Activating early career talent in Australia's AI-native workforce.
Every skill. Every credential. Verified once. Trusted everywhere.
Gradstack is a trusted ecosystem and home to the first Modern Hiring Standard in Australia. We measure and verify the capability, skills, and AI fluency of early career talent, so hiring stops running on high-volume applications and gut feel. This is a place built for companies who want proof, not guesswork, instantly matched to early career talent who are suitable and a verified workforce fit.
Come experience the standard with us.
Powering the next generation of talent through Gradstack.



75%
of applications receive zero employer response
The Interview Guys, 2025
1 in 4
applicants projected to be AI-generated by 2028
Gartner, 2024
Tripled
demand for AI-skilled workers since 2015
National AI Plan, citing Bratanova et al. 2025
2027
National Launch: coming soon
The Problem
The AI workforce needs a better standard of hiring.
Resumes are self-reported. Credentials are static. Nobody checks whether AI wrote the application or the person did. Employers are asked to trust claims nobody has verified. That's not a skills gap. It's a trust gap.
01
Self-reported resumes
Anyone can write anything on a resume. Nothing gets checked until the interview, if it gets that far.
The Interview Guys, 2025
02
Static credentials
A degree shows what someone studied. It says nothing about what they can do today.
WEF Future of Jobs Report, 2025
03
Unverified AI use
AI can write applications, cover letters, even interview answers now. Nothing checks who actually did the work.
Gartner, 2024
04
No shared standard
Every employer judges capability differently. Every university measures outcomes differently. There's no common language for verified skills and human capability.
OECD
What Gradstack is
Not a job board. Not a credential checker. The Workforce Activation Layer.
Job boards move volume. Credential checkers confirm a piece of paper. Neither was built for the graduate who studied vocationally, the career changer starting over, or the self-taught talent with no degree to show for it. Job boards reward who applies fastest and loudest. They were never built to see capability that doesn't come with a traditional pathway attached.
Gradstack activates early career talent from every pathway (university, vocational, self-taught, career change, return to work) into the AI-native workforce, through verified human capability. We're proud to stand as a signatory of the NSW Government's 20% Alternative Pathways Pledge, backing Australia's shift toward hiring on proof, not background.
This is how Australia's talent stops being invisible and becomes verified, visible, and activated.
Every skill starts as a claim. Gradstack verifies it in a Digital Human Profile (DHP®), then matches only proven skills to Workforce Seats®.
Get early access- 01Build
- Analysis
- Prompting
- Teamwork
Self-reported, 0 of 3 verified
Candidate builds skills
At uni, TAFE, on the job or self-taught. Until it's verified, it's only a claim.
- 02Verify
- AnalysisAssessed
- PromptingAI fluency L3
- TeamworkReference
3 of 3 verified
Verified in their DHP®
Each skill is checked against evidence: assessments, references and confirmed identity.
- 03Activate
- Analysis
- Prompting
- Teamwork
3 of 3 met for a Graduate Analyst seat
Matched to a Workforce Seat®
Only verified skills count toward a match. Self-reported claims never do.
Our Ethical AI Statement
People verify what's required. People make the decisions.
We don't use AI to source, screen, or decide who gets hired. AI does one thing: it matches verified capability to verified Workforce Seat® data, and turns that into real workforce insights.
Every match is built on verified evidence, and it keeps improving as more of that evidence comes in. Gradstack is your trust and verification partner for the AI-driven workforce.
Read our Responsible AI statementGAFI® · Live now
Australia's National AI Fluency Score.
Everyone says they're “good with AI.” Almost nobody can prove it. GAFI®, the Gradstack AI Fluency Index®, is the first verified measure of AI fluency built for the AI-driven workforce.
Not a detection tool. Not a self-rating. A real score, built on how capable someone is augmenting AI, across our five proprietary levels.

