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A route back to work

Source: The Guardian

Jul 04, 2009

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If we in business don't help recovering drug users or the homeless to find jobs, we are simply storing up future problems

With the backdrop of a recession and rising unemployment, it might seem like an unusual time to be asking ourselves how we in business can do more to engage with disadvantaged groups, such as recovering drug users or the homeless. But they should remain on our minds, because if, as employers, we turn our backs on these groups, we are storing up problems for the future, with implications for the long-term recovery of both the individuals themselves and of the economy.

Of course, during any economic downturn (but, particularly, a severe one like this), there is a risk that we simply adopt a "charity begins at home" stance, and shift our focus away from those on the margins of society. Yet I have seen first hand the real benefits for those businesses that are prepared to hire suitable candidates from the widest possible pools of talent (including disadvantaged members of the communities in which we live and work).

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