With the launch of the University of California Irvine’s LIFTED – Leveraging Inspiring Futures Through Educational Degrees – program, California is further establishing itself as the nation’s leader in bringing public higher education to people in prison. And support among […]
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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 […]
Tips on how to succeed in a video job interview
The coronavirus has changed our lives in many ways, including how we interview for jobs. Although unemployment numbers have soared, some companies are still hiring. They are, for the most part however, using a technique not usually employed in the […]
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 […]
Seth Sundberg used incarceration experience to create Prison Bars
A growing number of inmates and those in reentry are using skills they learned in prison and in post-release programs to start their own businesses. But it’s not easy. Just ask Seth Sundberg, founder and CEO of Prison Bars, a […]