Better Careers Design Group (BCDG)-Team Los Angeles

About the Program

Category: Community and Economic Development (Best in Category)

Year: 2022

BCDG – Team Los Angeles, comprised of the County of Los Angeles Workforce Development, Aging and Community Services (WDACS), the Anti-Recidivism Coalition, Brotherhood Crusade, Goodwill Southern California, and JVS-SoCal, designed a curriculum series to strengthen the capacity of employers in South LA and the Antelope Valley to 1) cultivate an inclusive, supportive, and healthy work environment for traditionally marginalized and systems-impacted populations, 2) develop unbiased and fair chance hiring and employment practices for a culture that facilitates retention and advancement opportunities, and 3) outreach and connect employers to systems impacted job seekers who have received workforce development training from government and/or community-based organizations. Employers and systems-impacted access seekers are miscommunicating their goals and intentions for one another. BCDG seeks to bridge the gap between employers and access seekers by teaching employers how to successfully recruit, retain and develop employees from their communities. Bridging this gap would allow employers to achieve their business goals of increased employee retention, lower recruitment costs, and better standing in communities and access seekers would be afforded employment opportunities in their communities of origin with employers who are better educated about their support needs and professional aspirations.