It isn’t employee vs. employer.

Join Us on April 28 | 4:30 PM

The average tenure for Gen Z employees in their first five years of work is 1.1 years.

Today’s young professionals never developed the skills they need to succeed in the workplace. The pandemic and changing academic standards deprived them of the uncomfortable, messy, in-person experiences that build those skills.

On the other hand, employers expect their teams to know the unwritten rules of the workplace. This isn’t a talent issue; the way we work needs to be overhauled, reinvented, and reimagined.  Frankly, it’s long past time for both sides to sit down and actually talk.

The Skills Crisis

• What: We’re putting employers and Gen Z talent in the same room, across a table from each other, to clear up the confusion and misconceptions.
• Where: 8THIRTYFOUR Learning Hub, 1365 Plainfield Ave NE, Grand Rapids, MI
• When: April 28, 4:30–7:00 p.m. Show up, get uncomfortable, leave with answers.

Perception is reality, and right now there’s a perception problem on both sides. Talking about it is how we fix it.

It’s Survival. June 10, 2026

 As a business owner, you’re doing it all, and the hardest part of running a company…is people. 

8THIRTYFOUR Skills Survival School is a 90-day program teaching “soft skills” through sessions, eLearning, peer-to-peer collaboration, and mentorship.

These skills keep your business relevant, competitive, and running… and they cost you a whole bunch of money when employees lack them.