Worker shortage leads firms to hire more ex-offenders

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3 thoughts on “Worker shortage leads firms to hire more ex-offenders

  1. This is great news. I have long been an advocate for running the national economy “hot” specifically to get ex-offenders reconnected to work. Nothing is more important to reducing recidivism than jobs. And from a moral perspective, those who have paid their debt to society need to be given a chance to rejoin that society in a productive capacity.

  2. I recommend the book by Jeff Korzenik….Untapped Talent: How Second Chance Hiring Works for Your Business and the Community. It shows the research of how companies have made this work.

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