From Risk to Revenue: The ROI of Second-Chance Employment

Most organizations treat second-chance hiring as a social initiative. Yolanda Slan, Chief People Officer at Televerde, makes the case that it’s something far more strategic — a talent model that delivers measurable business results.

In this episode of the ROI of DEI podcast, Yolanda sits down for a candid conversation about how Televerde recruits and develops incarcerated women, how the model holds up against high performance standards, and why the organizations still on the sidelines are thinking about it the wrong way.

She tackles the hard questions: How do you reframe second-chance hiring for skeptical senior leaders? How do you overcome internal stigma? And if companies stopped treating this as charity and started treating it as strategy, what would actually change?

This is a conversation about purpose and performance. And at Televerde, those two things have never been in conflict.

🎧 Listen on Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/episode/5inXbxJVXSK8EPvq6MpSWC