In this episode, co-founders Jodi Anderson Jr. and Ryan Brennan share their story of creating Rézme—an app designed to help companies adopt more equitable hiring processes by using smarter technology and data. With this tool, companies can better navigate hiring decisions in equitable ways. This structural innovation has the potential to scale nationwide and provide more job opportunities for the 70 million people in the U.S. who have prior interactions with the criminal legal system.
Host Stuart Yasgur’s conversation with Anderson and Brennan explores their innovative work creating reforms in the analysis of background checks, how AI can improve the nuance necessary to accurately screen candidates, and ultimately, how hiring managers can avoid potential biases that influence hiring decisions.
At Economic Architecture, we seek to understand how structural innovations can best create new pathways to (re)design the labor market. By realigning incentives, we can provide more equal opportunities for employment. Learn more about Fair Chance Hiring at https://economicarchitectureproject.org/fair-chance-hiring.
Learn more about Rezme: https://www.rezme.app/