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Struggling to recruit skilled employees from diverse backgrounds? Consider “opportunity youth.”
Opportunity youth are young adults between the ages of 16 and 24 who do not attend school or work, according to the Society for Human Resource Management. Some have spent time in foster care, have a criminal record or a parent in jail, or have experienced other challenges that have created roadblocks in their education and career. There are about 5 million opportunity youth in the US, according to the American Institutes for Research.
Why recruit opportunity youth? Social good aside, recruiting from this particular talent pool can help organizations close