Jewel-Osco Steps to the Plate knocking it out of the Park while other Employers hide in the Dugout
ROCKFORD- A local TV Station recently reported that “a regional grocery chain will no longer ask people applying for a job if they have a criminal past. Jewel-Osco applications won’t have a box to check asking if you have been convicted of a felony”. It further reported that “According to Jewel-Osco that stopping the cycle of homelessness, joblessness “is one of the reasons a criminal background won’t stop them from interviewing candidates but they will still perform background checks as the final step to employment”. Now this is what I call leadership. They are not talking about hiring the individual but giving him/her an interview and while that may not seem like much to many, it is a far cry from not even being considered at all. Mistakes in your past should not limit you to achieving goals in the future. If the future is closed off to you once you make a mistake, what other avenue do you have. Many people like to jump on that soap...