Sessions

Concurrent Session
How Businesses Can Help Create a Truly Inclusive Workforce
Adams Ballroom B-C - Level 1
In-Person and Virtual Wednesday 11/06/2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM   Add to calendar
Intended Audience: Beginner (Committing to I&D), Advanced (Elevating I&D), Intermediate (Fostering I&D)
Workplace Application:
Learn practical steps to implementing fair chance hiring in your workplace. 

Seating Instructions: Seating is first-come, first-served. Reserved seating options are available for accessibility and accommodations. For detailed accessibility information, visit INFO > FAQs in the app.


Corporate leaders, QSIDE Institute and JPMorgan Chase, and nonprofits, RBIJ and SHRM, will explore how companies and community-based organizations can create inclusion in their workforces. Learn how hiring practices can open opportunities to untapped talent from Unlock Potential, a Walmart.org-funded groundbreaking hiring program that disrupts the poverty-to-prison pipeline and from JPMorgan Chase about their commitment to equitable hiring. Hear how business and community partnerships are crucial to advance reforms that remove workforce barriers.

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify how and what type of partnerships can benefit businesses on the path to becoming fair chance hirers.

2. Learn the business case for building an inclusive workforce.

3. Understand the research that supports hiring from untapped talent pools.


Direct Link to Session Materials: If the speaker provides session materials, you can access them via the app, web format or at https://presentations.shrm.org/.

Live Streaming and Recording: Unless marked 'in person only,' all sessions are live-streamed on the app or web format and available for replay 30 days after the event.

Acknowledgment of Technical Issues: While rare, technical issues may occur during sessions. We appreciate your patience as we quickly address them.

Accessibility & Accommodations Information: For detailed accessibility & accommodations information, visit INFO > FAQs in the app.

Caz Walcott Photo
Presenter:
Caz Walcott, Director, Inclusive Hiring,
Responsible Business Initiative for Justice
Elizabeth Kohm Photo
Presenter:
Elizabeth Kohm, Manager, Foundation Programs,
SHRM Foundation
Jude Higdon, Ed.D. Photo
Presenter:
Jude Higdon, Ed.D., COO,
QSIDE Institute
Jac Rivers Photo
Presenter:
Jac Rivers, Vice President, Program Officer,
JPMorganChase (JPMC)