04/27/2016
Planet Money also touched on the difficulties people face gaining employment after incarceration. To help this All of Us or None has been doing great work with their campaign to Ban The Box.
Did you know? When the US Army allowed recruits with felony convictions, those previously incarcerated actually advanced FASTER than typical recruits.
Pitch's video resume helps to put the person and their abilities front and center - not their history.
When you're an employer looking at a giant stack of resumes, you have to find some way to quickly narrow the field. How do you do that fairly? And what happens when your good intentions backfire?