As U.S. labor markets tighten, employers are increasingly considering easing the hiring restrictions barring candidates with criminal records. Learn best-practice techniques for successfully incorporating “second-chancers” into the workforce, based on the experiences of numerous organizations that have hired employees from among this population. This session will help you:

• Understand the size of the potential employment pool of those with criminal records.
• Develop perspective on the meaning of a felony record.
• Understand how to examine tested candidate-sourcing strategies for this population.
• Discover the support mechanisms for effective management of “second-chance” employees.
• Understand the business case for hiring ex-offenders “the right way.”