RecruitMilitary Veteran Talent Source^® Named a 2026 Top HR Product of the Year

NORFOLK, Va., Oct. 14, 2026 – 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.

Recognizing Military Talent Beyond Traditional Job Titles

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.

Helping Employers Identify Qualified Veteran Talent

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.”

“Veterans are trained to lead, adapt, and solve complex problems, yet hiring systems often reduce that experience to job titles recruiters don’t recognize,”

said Hari Kolam, CEO and co-founder of Findem.

“RecruitMilitary has spent decades earning trust in the military community. By pairing that expertise with Findem’s data and AI, we can help employers see the value that has been there all along and create more equitable paths to meaningful careers for those who have served and their families.”

Recognition at HR Tech 2026

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 connects employers to members of the military community. For more than 25 years, RecruitMilitary has helped employers connect with transitioning service members, veterans, military spouses and members of the military community through hiring events, recruitment marketing, sourcing solutions and workforce strategy. RecruitMilitary’s community includes nearly two million military-connected job seekers.

About Findem

Findem is an AI platform for talent outcomes. Its technology transforms people data into verified intelligence that helps organizations make more informed decisions across hiring, executive search, internal mobility, learning and development, and workforce planning. Findem works with organizations and partners, including RecruitMilitary, to apply AI and talent intelligence to complex workforce challenges.

Media Contact

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