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By: Clay Untapped Talent: Unlocking the Potential of Overlooked PeopleTalented individuals in traditionally underemployed groups are eager to enter the workforce%u2014yet are often overlooked as job candidates. P Morgan Chase & Company, Boston Scientific Corp., TMobile, and two Ben & Jerry%u2019s shops in Nashville, Tenn. These businesses may seem to be an unlikely grouping, but they share at least one notable characteristic: They have made specific efforts to recruit and hire employees from traditionally untapped talent pools. Among these pools are individuals with disabilities, the spouses of military personnel, veterans, people with criminal histories, and young adults neither in school nor in the workforce. Although many of these people seek employment and offer employers a significant source of potential workers, they can remain overlooked for job opportunities.Hiring people from these groups is far from an act of charity. It%u2019s good business, especially when finding employees can be difficult with an unemployment rate that%u2019s been hovering between 3% and 4% for nearly three years.Companies that do make a concerted effort to reach out to these groups have found them to be tremendous assets. For example, Boston Scientific, a Marlborough, Mass.-based medical device maker, has a program to hire neurodivergent individuals to work