Early career training at NC-based Lenovo aims to help recent graduates adapt to workplace

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Early career training at NC-based Lenovo aims to help recent graduates adapt to workplace

By Leoneda Inge,

Published January 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM EST

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Ever since COVID-19 changed how and where we work, companies and workers are still trying to make sense of evolving workplace expectations, culture, and even etiquette. Some organizations, like North Carolina-based tech company Lenovo, are providing support and training for new employees as they learn to navigate the workplace.

Due South鈥檚 Leoneda Inge talks with the program manager and a past participant of Lenovo鈥檚 "Early Career Talent Experience" about the challenges many recent graduates face in the post-pandemic work world.

Guests

Melanie Hawkins, Program Manager, Lenovo鈥檚 "Early Career Talent Experience"

Alejandra Lujan, past participant and current coach with Lenovo鈥檚 "Early Career Talent Experience"

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Leoneda Inge

Leoneda Inge is the co-host of 瓜神app's "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at 瓜神app as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda鈥檚 work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital 瓜神app Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.

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Rachel McCarthy

Rachel McCarthy is a producer for "Due South." She previously worked at 瓜神app as a producer for "The Story with Dick Gordon." More recently, Rachel was podcast managing editor at Capitol Broadcasting Company where she developed narrative series and edited a daily podcast. She also worked at "The Double Shift" podcast as supervising producer. Rachel learned about audio storytelling at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. Prior to working in audio journalism, she was a research assistant at the Aspen Institute in Washington, DC.

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