Where can felons find jobs?

where can felons find jobs?

Different Strokes For Different Folks!!! Some people get lucky,some are dealt a good hand and some just know the right cards to play this is advice is great but lets address the real issue everything about our system is just f'd up I am 25 years old and am still on probation for a robbery that I was (in their words ) an acsessory to for riding with a dude that actually did commit the crime and I was 18 so my only crime was bad choice of rolling buddy not to say that my crime is any less than any ones but mannn... how fustrated do u think I am?Well I cant give any advice, luckily I was able to maintain a CS job due to knowing somebody that knew somebody that knew somebody now that buisness is closed down and im married so my husband has to provide for us and im a mellineum woman I need my own.I've posted resumes everywhere Ican only say keep trying they've got it monopolized but we've got to find the loopholes.Futhermore,I wish I did have the means to start a buisness.Where can I get a loan???Borrow from who???Don't nobody care about grown folk.IThey say its hard but its fair hummm sounds like the words of an unfair society. Well any body got a job,any job in Dallas Please inform me.I need help!!!

we as people with the felony we need to help one another it's like we all we got we n the same bt

If I could find my husband a decent job to keep him from going back out there, to keep him off those streets...

He tries so and gets discouraged, it hurts my heart. He is a loving father to our daughter, a good and a smart man. He has only his high school education. Its hard to keep telling him, we'll get it together, or I'll take care of it. He is the type of guy who you wouldnt know only has .30 in his pocket!! He is used to being able to take care of everything.

I myself work in sales for a wireless company. It pays well sometimes, but it gets hard. Im tired!! I would like to go to work part time and finish school. But that isnt going to happen anytime soon, without his support.

We reside in Austin, Tx and if we need to make a move, I am willing and ready. I only want the best for my family.
Please someone give me a WORD!!

Milli~~

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Guys, if it's been more than seven years since your last brush with the lawand you live in any of these states (http://www.cir-nc.com/documents/StateLawsregardingpublicrecords_000.pdf) just start answering no on the criminal history question. The states (in the link) won't allow criminal reports to go beyond seven years so just put no and you'll increase your chance of getting the job by about ten thousand percent because laws in those states say they can't check past seven years. Sometimes it can hurt to be too honest. They're depending on you to be intimidated into checking yes because they think you don't know about the seven year rule. Now, you do know. So if they run a background check beyond seven years in these states, ask them where you should send your lawsuit paperwork because you're about to be one very rich felon.

wow...seven years in thoses states...that should be a national requirement.

wow...seven years in thoses states...that should be a national requirement.

Wait a minute...I see some states on that list that have further explaination requirements...

Are you sure about that 7 yr rule for all those states listed?

Just LIE that is what I am going to do! I only have 8 more months and I am going to LIEEE. I worked for a huge corportation for 5 years right out of jail, because I had a hookup. Unfortunately I didnt know how hard it would be when I got a better education and went to switch careers. NOW I AM SCREWED. I had a lot of money saved up and stuff now I am in debt. SO SAD. BUT I SUGGEST TO EVERYONE TO LIE. YOU dont stand a chance if you dont!!! I think it should be illegal to hold us down (btw I was convicted of 2 drug felony posessions) for mistakes made in the past. I just might take someones advice and move out of the US, but is that possible? Will they take you? AND you wonder why we have homeless people??? Cause people like us give up! Go back to selling drugs. But that is what they want you to do. So they can put you back in the system and make more money off of you. It is called Job Security I had that at one point in time matter of fact I was a supervisor for the last 2 years I was there. Well I am actually through a process now and lied and will hope to get the job soon. I will let you guys know. They will probably fire me for lying on the application, but if I didnt lie I wouldnt of even gotten this far!!!
Keep the faith,
Drew

