Nelson: Humanitarian hiring improves business one job at a time

Any working person can remember his or her first job. Whether it was a babysitting gig, distributing newspapers, scooping ice cream or delivering pizza, that feeling of nervousness and desire to make a good first impression during the interview and initial weeks on the job may feel like it was yesterday. 

Take a moment to put yourself in the shoes of a young person who is eager to find work but happens to be exiting homelessness. Oftentimes, young people in this situation may not have work experience, access to a shower to clean up for an interview or a computer to…