The Must-Read Articles for Talent Professionals This Week

If your company is struggling to hire right now, a recent article from Harvard Business Review suggests you should turn your attention to an often overlooked and stigmatized talent pool: workers with criminal records.

“An expansion,” writes HBR, “of what’s often called ‘second-chance’ or ‘fair-chance’ hiring could drive a triple win for the U.S. economy: Employers get the workers they need, people with convictions get jobs they need, and costs to society decline with the lower rates of re-offending that are associated with holding a job.”

But before turning to this group of candidates, HBR suggests you should work within your organization to address three persistent myths about people with criminal histories:

• Myth #1: Workers with criminal records are likely to reoffend
• Myth #2: Recidivism depends on the type of crime committed
• Myth #3: There’s no way to tell whether someone will reoffend
  

To learn how to bust these myths with clear facts and data, be sure to check out HBR’s article at the top of our list below. And further down the list, you can also find out how interviewer tardiness can impact hiring outcomes; why multitasking may need to be accepted during workplace trainings; and why some laid off employees are still working for the very company that laid them off.

Here are the must-read articles from this week:

1. 3 Myths About Hiring People with Criminal Records (Harvard Business Review)

2. Do Tardy Interviewers Impact Your Hiring Outcomes? (Benjamin Sesser on LinkedIn)

3. L&D’s Engagement Paradox: Employees Say They Want Training, Yet Multitask During It (HR Dive)

4. Even If It Weren’t Illegal to Ask These Interview Questions, You Shouldn’t Ask Them (LinkedIn Talent Blog)

5. Headcount and Promotions: Why the System Is Broken (David Anderson on LinkedIn)

6. Why a Flexible Work Model Matters to Me (Roz Francuz-Harris on LinkedIn)

7. How Top TA Pros Achieve a 90% Positive Response Rate (Cord)

8. Avoid These Common Hiring Biases with One Simple Strategy (Increase Diversity Newsletter)

9. The Long Goodbye: Why Laid-Off Employees Are Still on the Job (The Wall Street Journal)

10. 34 Big Ideas That Will Change Our World in 2024 (LinkedIn News)

Here is the must-listen podcast:

Can't Be Yourself at Work? Why Some Employees "Cover" Their Identity (Leading Diversity at Work)