What is fair chance hiring?
Fair chance hiring is the practice of basing employment decisions on a candidate’s qualifications and eligibility for a role, rather than automatic disqualification due to an arrest or conviction history.
By engaging in fair chance hiring, employers can find a pool of qualified talent with a wide range of lived experiences that ultimately leads to stronger business outcomes.
Lowering the barrier, not the bar
80M
Americans have an arrest or conviction record
$87B
Annual economic loss due to barriers to employment
87%
Retention rate of justice-impacted employees
A pledge for the future
Checkr has committed to Pledge 1%, pledging to donate one percent of our product, one percent of our equity, and one percent of our profits towards advancing fair chance hiring.
Learn more at Checkr.org.
Fair chance in action
Catalyst Apprenticeship
Reentry Simulation
Fair Reviewer Certificate
Volunteering
Catalyst Apprenticeship
A 12-month earn-and-learn program that provides job training and formal learning programs to create career pathways for those with an arrest or conviction history. Hosted by Checkr in partnership with other employers, this program aims to bring justice-impacted individuals into the workforce with support for hiring and training.
Reentry Simulation
Take a moment to walk in the shoes of someone leaving prison and reentering society. This thought-provoking experience will both enlighten and challenge your perceptions around justice-impacted individuals and the obstacles they tackle while settling into life post-incarceration.
Fair Reviewer Certificate
Checkr Academy–our free learning hub—offers an hour-long module that teaches HR professionals how to comply with EEOC standards when assessing background checks, best practices for implementing fair assessments, and more.
Volunteering
Checkr supports individuals reentering society through many programs with our community partners. These programs include in-person volunteering at various correctional facilities to provide coaching and tutoring, mock employment interviews, job fairs, and business pitch bootcamps.
Fairness embedded in our platform
Unblock your hiring funnel
Checkr's record filtering products help you build safeguards to only surface reportable charges that you flag as relevant so you can increase consistency and reduce potential bias. Plus, you'll speed adjudication and lower compliance risk.
Benchmark your organization
Built directly into the Checkr platform, the Fair Chance Dashboard provides helpful tips, resources, and inspiration to gain the actionable insights needed to bring fair chance hiring to your organization and grow your talent pool.
Give candidates a voice
With Candidate Stories, your candidates can share additional context around their records, prior circumstances, and efforts they’ve made to better themselves directly within the platform. Empowering your candidates to tell their own story is a huge step toward a fairer future.
Ready to get started?
Employment is the single most important influence on decreasing recidivism. As a hiring manager, business leader, or HR leader, this is where you can make an impact and help break the cycle.
Fairness embedded at every step
Checkr’s platform and products are ready to help you reduce bias and establish fairer adjudication practices.
