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The 10 Must-Read Articles for Recruiters This Week

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In the United States, nearly one in three adults has a criminal record and this is often a significant barrier to finding employment. “Research,” states a recent article for CNN.com, “shows that minor felony records have large negative effects on employer callbacks in response to job applications. It's not surprising that formerly incarcerated people experienced a 27% unemployment rate in 2018, the highest rate in our nation’s history.”

As a result, companies could be missing out on a huge untapped talent pool made up of qualified workers who, research suggests, often have lower turnover rates. To learn more about how your company can better engage with candidates with criminal backgrounds, check out CNN.com’s full story at the top of our list below of must-read articles for talent professionals.

And if you take a look further down our list, you can also find out why more and more companies are dropping degree requirements from their job descriptions; how one CEO is working to turn around a toxic company culture; and why childcare should be a key component of your business’s workforce planning efforts.

Here are the must-read articles for this week:

1. Nearly 70 Million Americans Have Criminal Records. We Must Give Them a Second Chance (CNN)

2. Hiring a VP of Engineering? Use This Framework from Shopify's VPE to Get It Right (First Round Review)

3. No College, No Problem. Some Employers Drop Degree Requirements to Diversify Staffs (NPR)

4. Is $300 Enough to Say Yes to That Job? Chicago Companies Offer Hiring Bonuses Amid Labor Shortage (Chicago Tribune)

5. 3 Major Culture Risks When Hiring at Scale — and How to Address Them (LinkedIn Talent Blog)

6. Employees Called Her Company Culture Toxic, and Then Sales Dropped 90 Percent: A CEO’s Turnaround Playbook (Inc.)

7. Recruiting for Controversial Companies (ERE)

8. 5 Steps to Prevent Employee Burnout (Glint Blog)

9. Boeing Fired 65 Employees for Racist or ‘Hateful’ Conduct Over Past Year (Forbes)

10. Childcare Is a Business Issue (Harvard Business Review)

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