications & Public Relations
RecruitMilitary
kelly.wagner@recruitmilitary.com

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