Hello fellow felons

I'm a felon also. Not sure about the term ex-felon, maybe ex-convict or ex-inmate, but still a convicted felon. My felonies stem from over 10 years ago but I'm turned down for most every job I try to get once (and if) they run a criminal background check. I've got 3 felonies involving burglary and grand theft. I was charged with 4 prior but all dropped and reduced to a misdemeanor for lack of evidence and plea. Don't think those show up though and also a different state. But I live in Virginia and they allow criminal checks past 7 years and pretty much any charges you've ever had. I hear some people say lie on your application and I believe it depends on the job. For example, I was a truck driver for a few companies and I know they will check it, so lying will only make you look bad. The more they stress criminal check the more they probably mean it, and you can take an educated guess that if you are trying to work at a bank or dealing with company funds, they are going to check. I'm pretty sure that being honest for a job I just recently tried to get, turned me down because I admitted it, and looking back on it, I would have at least had a damn chance if I didn't tell them. Trucking companies don't care much about having felonies as long as they aren't recent. It's one avenue that most felons could do. Swift Trans will train anyone but be honest, they will check. Can't have numerous recent reckless or speeding tickets either. One post mentioned sales. That's not a bad occupation, and I've done it before. Most don't even run background checks or even check previous employers. Which leads me to my 2nd to last idea for others. Many of us have trouble getting decent jobs, fact, and because of this we tend to change jobs because under paid or completely unhappy. I make up a resume, depending on certain categories of jobs I'm tying to get. Like one for sales, one for warehousing, dispatching, technician, etc. Each sounding good for that job and employer. Some info is true but I alter to make sound better. One trick that I have actually used is, for whatever reason or time-frame, I use my own cell phone number as one of the jobs. Best for last job because you can make up your own company sounding answering voice mail and either you call back to verify that work history or have someone else read the dates and title and answer basic questions. A good thing is that because of privacy laws you don't have to reveal much or anything past dates of employment, although some co's will press knowing that. End call and you just verified work history for years with whatever job title you think you can pass for. Hint: don't get far fetched, you may have to walk into that expects you to pass that off. My last thought.. (drum roll) is you can't just walk on into Canada and start over. I keep reading that bs on this site. Hot Tip: if you walk into Canada and don't already have permission from Canada from the office in DC, because of your felonies, you can be re-charged with your American felonies and put into jail in Canada and do more time. AND if you do get permission from Canada and pay the few hundred bucks for permission and move there, you are still a damn felon. Your record doesn't just disappear. Most, if not all saying that have never tried it. Good luck to all out there and don't let this world decide your happiness.

Seems like a convicted felon can not find a job in the US

I have a felony conviction that has prevented me from even looking for jobs in my field. From this page I've been linked to http://www.cir-nc.com/documents/StateLawsregardingpublicrecords_000.pdf
I live in Texas and wanted to make sure this was valid and current info. So I checked here http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/bc.toc.htm
and it told me the same info. I was released 7 years ago this past summer. I didnt even know about this law. So thanks to others sharing their knowledge I feel like I can go out and apply for ANY job that Im suited for. Not the under the table jobs I had been doing. So thanks! Now I get to put my degree to use!

I commend all of you for keeping your heads up and continuing to try vs the latter. I am a former Court Clerk. I worked for a very known Judge in my state and a prosecuting attorney. I have no criminal background, but I found a man who was so beautiful inside that I let him into my life despite the fact that he had a prior record. This man is very very smart, intelligent, and a christian. He's had such a hard time finding employment that it broke my heart. Prior to marrying him, I would listen to him talk and we would conversate about anything and it amazed me at how smart he was. He didn't grow up from a loving family. Neither did I, but I had a mother who loved me and my sister unconditionally and she made sure we stayed out of trouble. My sister was married to a millionaire and now an attorney, my other sister has has her own salon, and I'm a licensed realtor who use to only date men with an income of 60k or more (engineers and doctors) mostly. I say all of this to say that just because a piece of paper states you are a felon, means NOTHING. You are still a human being and society needs to realize that. My husband gets very depressed at times because he can't provide for me the kind of life style that I have always wanted. I have a decent job and I'm finishing college in a few months, but more important than it all is the man who is loving and caring (my husband). You all have to keep your heads up and stay focused. I find myself on the computer all day helping him find work. I started my own cleaning service (residential) which for me was easy since I use to be an Operation's Manager for a nation wide cleaning company. I would market and bid on cleaning jobs and my husband would help me. Sometimes we would make $200 on the weekend just cleaning partime (weekends only). That's one idea for some of you who can't find anything. Yard work, lawn service, cleaning is a good way to go. My husband went to school and is now a licensed insurance agent. Yes, he is an agent now and has recently finshed school and obtained his broker's license in insurance. He did have to explain; however, that he has a felony record and why (a victim of a friends wrong doing). I hope that you all can find what you are seeking and you should not have to live your country to do it. Focus on working for yourself. It works!

WELL ...I WENT TO COURT THURSDAY THINKING AFTER 10 MONTHS OF PROVIDING CLEAN URINES AND BENDING OVER BACKWARDS TO PROVE I AM A PRODUCTIVE MEMBER OF SOCIETY STRUGGLING TO PAY MY RENT TO GO TO SCHOOL TO BECOME A NURSE THAT I WOU,D FINALLY GET MY REVORD EXPUNGED. I AM IN DRUG COURT AND IN THE END I WONT BE A FELON TECHNIALLY ANYMORE..LOLOLO
WELL MY PO MY LAWYER AND A DRUG COUNSLER STOOD UP FOR ME AND TOLD THE JUDGE THAT IM READY TO GRADUATE AND GET BACK TO BEIN A CNA...I CLEAN HOUSES FOR PEANUTS NOW AND I AM THANKFUL BUT NOT ENOUGH
$$$..
ANYWAYS I GOT SHOT DOWN BY THE JUDGE...AFTER THINKIN THIS WAS IT ID HAVE MY LIFE BACK./..NOPE!!!
OK, I GOT UPSET...HE WASNTS ME IN DRUG COURT FOR 6 MORE MONTHS...I CANT PAY MY RENT!!! I CANT GET A JOB THANKS TO MY BCI...
WHAT CAN I DO..
I GET I SCREWED UP!!!
I DONT NEED IT POUNDED IN MY HEAD!!!
WELL LIKE I've SAID ...KEEPYA HEAD UP..
I WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS CLEANING JOB UNTIL I GOT MY FIRST CHECK..I WORK HARD FOR ??? NOT MUCH...
TAKE CARE EVERYONE ...IM going to KEEP ON KEEPIN ON!!!

