Checkr Drives Important Social Change by Highlighting Inequality in Hiring

Checkr, a startup that makes software for conducting background checks, pitched thought leadership pieces to top news publications to show its passion for fair chance hiring.

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Brand: CheckrAdvertiser: CheckrAgency: Method

Checkr, a Silicon Valley startup that makes software for conducting background checks, has one of the most compelling stories in tech. Since its founding, one of Checkr's company pillars has been fair chance hiring - the idea that a criminal record should not automatically disqualify people from interviewing or being hired at a company.

This organizational passion was driven by company founder Daniel Yanisse and an epiphany he had while chatting with a mother of four in Texas. The mother mentioned how she was having a hard time...

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