Nationwide Training Documentary on Retaining Talent and Second Chance Hiring
As a solution to the labor shortage businesses faced in 2021 and 2022, we explored an untapped community who were eager for employment through a Second Chance Hiring program. These individuals had a criminal past that would most likely make them ineligible for a job due to background checks. To address this problem, we began partnering with Pinellas Ex-offender Re-entry Coalition (PERC) for an On-the-Job Training (OJT) program to prepare this population for work. As a result, the program delivered success from the start. A Pioneering Partnership with PERC TSE became the…