My husband and I were having this same conversation this morning. I was looking thru the job papers trying to find something, anything for me to do to help support my family. 11 years ago I was convicted of a felony. I was 20 years old never been in trouble before and have never been in trouble since then. I did not spend time in prison but I did do 5 years of probation and was released satisfactory. And now here I am 31 years old no job, no future and a family that is struggling because I can not help. I can’t even get hired at McDonalds. I had a great job working for the State it was thru a temp service but I loved it. I was just getting ready to get hired in and they did a background check on me. The temp service knew about my felony and still hired me, but after my background came back I was fired on the spot. Forget that I had been there for 2 years everyday and worked very hard for them. Companies have the chance to hire loyal employees but they pass us by everyday. Every one makes mistakes one time in their life and for the ones that want to work, that want to support their families we can not get a break anywhere. My husband goes to work every day and he works very hard to take care of us, I am very proud to have him by my side, but he will never understand the feelings I have inside. I have been with out work for over a year now and the depression is unreal. I have goals for myself and my family but to achieve them I need something! In order for my family and me to survive I have to lie to get assistance with anything. And yes that may be the wrong thing to do but if I don’t then my family starves because food cost money and for us it is either buy food or pay a light bill! I know my husband makes money but he does not make enough to even pay our bills. Here it is Christmas and again we have to see the disappointing look on our son’s face because we can’t even afford to have a Christmas for him. My son needs shoes and clothes and we can not even get them for him because if we do there goes gas money for the week then my husband will lose his job. I have never asked for a hand out, all I want is a little break so my family can finally be stable. The stress alone is killing my marriage! My husband and son do not deserve to live like this all because of my past, my family deserves better and if that means me leaving them both ( it’s easier to take care of 2 people) then that is what I plan to do. I am not the one to sit at home and let him take care of me, I am just taking up his space and killing him financially. Our credit is a joke because of this situation that were in and it all falls back on me, if I was able to help out we would be much better off. 2 incomes are always better then 1 if you want to get any where in this world.

Society looks at us like once a criminal always a criminal and that is not always the case. It makes me so mad when I see people living off the government; you got women that keep having babies just to collect more welfare and section 8,I have been on the section 8 waiting list for 10 years and still waiting! We have illegal immigrants coming over here opening restaurants, hotels, little corner stores and then you got the ones that come over here and collect welfare and section 8for years. Where is the justice for us? Me and my family are forced to live in sorry apartments in bad neighborhoods because we can not afford anything better. Were forced to deal with sorry landlords that don’t want to fix problems but still collect their rent and either it’s paid or were out just like that. We learned the hard way our landlord let us live in our apartment for 3 months with a huge hole in our ceiling, mold growing all over the place and we stopped paying our rent until it was fixed, it got fixed 2 months ago and we started paying rent again but for the months we didn’t pay she evicted us. We go to court this week and the judge is going to put us on the streets in the cold at Christmas time with out even listening to why we stopped paying.

I got something in the mail from the government that said I am at 185% poverty level. No one can possible know how that makes me feel as a human being. My dreams of opening my own business are slowly starting to fade, my husband tries to encourage me to never give up but after the year we have had I know it will never happen for me and I promise if it does I will not turn anyone away that needs a job for something that happened in their past. People can change and I am living proof of that! I don’t want to think that this is the life God has in store for me but I am starting to wonder, am I going to live the rest of my life like this?

columbus steel and castings on Parsons hires convicted felons.check them out and good luck.

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.

Go to Dodge City Kansas and work in the slaughter houses.. they pay 12-15 an hour to start and cost of living is super cheap! The state of Kansas is very forgiving to felons!!!

I live in snellville Ga I have a felony I was drunk and fought the police wher can I find a job.

I can't find a job! I have been on probation for almost a year, I have had to jobs and when they found out my background I was let go for other reasons. My probation is over in about 4 weeks, if I don't find a job in 2 I go back to jail.
I am living with my mom and I am 3 months pregnant, I haven't done anything wrong except not find work and they want to send me back and extend my probation.
I have lots of experience in sales and office but no one will hire me because I made one mistake.
What can I do?!
I live in Oregon.