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ACT: Strategic Hiring
Steve Tapp joined as CEO of ACT, leading expansion beyond college admissions into career readiness and workforce testing, heavily investing in AI transformation
Source: Edtech Insiders
The leadership read
A hiring build-out like this points to deepening the sector executive bench strength over the coming quarters.
Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 111.1 (Hot) (up 5.2 month-on-month), Oceania is at easing (-5.6pts) on signal share.
ACT: 1 signal in the last 90 days; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Oceania signal flow.
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