What employers hire convited felons?

Question

I have felonies on my record but they are just driving charges and I need a job.

Answer 1

Some employers will hire a convicted felon, depending on what they were convicted of. Most people, myself included, believe in giving people a second chance. They key is to be honest and up front about it. You have a difficult road ahead of you, but be tough. Go to your local governments employment center and see if they can help you. Call your town or county and see if they have an office dedicated to helping people find work, or if they have any job counselors. Most municipalities offer some form of this because it gets people off of unemployment and welfare. These programs may be difficult to find, but keep you head up and go forward. It's obvious you want to do well in your life, and you should. Look in the papers, make phone calls, work on your resume, and be honest about your past. There are people out there who will hire you, and I know you are at a disadvantage, but you can find work. Good Luck.

Answer 2

Depends on the state and employer. Some states and people are backwards enough to allow this sort of thing. Alot of states though have a period where a felony can bar employment, or that the felony can not be the only reason. