‘This is me’ – how telling your life story honestly is paying dividends for people with complex lives
A simple document which tells a different story from a traditional curriculum vitae is having a huge impact on the job prospects and employability of ex-offenders, substance misusers and people with a range of mental and physical health issues who often feel excluded from the job markets due to societal pre-conceptions. To give one pertinent example. Picture the moment that an offender’s feet cross the threshold of a prison into freedom. It’s a daunting and often frightening prospect to build a new life with new routines, often away from circles of acquaintances that were responsible for previous harmful behaviours....‘This is me’ – how telling your life story honestly is paying dividends for people with complex lives
