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Help truly wanted, even if you’ve been in jail

Amid crippling worker shortages, some employers are loosening job requirements

Here is a sentence you do not see in every job advertisement: “Applicants with criminal histories are welcome to apply.”

Those words appeared in US adverts last week for everything from a forklift driver in Florida to a brand designer in New York and a recruitment manager in Illinois. They will undoubtedly do so again.

As chronic staff shortages shut down swimming pools and restaurants, and leave crops to rot in fields, some researchers say there is rising interest in people with a criminal past.

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