Co-coaching is a technique that can help you improve your search for employment. Maybe you’re not sure exactly what type of job your skills are suitable for. Or you don’t really know how to go about finding a job. Or […]
Redemption Ink partners with Jails to Jobs to get more tattoo shops involved with tattoo removal
Southside Tattoo of Baltimore launched Redemption Ink, a free tattoo cover-up program for hate and gang-related tattoos, in January. And it’s working with Jails to Jobs to refer potential clients in other parts of the country to free or low-cost […]
Photographer Steven Burton helps ex-gang members see effects of tattoo removal and publishes book, Skin Deep
In a unique endeavor – soon to be a book – photographer Steven Burton digitally erased the tattoos from portraits of ex-gang members to show what they would look like without the ink. And the results were amazing. During the […]
S.F. Bay Area philanthropist Matt Mochary sends ex-offenders to truck driving school
There are many ways that people become involved with helping formerly incarcerated individuals get back on their feet, but Matt Mochary’s story is rather unique. And what he does now – he sends people getting out of jail to […]
Highlighting soft skills can be key to getting a job
Soft skills – the personal attributes that enable someone to interact effectively and harmoniously with others – may be just as important to performing and keeping a job as the technical or job performance related skills for which people are […]
Richard Bronson created job search engine 70millionjobs.com to help ex-offenders find employment
If entrepreneur Richard Bronson had his way, every American with a criminal record would be employed. And he’s created a job search engine to help achieve that goal. He calls his company 70millionjobs.com, because that’s how many people he says […]
Tattoo removal: The view from a former warden of the Supermax Federal Prison
It’s a mystery to us why there aren’t more pre-release tattoo removal programs. And we’re not the only ones to question this lack of a service that could do so much to help those getting out of prison start […]
New Beginners Job Search Handbook offers unique tips to ex-offender job seekers
Think you’ve heard it all when it comes to job search tips for previously incarcerated job seekers? We did too, but we learned a few new things from Ken Bailor, the reentry services coordinator for Riverside County (Calif.) ReEntry Services, […]
Group of Kentucky friends creates free tattoo-removal program for ex-offenders
Thanks to the free and low-cost tattoo removal program directory on our website, we’ve been in touch with quite a few people who provide this service. But rarely have we come across a story quite like that of Jo Martin […]
New York City mayor commits to offering all those leaving city jails transitional employment
In an endeavor never tried before by a major city, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has created an initiative that will offer everyone leaving the city’s jails a short-term job upon release, as well as additional services while incarcerated. […]