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Nyra Jordan: 4 steps to hiring fairly — and supporting criminal justice reform | TED

Many companies have made strides when it comes to prioritizing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), but one group remains largely left out: people who have been involved in the criminal justice system. Social impact investor Nyra Jordan introduces us to “fair chance hiring” — the practice of hiring people with criminal justice records — and…

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sevgi

February 15, 2022 at 4:02 pm

😍🤗😍🤗😍🤗😊

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InMaTeofDeath

February 15, 2022 at 4:03 pm

Instead of figuring out how to more effectively hire criminals wouldn’t it be time better spent to help stop people from becoming criminals in the first place?

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- James Downs
  
  February 15, 2022 at 6:21 pm
  
  We can do both.
  
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- yourmanwatson
  
  February 15, 2022 at 6:46 pm
  
  Why can’t we do two things at the same time ?
  
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- John Freedman
  
  February 15, 2022 at 9:14 pm
  
  Most decent jobs require a criminal background check. They can see what you did.
  
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- Carson Hunt
  
  February 15, 2022 at 9:29 pm
  
  I make the same argument about abortions… people always get upset lol.
  
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يتيمة فقيرة

February 15, 2022 at 4:05 pm

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MINDSETINSIDE

February 15, 2022 at 4:06 pm

Uploading video on youtube but no one is watching 😥😭.

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Tabitha Rayl

February 15, 2022 at 4:16 pm

This is amazing. I wish every business thought and acted this way.

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Random Certainty

February 15, 2022 at 4:20 pm

Criminality/reform on the surface cannot possibly address all the underlying (sometimes permanent) emotional damage, scars and even mental illness
associated with the people that “fairness” must adopt.
Should the HR departments be foremost focused ON “DEI” and it’s seemingly endless addons of group identities?

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Anne Brown

February 15, 2022 at 4:22 pm

Thank you for sharing this important information. Thousands of individuals are unjustly incarcerated and they carry that stigmata for life. It is imperative that we give these people a chance to prove their worthiness to a company.

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Nathalie Lazo

February 15, 2022 at 4:24 pm

To anyone watching this…

GIVE YOUR BEST THIS WEEK FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO! 💪🔥

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Carp Life

February 15, 2022 at 4:33 pm

Amazing lady. Sending my love

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BackstromGroup

February 15, 2022 at 4:36 pm

Hiring based on qualification? Somebody tell Joe Biden! Translation: Law-abiding Citizens need to adapt to adhere to the needs of those who chose criminality. Or, you’re un-empathetic and likely a racist. DIE will – fittingly – be the death of everything.

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𝑬𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝑴𝒂𝒊𝒂

February 15, 2022 at 4:39 pm

Hi everyone. Ciao!

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El Bicho

February 15, 2022 at 4:56 pm

Blah blah

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THE END GAMER

February 15, 2022 at 5:34 pm

love from india
but do not know English
and i di not understand your video 😂😂

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pinegulf

February 15, 2022 at 6:02 pm

‘Justice involved individuals’? I keep hearing late George Carlin shouting ‘Criminals’ for some reason.

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- James Downs
  
  February 15, 2022 at 6:23 pm
  
  Or you could juat say non-violent offenders. It’s a term that is already in common use.
  
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Nur HaSan

February 15, 2022 at 6:11 pm

I try to learn English by this video

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The Empathic Armed Infidel

February 15, 2022 at 6:24 pm

I’m white & my mom married a black man when I was 9. I’m 50 now & they’re still together. He helped raise me, I call him ‘Dad’ & I named my only son after him. He graduated West Point 74′ his brother went to Ivy League school & became an MD. Neither of them needed affirmative action to do it either! This Woke movement and Critical Race Theory is abhorrent, destructive & wrong. Running around fighting mythical systemic racism with ACTUAL systemic racism! These people need to see a proctologist about possible brain damage. No cap.

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February 15, 2022 at 6:26 pm

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Jim Bean

February 15, 2022 at 6:36 pm

Why help criminals? If they are good for the job then ok but don’t ever put them before good honest people..

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- yourmanwatson
  
  February 15, 2022 at 6:47 pm
  
  That kind of child like thinking has no future..
  
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yourmanwatson

February 15, 2022 at 6:52 pm

In Canada we did a study of 350,000 American inmates way back in the 1950s. We found that longer prison sentences lead to greater recidivism. It’s impossible to imagine that failure to integrate former inmates into society wouldn’t exacerbate the problem. How could it not ? What kind of long term effects do these factors have on entire communities ?

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Gaasuba Meskhenet

February 15, 2022 at 6:52 pm

abolish prison
companies are just gonna use this as a way to under pay people

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S M

February 15, 2022 at 6:59 pm

It really depends on the kind of crime that they have committed. No one will want to hire a violent criminal , its too much of a risk. For a non violent , crime does not match the punishment type of a situation,yes they deserve a second chance.

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Tom Nook

February 15, 2022 at 7:11 pm

Equality = equality of opportunity
Equity = equality of outcome i.e. communism

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Mac

February 15, 2022 at 7:24 pm

Wow idk how I misread that badly, I thought the title was “4 steps to be a hairy fairy” smh

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Solitary Reaper

February 15, 2022 at 8:46 pm

don’t commit crime i guess? what a racist i am

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James W.

February 16, 2022 at 12:57 am

If youre not hireing based purely on merit, trust, and performance, then you are doing it wrong.

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