Join us for a live-recorded episode where we partner with RippleMatch and Abode to explore how organizations are bridging the readiness gap for early-career talent. We dig into the real-world challenge: young talent brings ambition and potential, but the transition from classroom to career reveals gaps in skills, confidence, and belonging. Meanwhile, employers often rely on outdated signals of readiness, resulting in mismatched expectations.
In this episode we’ll cover:
From Classroom to Career: Unpacking Gen Z’s workforce readiness realities
Signals That Still Matter: What truly indicates early-talent preparedness – and what it doesn’t
Building Confidence & Belonging: How to create environments where early hires thrive
Sustained Engagement: Best practices to convert potential into retention and long-term growth
Whether you're in HR, talent acquisition, learning & development, or leading early-career programs, this episode offers actionable insights and tools to elevate your internship and conversion strategy — so you can move more interns from “just potential” to fully prepared.
Tune in and be ready to sharpen how you engage, onboard, and develop your newest hires.
On this episode, we're joined by Cristina Rodriguez from Lennar to learn about their early-talent programs, what shapes their culture and more.
On this episode, we're joined by Ben Verhoff and Mina Sarshar-Michael from CrowdStrike. They give students advice on what employers are looking for in a candidate, how to navigate the recruitment process and share why CrowdStrike is a destination for early-talent.
On this episode, we speak with Jocelyn Sum from FTI Consulting. She discusses her career path with FTI Consulting, reflects back on her internship experience at FTI and discusses the impact mentors within the firm have had on her career.
On this episode, we speak with Jon Knitter and Alex Myers from FTI Consulting. Jon shares more about FTI Consulting, how the firm is structured and why they invest heavily in early talent. While Alex reflects back on her internship experience at FTI, shares why she joined after graduation as a full-time employee and more.
On this episode in our Pathways to PwC Series, we speak with Lea Gray. Lea is a Tax Manager and discusses her journey from graduating with a Liberal Arts degree to excelling in her career at PwC.
There’s more than one way into a career in accounting — hear how this PwC leader turned unexpected beginnings into lasting impact.
On this second episode in our Pathways to PwC Series, we speak with Greg Rowley, a Tax Partner at PwC. Greg shares his experience going to Community College and what his transition into Accounting was like. He also discusses the CPA exam, how he found PwC and much more.
On this episode, we speak with two FTI Consulting Interns, Tanuj Gupta and Kelsey Lem. They share their experience this past summer interning at FTI Consulting, how they've grown and been supported throughout their program and more.
On this episode in our Pathways to PwC series, we speak with Kathryn Kaminsky, PwC’s Chief Commercial Officer and Kyle Moffatt PwC Partner who share their own nontraditional paths into the profession.
Together, they share how their early experiences shaped their careers — and how students from all backgrounds can find their place at a firm like PwC. Whether you are exploring accounting for the first time or looking for a way in, their stories offer insights, encouragement and proof that your path is valid
— and full of potential.
On this episode, Betsy Canfield joins the show to share how students can successfully manage professional relationships. We talk about building your own brand, why it's important to embrace courage and curiosity in your early-career and more.
On this episode, we're joined by Jessica Thies from PHOENIX Retail. Jessica shares insight into their early-career program, gives students advice on landing their dream job and more.
On this episode, we're joined by Chris Lewis form CrowdStrike. Chris gives advice on how to stay calm and confident while interviewing, shares how CrowdStrike supports individuals throughout the interview process and more.
On this episode, Hadyn Hebert joins the show to discuss Phillips Medisize early career programs. We learn about their intern and rotational programs, unique aspects of their company culture and more.
On this episode, we speak with Mike Mendola and Megan Spindell from PwC. Mike speaks about PwC’s AI Champion Network, while Megan shares her role as an AI Champion. You'll get to understand the opportunity and get an inside look into the ways PwC empowers its people to get involved in creating lasting/impactful change at the firm.
On this episode, we're joined by Monica Ipong, the Senior Director of Global University Recruiting at CrowdStrike. Monica shares her career path, talks about what she wishes she knew when she was just starting her career and gives advice to students about to start their career.
On this episode, Michelle Tran from CrowdStrike joins the show to discuss her journey from intern to joining the company fu-time. Michelle talks about what she learned during her internship that she uses in her full-time role, advice to future interns and more.
On this episode, Ali Walsh joins the show to give us an overview of Greif's early-career hiring initiatives, discusses the exciting parts about their company culture and more.
On this episode, Chris Lowrance and Craig Sohn from CrowdStrike join the show. Craig and Chris both have experience managing CrowdStrike interns and share advice to be a good manager, insights for interns to be successful and more.
On this episode, we're joined by Nicole Rosales from ASML. Nicole talks about the company culture, gives us insight into their early career programs and more.
On this episode, Leah Houde from PwC joins the show. Leah is the Chief Learning Officer at PwC and discusses their My AI Learning Program, challenges they've faced rolling out AI at the firm and the future of AI at PwC.