Cornbread Hustle

Cornbread Hustle is an American staffing agency that places workers who have gained their skills through alternative routes. Many of its candidates have returned from prison, are in recovery from substance use or have not followed the usual paths into work. It fills background-friendly jobs across the country for employers willing to hire them.

What Cornbread Hustle offers

• Temporary staffing — temp-to-hire placements to meet employers' labour needs.
• Direct hire — permanent placements with employers.
• Second-chance hiring consulting — help for companies to write second-chance hiring policies and widen their DEI work.
• Job board — background-friendly vacancies listed for candidates to apply to.
• The 12-Week Starting Over Program — a video-guided online course on personal growth, run in prisons nationwide and open to all its employees at no charge.

Who it works with

Cornbread Hustle serves employers who need reliable workers and value skills over traditional history, and job seekers whose record or background makes finding work harder.

Key facts

• Coverage: nationwide across the United States
• Model: skills-first hiring