From Potential to Prepared Live with Abode & RippleMatch

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 Meanwhile, employers often rely on outdated signals of readiness, resulting in mismatched expectations.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.