Untapped Talent

How Second Chance Hiring Works for Your Business and the Community

De: Jeffrey D. Korzenik

Narrado por: Tom Parks

Tens of millions of people in the U.S. with criminal records are highly talented, reliable, and eager to work. Implement these second chance hiring practices to give your company a significant competitive advantage over those that do not.

Researched, tested, and written by the chief investment strategist of one of the country’s leading business banks, Jeffrey Korzenik includes dozens of examples of businesses that have successfully implemented the second chance hiring practices outlined in this book.

Korzenik shows those companies that have learned to go beyond the label and to evaluate the qualities of the individual applicant have tapped into an often-overlooked source of loyal and productive talent.

In Untapped Talent, you will:

• Understand what goes into a successful second chance hire, from the support that will be needed internally to the resources that are available from outside agencies.
• Learn how businesses from a variety of industries have instituted successful second chance hiring programs and how this has positively impacted their culture and bottom line.
• Gain practical onboarding and coaching strategies that will help ensure a smooth transition and a productive, happy new employee.
• Acquire relevant knowledge of the criminal justice system to provide context in identifying the potential of second chance hiring.

Your path to a loyal, engaged, and productive workforce starts with the clear competitive advantage you’ll gain by implementing the second-chance hiring practices within Untapped Talent.

©2021 Jeffrey D. Korzenik (P)2021 HarperCollins Leadership

Makes you think

Jeff succinctly summarizes the issues and possible solutions of second chance hiring. Worth a listen!

revealing work about how to do the reentry better!

The author provides us with a very general understanding about the challenges of people facing reentry from prison. He then lays out a blueprint for successful employment which requires thoughtful determined work by a variety of constituencies, including business leaders. He makes the case why its well worth the effort!
I encourage you to make the time to read a very important work for our time!