How are current economic trends changing our employment and education landscape? And more importantly, how are they impacting the ways that high school students are exploring and preparing for meaningful high skill, living wage careers? Our Achieve Twin Cities Lunch Break event on January 19, 2023 explored these issues and strategies with Erin Olson, Real Time Talent director of strategic research; leesha McKinzie Collins, ConnextMSP managing director; Kelsey Massey, Achieve Twin Cities career and college readiness coordinator; and Talia Levin, Achieve Twin Cities Step Up youth services manager. The event also included a welcome from Achieve Twin Cities President and CEO Danielle Grant and was facilitated by Jeremiah Brown, Achieve's Senior Director of Partnerships and Internships. Due to technical difficulties, we were unable to record the audience Q & A portion of our program. For more information on Achieve Twin Cities career and college readiness centers, internship programs, community engagement events and other services, visit achievetwincities.org.