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Podcast: Voices of HR
Episode: Fair Chance Hiring: Don’t Lower The Bar, Lower The Barriers with Checkr.org VP, Ken Oliver (#44)
Description: For many companies, employing formerly incarcerated individuals may seem like a high-risk proposition. However, there are more people with charges and convictions than you realize. And there are plenty of moving, life-changing success stories that show that fair chance hiring can be good for your business. Ken Oliver, Vice President of Checkr.org shares his own success story and tells us that “fair chance hiring doesn’t mean hire every single person with a record. Every company has a right to hire the best person for the job. We don’t want them to lower the bar, we just want t...