Jobs for convicted felons

How do you find a list of employers in Indianapolis In that will hire felons?

I am 26 years old and 5 years ago(Dec 27th 2003)I was arrested and charged with Posession with intent to sell/distribute,conspiracy to sell cocaine and maintaining a vehicle or dwelling all because I was being the DD for a bunch of my friends and on my way home got stopped at a roadblock and the cops saw a 7 gram bag of cocaine on my rear floorboard through my window.I am not whining even after the year of prison and 2 years of probation...this is just my story.
Last year I made $93,762.39 according to my 1099 and w-2 selling cars.Did I lie to the dealership...nope... told them when I sat down for my interview and at the end told them after they told me that they liked me for me that I am a felon...that was a week out of prison and now I have been selling cars for 2.5 years now...
It has its ups and downs but it...and yes I know what I am about to write...but...it is an honest business half the people I work with are ex-cons.Since I started selling cars I have seen turnover like no other as far as salespeople go...at last count I have worked with 174 people who have moved on either to another dealership or to another line of work...it takes thick skin to be in this business and you dont make a lot of money right away but I can boast a $14,583.42 paycheck for last august alone.With the turnover in this business all the managers want is someone to rely on someone who will come in and work the hours day in and day out...For those out there reading this give it a try... it cant hurt you!!!You might be good at it...you might make more money than you ever thought you could...and damn it feels good when you sell a car to a cop who makes 35k a year and you the felon is making 3 times that...damn good feeling!!!

I searched around for a while and this seemed promising. http://www.theemploymentconnectioninc.com/

hope that helps.

Start with asking your probation or parole officer. Sometimes they can be helpful, but it is not often. My suggestion is to try: Walmart, temporary agencies, Minyard, UPS, newspaper delivery, sell products at the flea market, get your barber, cosmotology or nail license, purchase property at tax sales and resale or do mystery shopping. Mystery Shopping is very easy, I have received payment of $9.00 up to $50.00 an hour and was reimbursed for the items that I purchased. As a Mystery Shopper remember to always keep your assignments. You can get more assignments by getting certified for about $10.00. Also try truck driving, it is possible to do local runs and not go out of state because of your probation. Some truck driving companies will sponsor you and pay for your classes. You are even guaranteed a job (in most cases) after completion of your truck driving classes. I have noticed that some truck driving classes will even pay you while training. I really do realize how hard it is to get a job. Keep trying and don't get discouraged. The legal system is not always right. If Jesus was alive he would have been charged with a felony just like you and have difficulties finding a job just like you. Keep your head up.

In regards to mart1ro comment about get your barber, cosmotology or nail license...there are states that will NOT allow an ex-felon to obtain any type of professional license. You can OWN a business but you cant run it, etc sit on the board or be listed as an officer of your own business. Check all your state laws before attempting any of these things and before you make suggestions.

I am a Business Services Specialist for the County of Los Angeles with some good information. Blue collar, union apprenticeships accept felons and no experience is necessary. Get paid training as a union apprentice. These jobs require various degrees of physical ability but they are steady and always in demand.

California, union apprenticeships are from one to five years in duration and you get paid half the union rate(around $15/hour)to learn one of the following trades: Asbestos Workers, Barber, Boilermaker, Bricklayer, Carpentry, Carpet Linoleum, Cement Masons, Cosmetology, Drywall/Lathers, Electrical Electric, Elevator Mechanic, Operating Engineer, Glazier Glass Workers, Heating, Ventilation Air Conditioning, Iron Steel Workers, Laborers, Linemen, Machinist, Millwright, Painting Decoration, Plasterer, Plumbing Pipefitting, Roofer, Sheet Metal, Surveyor or Tile Layer/Setter.

