Giving Compass' Take:

• T-Mobile is a participating member of the Impact Hiring Innovation Lab, a program of FSG's Impact Hiring Initiative. The lab helps organizations test out their hiring practices to see how effective they are on increasing employment opportunities for vulnerable populations.

How can other organizations get involved in the lab?

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Amanda Willard, Talent Acquisition Leader at T-Mobile, talks about how she and her team are working to move impact hiring from an idea to a reality within T-Mobile. Amanda is a participant in the Impact Hiring Innovation Lab, a program of FSG’s Impact Hiring Initiative. Innovation Labs offer companies an opportunity to test, learn, and refine their hiring practices to support opportunity youth and other populations facing employment barriers.

At its heart, the wireless industry is about connecting. Our team is stronger when we have employees and leaders from demographics that reflect the world we live in, and we build relationships in the community by investing in our youth. Impact hiring allows us to help America’s youth explore career opportunities they might not have considered. At the same time, we get to encourage our employees to engage and mentor young people because they feel great about giving back to the community. T-Mobile employees are proud to work at the Un-carrier and teach youth about jumpstarting their career.

We want to inspire other companies to invest in opportunity youth. If every employer in the U.S. invested in similar community programs, our young people would have even more opportunities.

Read the full article about impact hiring by Tiffany Chang and Amanda Willard at FSG