Overcoming Employment Barriers by Becoming a Trauma-Informed Employer

For most of the USA, the unemployment rate is hovering between 2.5% to 4%. However, for people struggling with such difficulties as addiction recovery, domestic violence, and homelessness, the unemployment rates soar to 10-15% or more. For employers, this means that there is a great untapped resource for talent – if some reasonable accommodations can be made to create a trauma-informed workplace.

Rustin Tonn, Regional Manager at Newgistics, Inc. and Dan Weinstein, Vice President at Aon and Founder of Colorado Leadership Cares share ideas on how to make a more inclusive workplace, as well as offering ideas on how people can overcome these barriers to employment.

Contacts: 

Dan Weinstein

m 720.291.1435

dan.weinstein@aon.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danbweinstein

Twitter: @DanWeinstein_CO

Colorado Leadership Cares Website: www.CLCares.org

Rustin Tonn

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rustin-tonn-phr-phrca-shrm-cp-02794816/

Twitter: @rustintonn