House mulls over hiring practices for criminals

re: House mulls over hiring practices for criminals

Tiffany — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:31:37 GMT

I find it ridiculous that I can not find a job. I have many great qualities for being an excellent employee. I've ran a trucking business as the Office Manager, am in school for Computer Science and will be graduating in December, but because I made a mistake by being around others who decided to use someone's credit card I can not find work. I did not touch anyone's belongings and didnt really have any part in it other than being naive and being there where the police caught up with them...but because I was there the police officer was not trying to give me a break at all...I was booked for 6 felonies and 3 misdemeanors for somethign that simple...Oh yeah mind you I live in VA. I was only charged with 3 misdemeanors , but for a while my record still showed all of the felonies....(instead of taking them off my record they were left on there with nolle process beside them). SO after a while of applying and getting nowhere I found out and had them expunged now I only have silly misdemeanor charges and still cant seem to get anywhere. As a matter of fact Im afraid that after I graduate I still may not get anywhere. I mean it is really ridiculous now I really see why people getting out of prison do the things they do...it really is unfair to many people...Before they had background checks many peole had stupid charges that their employer did not know anything about and it did not change the quality of their work so why now is there this terrible problem?

re: House mulls over hiring practices for criminals

Ray — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:52:13 GMT

I'm a honorable with 3 major jobs skills and I'm a ex-felon

I found it almost impossible to get a job

So I lied and found a jobs and was fired 3 times

normally for "bull" reasons

It seems the criminal revenge system simple want to keep a non productive member of America so you can keep finding me on the evening news involved in some sort of crime

re: House mulls over hiring practices for criminals

Roderick Easterling — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:35:38 GMT

“An Examination of Federal Employment Practices/Policies on Hiring Ex-Offenders.” This is no more than another political jesture without any substance just as the violation of human and civil rights by the DEA, FBI, and local officials. I am an honorable war vet and ex government worker with professional skills that is backed by both Bachelors and Masters degrees. I have a felony on my record and can't get any employment. I was working as an substitute but was removed after they realized I had an unrelated conviction. The problem isn't just can't get work but the conviction itself. I was 100% innocent of my crime but the government plays a numbers game with blk males and if you aren't a willing government witness then you are subject to many human rights violations and not just a mere issue of unemployment. Notice how all of the cases that you hear about the so called Gangsta or street thug are also a government witnesses, even the ones who have received presidential pardons. The comic book continues!

re: House mulls over hiring practices for criminals

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:59:55 GMT

Sounds like a con job to me. I doubt there would be any actual difference in the hiring of ex-offenders into federal employment, the world simply doesn't work that way.

re: House mulls over hiring practices for criminals

Madrice — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:48:39 GMT

Enough is enough! Would everyone please stop this nonsense of denying people jobs for something they did in the past. Most people are convicted of petty misdemeanor's and you are denying them warehouse jobs? A felon can not work in a warehouse? This is just nonsense. Give a man/woman a chance to redeem their self, please. Everyone is acting like they dont know why some one who commited a crime goes back to jail. They can not find meaningful employment and has to resort back to what got them in trouble in the first place.

re: House mulls over hiring practices for criminals

Mike Sankey — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:34:55 GMT

I believe that there is one fact being ignored, at least from an employer's view. More often than one might imagine, it is because the applicant lies on the application about not having a criminal record that causes the applicant not to be hired. If the applicant discloses the nature of the offense and it is self-evident that the applicant would truly be a capable new employee, that applicant stands a much greater chance to being hired. It's the ones that are found to be lying that often scream the loudest.