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May 16, 2023
The Dallas Morning News
For the 78,000 people released from prisons in Texas every year, finding a job isn't easy.
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April 27, 2023
Prison Fellowship
But how can we help? Q&A with a business leader
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April 11, 2023
Jails to Jobs
Individuals incarcerated in jails and prisons can now access the Honest Jobs employment platform
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April 10, 2023
Forbes
How Fair Chance Hiring Is Good For Businesses And Talent
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March 21, 2023
Denver Business Journal
Denver startup lands contract with state to help people find jobs after prison
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March 17, 2023
Colorado Newsline
These companies see advantage in putting former inmates to work
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March 16, 2023
KDAF
Dallas: New program launching to help job seekers with criminal backgrounds
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March 15, 2023
Stand Together
Honest Jobs provides pathways to opportunity for job seekers with criminal records
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March 4, 2023
Goshen News
INDEPTH: Website offers some a second chance
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February 20, 2023
Lincoln Citizen
Giving Incarcerated Individuals Access to Second-Chance Job Opportunities
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January 24, 2023
Axios Denver
Here are some Denver startups to keep an eye on
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August 26, 2022
KY Inno
Meet the five winners of Render's $100K Reconstruct Challenge
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July 6, 2022
The Independent UK
How a $2.9m startup is trying to become the LinkedIn for formerly incarcerated people
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June 23, 2022
Denver Startup Week
PROBLEM-FOUNDER FIT: HOW HAVING A FELONY MAKES ME A BETTER FOUNDER
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May 15, 2022
SHRM
https://blog.shrm.org/blog/why-hr-should-champion-fair-chance-hiring
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March 3, 2022
Colorado Politics
Senate panel advances bill to automatically seal non-violent criminal records
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December 20, 2021
Ashland University
Ashland’s Correctional Education program partners with Honest Jobs
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October 26, 2021
Jails to Jobs
Honest Jobs helps formerly incarcerated job seekers find employment and companies become second-chance employers
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October 9, 2021
NPR
Workers with criminal records may benefit from employers' need for workers
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October 5, 2021
LA Times
Once shunned, people convicted of felonies find more employers open to hiring them
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September 30, 2021
Time to Breakthrough
Join Our Fair Opportunity Employer Movement
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September 24, 2021
Leader-Telegram
Interested in ex-cons
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September 24, 2021
Bloomberg Equality
Ex-Offenders Get a Second Look in a Tight U.S. Labor Market
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September 23, 2021
The Counter
During the pandemic, employers in the hospitality sector turned to the formerly incarcerated to fill jobs
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April 22, 2021
Built in Colorado
Meet Honest Jobs, a Startup Helping the Formerly Incarcerated Find Work
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March 16, 2021
The Metropreneur
Honest Jobs Wins Pitch Competition in SXSW “Future of Work” Category
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March 15, 2021
Columbus Business First
'They needed a first chance' – the motivation behind Harley Blakeman's startup Honest Jobs
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March 12, 2021
Columbus Business First
Startup helping people land jobs after prison raises $1.2M after pandemic pivot, TechStars
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February 16, 2021
SXSW
The Best of Startups: Announcing SXSW Pitch 2021 Finalists and Alternates
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December 30, 2020
Columbus CEO
Honest Jobs online marketplace helps people with criminal records find employment
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November 25, 2020
Tech Times
HonestJobs' CEO Harley Blakeman: On Helping People with Criminal Record Find Jobs via Online Marketplace
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November 24, 2020
Columbus Alive
Harley Blakeman's journey from prison to tech startup CEO
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November 2, 2020
Daily Camera
Techstars begins new workforce-development accelerator
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August 24, 2020
ABC 6
Ohio State graduate creates website to help people with criminal records find employers
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August 12, 2020
The Metropreneur
Honest Jobs Leverages Client Feedback to Build Version 2.0
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March 5, 2020
Forbes
Prison Fueled This Founder’s Passion To Fight Recidivism
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February 5, 2020
WOSU Public Media
Ohio State Graduate Works To Connect People With Criminal Records To Jobs
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January 27, 2020
U.S. News & World Report
Ban the Box: Opening the Door to College for Felons
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January 23, 2020
The Lantern
Ohio State Alumnus Gives People with Criminal Record Place in Job Market
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January 9, 2020
Spectrum News
More Than an Ex-Convict: Honest Jobs
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December 23, 2019
The Columbus Dispatch
Former felon starts website to help ex-criminals find jobs
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October 4, 2019
The Metropreneur
Work the Real Reward for Winners of Social Enterprise Awards
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June 26, 2019
American Bar Association
How to help people with criminal records break barriers to employment
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April 11, 2019
The Metropreneur
Honest Jobs Platform Launched by Local Entrepreneur
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February 20, 2019
The Lantern
Reformed Ex-Convict to Share Story at TedX Talk
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February 20, 2019
TEDx
Harley Blakeman:The Secret Life Sentence of Being a Felon
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