Ex-cons face tough path back into workforce

Courtesy MSNBC.com: Business  Wed, 07/29/2009 - 15:47

Tifanni Sterdivant, managing director of Corner Office Management, instructs former convicts George Outland, right, and Ralph Turner. The two begain working for the company through a program run by the Chicago nonprofit Heartland Human Care Services.George Outland had just one requirement when applying for a job: It had to be at a business that didn't check his criminal background, or didn't care.


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