Free Training for Staff Working With Justice-Impacted Job Seekers
Practical Tools Your Team Can Use Immediately to Improve Interviews, Employer Conversations, and Job Placement Outcomes
What This Is
Most staff working with job seekers have never been trained on how to effectively support individuals with criminal records in today’s hiring market.
As a result, clients are often prepared in ways that sound good—but don’t land with employers.
This training changes that.
This is a 2-hour working session, not a webinar. Participants will learn exactly what to say, how to coach it, and how to apply it in real situations.
Each session includes:
clear, repeatable frameworks
real examples
guided practice
take-home tools
Limited to 20 participants per session to ensure interaction and feedback.
Schedule
Session 1: Fixing the Interview Problem for Justice-Impacted Clients
Monday, April 20 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Session 2: How to Get Justice-Impacted Clients Hired in This Market
Monday, April 27 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Participants are strongly encouraged to attend both sessions for maximum impact.
Session 1
Fixing the Interview Problem for Justice-Impacted Clients
Duration: 2 Hours
Learn how to coach clients to confidently and professionally address their background in interviews.
Participants will learn:
What employers are actually listening for
Where most clients go wrong (and how to fix it)
A simple 3-part framework for telling their story
When and how to disclose
How to identify likely background checks
Participants leave with a repeatable method they can use with any client.
Session 2
How to Get Justice-Impacted Clients Hired in This Market
Duration: 2 Hours
Learn how to position clients effectively with employers and avoid common mistakes that limit opportunities.
Participants will learn:
What’s changed in today’s hiring market
How to present clients as low-risk, high-value candidates
A simple 30-second employer pitch
How to focus on the right employers (and stop wasting time on the wrong ones)
Participants leave with tools they can use immediately in employer conversations.
Who This Is For
Case managers
Employment specialists
Peer navigators
Reentry and behavioral health staff
Anyone supporting job seekers with criminal records
Cost
No cost to attend
This training is fully covered by grant funding.
About the Facilitator
Ty Reed is the Executive Director of Recovery Career Services.
He has worked with hundreds of justice-impacted job seekers and regularly trains workforce professionals and employers on second-chance hiring and recovery-friendly workplaces.