Can’t afford to buy a business suit for a job interview but want to look your best? Don’t worry. Multinational clothing retailer H&M can help you solve that problem with its ONE/SECOND/SUIT program. The company launched the ONE/SECOND/SUIT free men’s […]
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 […]
Inspired employment search lands 59-year-old Mary Wixson a job
It often just takes a bit of confidence to achieve success at finding a job. And for Mary Wixson, who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, that confidence was rediscovered through reading our book, Jails to Jobs: Seven Steps […]
Homeboy Industries’ Father Greg Boyle believes providing healing is more important than just providing jobs
Is healing formerly gang-involved and previously incarcerated people more important than helping them get jobs? If you’d like to know the answer to that question, just ask Father Greg Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles. The world’s largest […]
A Google Career Certificate may be the key to finding a job
Interested in a tech career but don’t want to go to college? Want to learn online at your own pace and possibly get a job after completing the course? Google may have the answer for you. The company has expanded […]
Green energy jobs offer opportunities, good pay and a promising future
With Joe Biden and his plans to tackle climate change now firmly in the White House, creating green energy jobs is expected to become a national priority. And those in reentry looking for work should be sure to check out […]
Mindfulness Based Stress Reducation can help formerly incarcerated people as they reenter society
Facing a tremendous amount of stress after coming out of jail or prison? Not sure how to deal with it? If this is you, consider enrolling in a Mindfulness Based Stress Reducation class. MBSR, as it’s commonly known, was developed […]
Learn how to be more charismatic from Richard Reid, aka Mr. Charisma
While you may not think of yourself as being charismatic, charisma is a quality that can be developed. And it can be helpful as you search for employment, re-establish relationships after incarceration and live your life.
OTM Skin creates tattoo removal program for parolees and trafficked women
Never underestimate the power of compassion. And what one person can do to improve the lives of those facing challenges. Take aesthetician Natasha Baldivia for example.
New Commissary Club social network connects formerly incarcerated members with jobs, information and each other
Richard Bronson, the founder of 70millionjobs.com, has created the Commissary Club, a new free social network for people who have been incarcerated. And, if one of our blog readers is any indication, it has the potential to change a lot […]