L1
Aware
understands what AI is and where it applies

L2
Practitioner
uses AI tools in everyday tasks

L3
Integrator
applies AI with judgment across real work

L4
Strategist
designs how AI is used across a team or project

L5
Architect
builds and shapes AI systems and standards
What our valued partners say
“Gradstack streamlined the graduate recruitment process saving RecordPoint hundreds of hours of resume review, and providing fantastic candidates that were aligned to our criteria on both values and skills. The platform slotted in seamlessly to our existing tech stack and made the graduate hiring process a pleasure.”
“Natalia & the Gradstack team has guided so many of our students through their job search and her advice is invaluable. What Gradstack is building for early career talent, putting capability at the centre of how people get noticed, is exactly what the market needs.”

“Gradstack understands something we believe deeply: people should be understood by what they're capable of, not simply by what's on their CV. Natalia and the team have built a thoughtful approach to connecting human capability with work fit, grounded in years of real recruiting experience. We're proud to be part of what they're building.”

“After 20+ years working across banking and tech as a leader in this space, I know the difference between a good idea and a product built from deep industry knowledge that actually advances the AI workforce. Gradstack is the latter. Nat and her team have poured real expertise, diligence and genuine care into building something that can make a lasting difference to graduates, early career candidates and our future workforce, including the one my own kids will one day enter.”
“Nat and the team at Gradstack are a highly knowledgeable and engaging partner whose deep insights into the tech landscape and modern job market are absolutely invaluable. Gradstack is providing a valuable tool to identify and frame the skills required in this new AI era.”

“What Gradstack does for people at the very start of their careers is unbelievable, the care taken to help them find their first step safely says everything about the business. I have so much time for their founder, who's built something that gives everyone the chance to become the best version of themselves.”

“Gradstack has been a huge help in managing our candidate numbers, allowing us both to keep our team focused on their non-recruitment tasks, and to filter through massive application pools to secure the best graduates for our business.”
“Natalia, CEO Gradstack, offered a compelling industry perspective on the future of work, challenging educators to rethink how we prepare students for careers that are still emerging. Her insights on workforce transformation and graduate readiness sparked meaningful discussion and fresh thinking.”
“Gradstack's deep expertise and extensive network across companies and universities are finally bringing a huge fragmented early-careers system together, for the people it's meant to serve.”

“Having spent years leading People & Talent teams, I see a real need for better ways to understand people beyond the traditional CV. What Nat and the Gradstack team are building around capability, skills and potential is tackling a genuine challenge in today's employment market, and I'm excited to see where they take it.”

“Natalia's symposium presentation provided practical and innovative approaches to measuring and validating AI literacy. Her expertise helped translate a complex and rapidly evolving area into clear, actionable insights for higher education professionals.”
“What Gradstack is building for early careers is exactly what this workforce needs: a community where real human capability, not just credentials, is what gets people noticed. So excited to be witnessing the massive impact Gradstack is already making and looking forward to what's coming from here!”
“Natalia and I spoke at a thought leadership event together and the Gradstack platform and its proposition totally resonated with the talent and recruitment leaders in the audience. Being able to access verified early stage careers candidates in a world where it's getting harder to ensure candidates can do what they say is a game changer for businesses who want to hire the right talent with the right capabilities for their business.”
“What Gradstack is building for people just starting their careers is exactly what this workforce has been missing: a place where real ability, not just a resume line, is what earns you attention. I've loved watching the impact Gradstack is already having, and I can't wait to see what's next.”

Built for where
Australia is heading.
Gradstack is aligned with the National AI Plan, and a proud signatory of the NSW Government's 20% Alternative Pathways Pledge. Our work supports UN Sustainable Development Goals 8 and 10: decent work and reduced inequality.
SDG8
Decent work and economic growth
SDG10
Reduced inequalities
Opportunity depends on ability.
Not background.
You're in good company.
Australian partners, employers and institutions are already joining Gradstack. Join the waitlist for the 2027 platform launch, and if you want to start verifying AI fluency now, GAFI is live today.
No spam. No AI-generated outreach. Just the real thing.