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Preparing a Career-Ready Workforce

Building Bridges: Onboarding to Everboarding Through Character Development

Wednesday, June 11, 2025
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
Location: 123

    Presenter(s)

  • JF

    Jillian Ferry

    Chief Executive Officer
    Durable Minds Everboarding
    Sugar Land, Texas, United States

  • Anh Lee, EdD (she/her/hers)

    Chief Learning Officer
    Durable Minds Everboarding
    Sugar Land, Texas, United States

Many companies still approach onboarding as a “first 90 days” process, focusing on technical skills over durable, or "soft" skills. It’s time to adopt Everboarding, which engages workers in their own development. Let's prepare the next generation by exploring the connection between character development, durable skills, and workforce readiness.

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe the current approach and challenges within multigenerational workforce readiness.
  • Explain the relationship between everboarding, character development, durable skills, and their impact on multigenerational workforce readiness and career sustainability.
  • Examine how the everboarding approach engages early career professionals to take accountability for their transition into the workforce.