Each year your pay goes up about $5 until you end up a union Journeyman earning the full rate depending on the trade(around $30/hour). Most do not even require a high school diploma or GED. None require a college education but to be an electrician, for example, you will need to have passed Algebra I in high school. One requirement is that you must have a valid, CA driver's license. I was told that another requirement is the use of any vehicle, whether owned or borrowed, with liability insurance under your name but it turns out that all you have to do is show up for a job and work it out with the crew about carpooling, if necessary.

Good tip:

We had a Participant(felon) come in to the office a few days ago who told us about how he followed our advice and applied to be an apprentice for the Pipefitting union. He started as #33 on the list and was told how it works. The union calls in chronological order the apprentices on the list many times daily depending upon how many Journeymen/employers call their office looking for apprentices. If no one responds then they keep going down the list until they find someone who is available. He said that he went to the union office every day for two weeks until one day they called on him because supposedly all the other 32 apprentices in the list above him never called back.

The tip is to do what Woody Allen states, “90% of success is just showing up.” As a felon, you should know that you will never be treated fairly in any society. That is another form of prejudice that you cannot escape from. What you can do is be the one who is always there with a smile on his face, ready to take the job and do that job well. Once you prove that you are willing to do what it takes to do a better job than the other guy and you do it, people will respect you.

The website for union apprenticeships in California is: http://www.ca.gov

Any feedback and/or further tips on finding felons jobs would be appreciated.

I don’t have the answer. Wish I did. I pray every day that things will improve. I was convicted of felony assault in 2005. Why?...
Someone called 911 to report a disturbance during a verbal argument. Then they told the 911 operator to ‘never mind.’ NEVER MIND, mind you! I KNEW this wouldn’t work as the 911 operators know the address even if the caller doesn’t tell them who or where. This seemed so stupid to me that I did a stupid thing myself. I attempted to leave in my car before anyone could arrive. Well, they got there and before I knew what was happening an officer (rodeo clown/stunt man?) jumped on my car. They assumed that I was the cause of the disturbance because I was obviously in the process leaving the address. Of course, I was arrested and charged with felony fleeing and assault. The report read more like I purposefully ran over the bozo. Amazing how incredibly fast you can bungle up the remainder of your life in this so called society. This all occurred in a matter of a few minutes. Cops couldn’t have arrived any quicker if they had a Star Trek transporter.
I used a ‘public defender’ and he recommended I plead guilty and apologize before the judge. I did. I was given no time but I have a 5 year probation with an expungement at the end . The probation officer tells me that even with an expungement a prior record can show up. As a former programmer working for a major demographic information keeping corporation, I understand how this happens: In this day and age of computerized record keeping, even though expunge, according to the dictionary, means ‘to strike or blot out; erase; obliterate’ this isn’t entirely what happens. Even though your record may be officially erased by law enforcement and governmental record keepers, your record can live on in lists owned by the private sector. In other words, chronologically, (1) you are convicted=official record, (2) abc criminal records company, xyz personal information company, and any other record keeping entity who wants to, copies your official record information, (3) government expunges it’s copy of the official record, (4) abc co., xyz co., etc., don’t delete old information but just update their files with any additional data, (5) you’re screwed for life. Might as well go ahead and order your tombstone inscribed ‘Here lies no good, neer-do-well, S.O.B.’ (if you can afford it).
I don’t know what to do. Back when I had a life, I was a computer programmer. I have a BBA degree and almost twenty years of experience as a good, solid programmer. I am in the central Arkansas area and would be willing to go anywhere in this ‘great’ country of ours to find meaningful employment.
I have never lied on an application. I don’t think it would work and it certainly wouldn’t be the right thing to do. I have never tried to add an extra sheet to an application to explain my ‘crime.’ I don’t know what to say to make an employer understand that I don’t have a criminal mind and I wouldn’t be a risk to them or their business/company.
I’ll just keep looking for answers.

