Can a felon work as a medical assistant?

I am a convicted felon in the zanesville, ohio area and need a job badly to support my sons

I feel your pain. At the age of 50 I find myself needing a job again and I am a convicted felon. I recieved a 40 year suspended sentence for selling lsd. Actually my room mate new a person who wanted some and we went and got it . Nothing more nothing less. I was 23 then. Well to make a long story short my room mates friend was an undercover cop. He turned states evidence and said I was running a major drug operation. All under the advice of his lawer. My room mate recieved no time and no felony conviction. What a surprise! I had never been in trouble before besides a traffic ticket for speeding. I had no lawyer. my parents wanted me to learn my lesson. I have been learning my lesson for over 25 years. I did serve an 8 month sentence. All this because we(my room mate and I ) knew someone who had some acid for sale.
It is hard to find work when one of the first questions is 'have you ever been convicted of a felony'?
I got to say this. In the state of virginia there are no pardons. But, one can get their political rights restored. I have done this. It took me 8 years to do so. I am a registered voter, own my own home and pay my bill and taxes on time. I recieved an associates degree in computer electronics. I can still not find work since the layoff at work. I could not find work in my field of choice in college. all because of a mistake I made over 25 years ago. I applied with Capitol One here in richmond, va and they told me my restoration of political rights was not worth the paper it was written on! Darn I wasted thousands of dallors! This is the attitude of most employers in this country. The insurance companies are behind most of it. it is called bonding companies.
When I got out of jail and off probation I thought my time had been served but, sociaty feels differently. I will pass a drug test. Do a police check 10 or 20 years back my record will not be found. I have gotten jobs by lieing on my apps and passing the back ground checks. But if you are honest file 13 is where it goes. It is flat out DISCREMNINATION!
It is time that none violent felons stand up for our basic rights. We need to unite and be heard and I encourage all none violent felons to unite and begin to fight for our right to work and have decent job. There are a few who have gotten decent jobs. But all to often we are thrown off to the side and have to take what we can find. Now that illegal alliens are comming into lthis country more and more and taking our jobs it will get hardser for us. All none-violent felons need to wake up, ban together and do something and stop thinking we can do nothing!
I do not know if you can be a medical assistant. I hope you can . I fear you will wind up having to take a chance and lie on that application.

Hi!

To find companies hiring felons in your area, go to http://www.governmen... and find your local employment office.

They should be able to put you on the right track to finding a job.

Good luck!