In a partnership with philanthropic community Stand Together and with a $600,000 grant from the Charles Koch Institute, The Manufacturing Institute is working to expand second chance hiring among manufacturing companies. The organization is busy creating resources and will offer […]
Category Archives: Second Chance Hiring
Jeffrey Korzenik lays out a blueprint for second chance hiring in his new book
In Untapped Talent: How Second Chance Hiring Works for Your Business and the Community, Jeffrey Korzenik, author and chief economist of Fifth Third Commercial Bank, makes the case for hiring people who have criminal records. And he outlines strategies companies […]
Kelly Services and HSRM surveys highlight the value of workers with criminal records
Two new surveys, one by staffing firm Kelly Services and the other by SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management), confirm that the times – and attitudes toward workers with criminal records – are a changing. “Nearly one in three Americans […]
Fair Chance Project identifies employer solutions to unemployment among those with criminal records
The USC Sol Price Center for Innovation and LeadersUp, an L.A.-based national nonprofit dealing with youth unemployment, have published the results of their Accelerating Fair Chance Project. The project, launched in spring 2019, identified employer solutions to the challenge of […]
MOD Pizza finds strength as second chance employer
Although named by Nation’s Restaurant News as the fastest growing U.S. restaurant chain in terms of sales for two years in a row, MOD Pizza sees the growth of its employees as more important than financial success. And it prides […]
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation report highlights second-chance employment
When the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation issues a special report on second chance hiring, you know that the issue has entered the mainstream. This summer the foundation released “America Working Forward, Hidden Workforce.” In the introduction to the 44-page report, […]
RAND Corp. research finds incentives can encourage hiring of workers with nonviolent felony convictions
Employers are more likely to hire those with nonviolent felony convictions if they are given financial incentives to do so. At least that’s according to research conducted by the RAND Corp. In its report – Breaking Down Barriers: Experiments into […]
Commercial motor coach companies offer employment opportunities for ex-offenders
Formerly incarcerated people often become discouraged in their search for employment, facing obstacles that may be hard to overcome. While many jobs are closed to them, a tight job market and new attitudes are forcing change among certain companies and […]
Getting Talent Back to Work initiative encourages companies to hire those with criminal records
In a long-overdue effort, the Society for Human Research Management (SHRM) has launched Getting Talent Back to Work. This national initiative encourages companies to change their hiring practices to include recruiting those with criminal records. Associations and companies that represent […]
30-2-2 programs encourage companies to hire ex-offenders
30-2-2. It’s a simple concept. Just get 30 companies to hire two workers leaving jail or prison and track their progress for two years. The idea is so simple, in fact, that it’s surprising that more communities haven’t adopted it. […]