I am a convicted felon and have been that way since '95 I spent the last ten years as a successful Masonry Foreman...but guess what..the housing maket has went to hell and now im laid off and have been that way for six weeks...can't even beg for a job...had one with UPS for two days then the background check came in and they not so elegantly let me go immediately...its a dog eat world whether your were an 18year old kid who knows not what he does...now his children pay for his childhood mistakes...hey its a good system...right

I am a Intensive Supervision Officer and I try my hardest to assist those convicted with felonies to obtain employment. It's difficult due to not knowing who is actually hiring felons. I do appreciate the information and advice that some of you are given to assist other felons and people like me on the other side of the desk. I will use majority of your job leads to assist my clients. Good job guyes! Don't give up. Some people really do care about you.

I am an intensive supervision officer. I appreciate you all's post. It is hard I am sure to find a job being a felon. I took some information to assist my clients in obtaining employment. Just keep pressing forward. We try but its hard to find employers that will hire felons. Kansas City, Kansas is working toward turning that around and being of more assistance to help find employment, housing etc.. so that those with a conviction can live a better life. Trust me guys someome cares.

I am an intensive supervision officer. I appreciate you all's post. It is hard I am sure to find a job being a felon. I took some information to assist my clients in obtaining employment. Just keep pressing forward. We try but its hard to find employers that will hire felons. Kansas City, Kansas is working toward turning that around and being of more assistance to help find employment, housing etc.. so that those with a conviction can live a better life. Trust me guys someome cares.

I was convicted in 2003 for forgery and now its very hard
to even get and interview with any one one they know your a felon. I am a hard worker in good health the local paper
in cleveland is a joke , I will clean toilets I need evening or night work I independent contractor as property manager collect rents screen tenants do evictions I just wont a part time job working nights to help make ends meet my daughter lives with me so I wonna help her as mouch as I can im at my witts end and monster .com if you dont have experience or a degree forget it . I got myself in this mess I guess its up to me to deal with it . stan

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dude I am a felon and I have tried most of these other folk recommendations,and trucking folk wont hire felons hell I cant even get a job at a fast food joint. my advice is do your best, as for myself... phuc'em!!! you just gotta try to keep the hate in your heart under control.

I'm self-employed, I was blessed enough to find a guy that taught me how to prepare taxes. This is my first year and I've already made enough to support me (and my five kids) for the rest of the year. We just came back from vacationing. It's f'cked up how the systems disregard the fact the we have lives and mouths to feed. My advice is to employ yourself, there's no greater reward than working for yourself. I know to some this may seem like a hard task to complete, but think of all the things you enjoy doing and turn it into Your business. I visit my brother in the correctional facilty here and it really feels good to look at some of the workers there that treated me like s#!t while I was on lockup and think to myself...I MAKE MORE IN A WEEK THAN THEY MAKE IN A MONTH!!! It's legal!!! I wished I was taught this at the age of 18 when I caught my felony. Keep ya'll head up !

JUST KEEP ON TRYING!!! AND LIE LIE LIE!! COME ON GUYS WE ARE FELONS, WE KNOW HOW TO MANOOVER (PROBABLY SPELLED WRONG HA HA). IF WE PUT HALF OF THE ENERGY INTO FINDING A JOB THAT WE DID INTO BREAKING THE LAW, WE'D BE FINE... I AM 29 YEARS OLD, FEMALE. 2 CONVICTIONS BOTH FOR POSSESION OF NARCOTICS. I JUST GOT A GREAT JOB WITH GREAT BENEFITS... THEY ONLY DID A STATEWIDE CHECK AND I AM NOT FROM THE STATE THAT I LIVE IN NOW... SO THE FELONIES DID NOT COME UP. I AM SOOO GRATEFUL FOR THIS, DON'T GET ME WRONG, I WAS SOOO WORRIED THAT THESE FELONIES WERE GOING TO STOP ME FROM GETTING A JOB, BUT NOPE, I ONLY BEEN LOOKING FOR ONE WEEK AND I AM ALREADY HIRED. I EVEN ASKED THE EMPLOYER HOW MY BACKGROUND CHECK CAME OUT, AND SHE STATED THEY DID THREE STATEWIDE CHECKS AND IT ALL CAME BACK WITH NO MATCHES, SO I AM GOLDEN... HOPEFULLY (HA HA) JUST KEEP TRYING THAT IS ALL I CAN TELL YOU, IF YOU REALLY WANT SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO GO FOR IT ALL THE WAY. EAT, SLEEP, AND DRINK GETTING A JOB AND IF YOU REALLY WANT ONE YOU WILL GET ONE...

