- Initial employer conversations focus on understanding hiring challenges, talent strategy alignment, and employer interest in fair chance hiring.
- The Fair Chance Hiring Cohort uses a structured intake interview process to onboard participating companies, gathering details on their hiring practices, fair chance hiring priorities, and internal decision-making processes.
- A recruiting tracker in a shared Excel document records employer interactions, status updates, and key findings.
- Meeting notes, capturing detailed discussions and updates with employers, are stored in a shared drive, accessible to both the Corporate Coalition and Cara Plus.
- Employers are asked about their familiarity with fair chance hiring and their retention challenges before receiving information on the cohort program.
- The Fair Chance Hiring Cohort Pre-Survey collects data on employer hiring practices, the role of fair chance hiring in their strategy, and workforce demographics. It also assesses tracking metrics such as candidate sources, disqualification rates, and career outcomes, while evaluating employer preparedness in advocating for inclusive background checks, engaging fair chance talent, and implementing skills-based hiring.
This content is based on interviews or email correspondence with Steph Dolan in 2025. This draft content has NOT yet been signed off by the organization.
