Employ A Participant

Partner with Arouet to welcome the justice impacted into your workforce; we have the solution to your workforce needs.

One in Three working age adults is excluded from the workforce

The American workforce is facing a colossal challenge. Over 78 million Americans, 1 in 3 working age adults, have a criminal record. A staggering number of people who are effectively excluded from the work workforce.

People impacted by the justice system face a number of barriers trying to reenter the workforce. Among these barriers are lower than average callbacks for interviews, lower than average salaries.

4X More

likely to be unemployed than those with no record.

50%

drop in interview callbacks if you have a criminal record.

70%

of released people report no income after 1 year.

49%

of people with multiple arrests have an  income of less than 10,000 per year.

Download your copy of our Fair Chance guidebook

Gain access to practical tips and tools to help you recruit, hire, and retain qualified candidates with a conviction history.

Employer Support: Arouet Style

Becoming a fair chance friendly organization can sound daunting. Arouet is here to help. By partnering with us, we can help overcome these concerns through educating and working together with our partners to find solutions that work for them.

We will work side by side with our employer partners to assess the needs and objective of creating a plan of action to build the pipeline to meet our partner’s need.

By working with Arouet, we provide six main categories of support.

Recruiting

Arouet works directly with its employment partners to identify their skillset needs. From there, a pool of talent that matches those skill needs is curated for the organization to interview.

Education

Arouet provides education and support to employers to access incentives around fair chance hiring. These incentives include tax credit, vouchers, and Arouet employer handbook.

Prepared

Arouet candidates come prepared for employment. They have participated in our wrap around programs tailored to building a strong and stable foundation for a life post-incarceration.

Support

Reentry is difficult, we understand the needs of people doing it. Arouet provides support through various programs, like mentorship, to help ensure that candidates remain employment ready.

Community

Arouet has a strong community amongst justice impacted women and their families, providing a safe and supportive environment for them to feel accepted. 

Promotion

Employers willing to make fair chance hires should be celebrated, and Arouet works to promote employer partners to celebrate the incredible opportunities they provide the justice impacted.

“We selected a candidate from Arouet because of her educational background in communications and sales to handle our marketing, events and communications. Since she has been with us, she has worked hard non-stop with a fierce dedication to meeting our college’s mission.

Her enthusiasm has raised the level of work output, incoming leads, and has encouraged other employees to perform better in their roles. If you want to grow at a more meaningful level, then consider hiring from Arouet. The resulting successes are not just monetary but also emotionally rewarding.”

Phoenix Institute of Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture

Benefits of Partnering with Arouet

Become an employer partner with Arouet and unlock all of the benefits that come with accessing this incredible pool of  untapped talent.

Partner with us and access all the benefits of being open for top notch talent!

$4,700 per hire

When all costs of recruiting and onboarding a new employee are calculated, it's an average of $4,700 per employee.

13% Lower Turnover

People with criminal histories are 13% less likely to leave their job. Saving employers thousands a year.

Better Performance

85% of human resources leaders and 81% of business leaders say that second chance hires perform the same or better than other employees.

Filling the shortage

With over 10 million job openings across the US, second chance hires can make all the difference in filling openings!

$2,400 TAX CREDIT

Hire a person within one year of conviction or release and an employer qualifies for up $2,400 in federal tax credits per hire.

Let Arouet Lead

We have the experience and know how to help employer partners access all the benefits of fair chance hiring.

30% More Engaged

By hiring fair chance employees, Checkr found an increase of 30% in engagement and loyalty in those employees.

Focused Talent Pool

Arouet works to fill the individual needs, skills, and desires of our participants and employers to ensure good, long-term employment matches.

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