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Become a prison pen pal and offer light into darkness

Posted on August 3, 2021March 1, 2022 by Jails to Jobs

Many people decide to establish a relationship with a prisoner by writing to them through a prison pen pal program or website. They do it for different reasons, and the experience gets mixed reviews. Some people say the prisoners are […]

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States continue to loosen occupational licensing law restrictions for those with criminal records

Posted on July 20, 2021July 22, 2021 by Jails to Jobs

Roughly one-quarter of the jobs in the U.S. require some type of occupational licensing, a number that has quadrupled since the 1950s. And many states deny those with criminal records a chance to obtain a license for various types of […]

Alicia Wells inspires others who’ve been incarcerated and addicted to succeed in life

Posted on July 6, 2021December 29, 2021 by Jails to Jobs

What can a former addict who was incarcerated teach others about success? Clearly a lot. Take Alicia Wells of South Bend, Ind., for example. Alicia became addicted to drugs after a series of surgeries related to sports injuries. And as […]

Kelly Services and HSRM surveys highlight the value of workers with criminal records

Posted on June 22, 2021July 14, 2021 by Jails to Jobs

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 […]

Removery’s Ink-nitiative offers free tattoo removal services to qualified applicants

Posted on June 8, 2021January 11, 2022 by Jails to Jobs

Removery, the nation’s largest commercial provider of tattoo removal services, gives back to the community through its Ink-nitiative program. Launched on National Tattoo Removal Day – August 14 of last year – the program provides free tattoo removal procedures to […]

ONE/SECOND/SUIT

H&M offers free interview suit rental for men across the U.S. through ONE/SECOND/SUIT

Posted on May 25, 2021May 25, 2021 by Jails to Jobs

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 […]

Accelerating Fair Chance Project

Fair Chance Project identifies employer solutions to unemployment among those with criminal records

Posted on May 11, 2021July 14, 2021 by Jails to Jobs

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 […]

Mary Wixson

Inspired employment search lands 59-year-old Mary Wixson a job

Posted on April 27, 2021March 30, 2021 by Jails to Jobs

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 […]

Father Greg

Homeboy Industries’ Father Greg Boyle believes providing healing is more important than just providing jobs

Posted on April 13, 2021January 12, 2022 by Jails to 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

Posted on March 30, 2021July 20, 2022 by Jails to Jobs

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 […]

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