JUST KEEP ON TRYING!!! AND LIE LIE LIE!! COME ON GUYS WE ARE FELONS, WE KNOW HOW TO MANOOVER (PROBABLY SPELLED WRONG HA HA). IF WE PUT HALF OF THE ENERGY INTO FINDING A JOB THAT WE DID INTO BREAKING THE LAW, WE'D BE FINE... I AM 29 YEARS OLD, FEMALE. 2 CONVICTIONS BOTH FOR POSSESION OF NARCOTICS. I JUST GOT A GREAT JOB WITH GREAT BENEFITS... THEY ONLY DID A STATEWIDE CHECK AND I AM NOT FROM THE STATE THAT I LIVE IN NOW... SO THE FELONIES DID NOT COME UP. I AM SOOO GRATEFUL FOR THIS, DON'T GET ME WRONG, I WAS SOOO WORRIED THAT THESE FELONIES WERE GOING TO STOP ME FROM GETTING A JOB, BUT NOPE, I ONLY BEEN LOOKING FOR ONE WEEK AND I AM ALREADY HIRED. I EVEN ASKED THE EMPLOYER HOW MY BACKGROUND CHECK CAME OUT, AND SHE STATED THEY DID THREE STATEWIDE CHECKS AND IT ALL CAME BACK WITH NO MATCHES, SO I AM GOLDEN... HOPEFULLY (HA HA) JUST KEEP TRYING THAT IS ALL I CAN TELL YOU, IF YOU REALLY WANT SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO GO FOR IT ALL THE WAY. EAT, SLEEP, AND DRINK GETTING A JOB AND IF YOU REALLY WANT ONE YOU WILL GET ONE...

I understand felons need to work in order to eat to, but don't act like its the system's fault you can't find jobs. You people didn't just wake up one morning being felons. You committed a federal crime, and as a result many people in society will never trust you. I know I would never hire a felon, no matter what the circumstances. It's Not worth the trouble. So if you want to blame someone for destroying your lives, blame yourselves.

With that being said, I wish you all luck. Hopefully you can make the best of a bad situation.

I understand felons need to work in order to eat to, but don't act like its the system's fault you can't find jobs. You people didn't just wake up one morning being felons. You committed a federal crime, and as a result many people in society will never trust you. I know I would never hire a felon, no matter what the circumstances. It's Not worth the trouble. So if you want to blame someone for destroying your lives, blame yourselves.

With that being said, I wish you all luck. Hopefully you can make the best of a bad situation.

twitchyx the system doesn't always work; and a misjudgement or over reaching judgement by a court, run by people who are capable of error themselves can cost someone who is not warranted that treatment for the rest of their life exactly the treatment you are giving them. not everyone is guilty of the punishment we fallable humans dish out, and to say one should never hire a convicted felon despite all other character traits is a bit naive and out of touch with reality.

Well my best friend was caught up in the mess with her brother and boyfriend. So now she a convicted felon with a 7mon old son. Im doing my best to save her current job but her boss is a real b**ch. I've been doing research to help her out so when she gets home it can be a little easier for her. I like that its other people in the same situation who also are helping each other. And to that person who said that people will never trust a felon you should be ashamed of yourself to say that they dont need more criticism they need help like the rest of us. Everyone keep being prayerful and keep your head up trust and believe that he will come through for you.

Try 317-925-1003 Jobs Partnerships of Greater Indianapolis. Ex-Felons, I just got an appointment. Good luck to you and me.

PEACE