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Harley Blakeman
Jul 14, 20211 min read
Jacob has a chance to build a career with a job he found through Honest Jobs
Having a pending charge makes it even more difficult to find employment. However, Jacob’s example shows us that it is far from impossible...
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Harley Blakeman
Jul 13, 20212 min read
ConCreates: A Creative Agency Solely Employing Justice-Involved Individuals
Jeff Beer's article explores how ConCreates, a non-traditional creative agency, helps currently and formerly incarcerated individuals...
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Harley Blakeman
Jul 12, 20211 min read
Belle reached her ultimate career goal through Honest Jobs
Belle has several felony convictions, which made it difficult for her to find employment. However, not only did she find a job using...
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Harley Blakeman
Jul 9, 20213 min read
Nehemiah Manufacturing - A Cincinnati-based Company Changing Lives through Fair-Chance Hiring
1. Changing lives through offering employment More than 600,000 people reenter society every year after incarceration. If we take under...
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Harley Blakeman
Jul 8, 20213 min read
3 Tips on How to Write a Resume with a Felony
Honest Jobs is here to help you connect with second-chance employers. We have seen more and more fair-chance employers change their...
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Harley Blakeman
Jul 1, 20213 min read
3 Tips on How to Prepare for Your Job Search with a Conviction
There are more and more felony-friendly job opportunities on the job market and Honest Jobs is committed to helping you connect with...
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Harley Blakeman
Jun 29, 20212 min read
GEM - Rebuilding the mother-daughter bond while breaking the cycle of incarceration
Julianna Morano’s article in the Dallas News talks about how the GEM (Girls Embracing Mothers) program helps currently or formerly...
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Harley Blakeman
Jun 24, 20213 min read
3 important tips before you start your job search with a criminal record
Have you ever been convicted of a crime? If yes, you probably know that finding a job with a criminal record can be a stressful process...
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Harley Blakeman
Jun 22, 20212 min read
4 best practice strategies for fair-chance hiring
Karen J Bannan's article summarizes some of the best practice strategies related to second-chance hiring. There are companies, such as...
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Harley Blakeman
Jun 17, 20212 min read
Phase II: A re-entry program that aims to reduce recidivism in West Tennessee
Lasherica Thornton’s article in the Jackson Sun brings one of the most important issues to our attention when it comes to the employment...
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Harley Blakeman
Jun 15, 20213 min read
Slack's Next Chapter Program changes lives through fair chance employment
Statistics that can't be ignored “States and the federal government spend $48 billion annually on prisons, and the prison investments are...
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Harley Blakeman
May 25, 20211 min read
'Practicing What They Preach': A Look Inside Koch’s Second-Chance Hiring Efforts
(original article can be found at the Koch Newsroom: https://news.kochind.com/news/2021/second-chance-hiring-a-look-inside-koch) In...
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Harley Blakeman
May 11, 20211 min read
Honest Jobs is Heading West!
The need for fair-chance employment is growing, and so are we! Honest Jobs is opening a new location in Denver, Colorado. We're excited...
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Harley Blakeman
May 4, 20211 min read
Meet Erin! She found a job two days after joining Honest Jobs
Erin from Columbus, Ohio, found a job with JS Products within just two days of creating her profile on Honest Jobs, despite her felony...
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Harley Blakeman
Apr 30, 20211 min read
Quwante had given up on his career in drafting & design until he came to Honest Jobs
Quwante's violent felony record made finding a job very difficult. He had written off the hope of landing a job that used his degree in...
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Harley Blakeman
Feb 19, 20212 min read
A Bakery for the people
“I didn’t want that temptation, didn’t want people coming in with different motivations,” says Kreutz. “I just didn’t want that voice in...
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Harley Blakeman
Feb 17, 20211 min read
Optimism surrounds new bail reform act in Illinois
"We live in a system today where we use money as the sole determining factor in determining whether somebody is going to be in jail or...
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Harley Blakeman
Feb 12, 20211 min read
What's on the horizon for criminal justice reform in Ohio?
“There is a broad consensus in this country that people who commit crimes — non-violent offenses — because of the fact that they’re an...
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Harley Blakeman
Feb 11, 20211 min read
Connecticut Supermax Prison Closing Due to Declining Prison Population
“Northern Correctional Institute is a relic of the dark and barbaric ‘tough-on-crime era’ that was literally built to feel like the walls...
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Harley Blakeman
Jan 29, 20211 min read
Second Chance Hiring Highlight: Formr...Good design, doing good.
San Francisco-based home goods and furniture designer, Formr, has two goals: reducing construction waste and recidivism. The US generates...
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