About this Event
What does “career-ready” actually mean in today’s early-career talent market? And how can employers more clearly identify, assess, and develop the skills that matter most?
Building Talent Together: Solutions for Skills Shortages is a highly interactive, employer-driven workshop designed to bring clarity to early-career competency expectations while strengthening your ability to attract and grow high-performing talent.
Through live polling, student insight, and peer collaboration, employers will leave with practical tools to better evaluate skills, communicate expectations, and partner more effectively in early-career development.
What Employers Will Gain
Clearer benchmarks for key skills Develop a shared understanding of what proficiency actually looks like at the early-career level for today’s most in-demand competencies.
Stronger talent attraction and retention Learn how clearly articulated development pathways help attract motivated, high-potential students who are eager to grow with your organization.
Actionable competency frameworks Co-create a practical, four-level competency scoring model you can immediately apply to recruiting, onboarding, and early-career development.
Direct student insight Hear firsthand how students interpret employer expectations, how they are building skills now, and what support they are seeking from employers.
Agenda
🕑: 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks
🕑: 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Demographics and Statistics with Christina DeBerardino
🕑: 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Recruitment Menu and Partnership Program Overview with Kelly Hardy
🕑: 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Networking Lunch
🕑: 12:15 PM - 01:15 PM
Building Talent Together: Solutions for Skills Shortages with Dave Solloway
🕑: 01:15 PM - 01:30 PM
Closing Remarks and Open Networking
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Witherspoon Student Center, 2810 Cates Avenue, Raleigh, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 65.87











