Alex Love
Levelset
Brooklyn, NY USA
"If I could give anything that lives beyond me, it’s for folks to be more thoughtful about other people that have different experiences across the gamut. We are more alike than we are different."
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Advice for getting started
Back when I started an apprenticeship program at VICE Media to hire formerly incarcerated individuals, there didn't seem to be much conversation around it. People didn't understand what that was all about or why I would be doing that. Fortunately, there is a lot more attention around fair chance hiring and DEI now. The more we talk about it, the more people get involved. And the more that people are involved, the more that noise is replaced by empathy and action.
Here's the path I took:
High School
Bachelor's Degree
Sociocultural Anthropology
New York University
Life & Career Milestones
My path in life has been direct
1.
I grew up in a military town in Southern California, which was great because I grew up around a lot of diversity.
2.
I went to New York University for college and earned my undergraduate degree in sociocultural anthropology.
3.
After graduating, I started working in human resources.
4.
While working in human resources for VICE Media, I launched an apprenticeship program to specifically hire formerly incarcerated individuals.
5.
After I left VICE Media, I started my consultancy, Alex Love Consulting, which is focused on human resources and diversity, equity, and inclusion consulting.
6.
I’m also a partner at Levelset, which is a collective of people that focus on fair chance hiring—we help employers be more inclusive by changing policies and procedures and setting up pilot programs.
Defining Moments
How I responded to discouragement
THE NOISE
Messages from Society in general:
You work with who?! Hiring formerly incarcerated people? What is that?
How I responded:
Back when I started an apprenticeship program at VICE Media to hire formerly incarcerated individuals, there didn't seem to be much conversation around it. People didn't understand what that was all about or why I would be doing that. Fortunately, there is a lot more attention around fair chance hiring and DEI now. The more we talk about it, the more people get involved. And the more that people are involved, the more that noise is replaced by empathy and action.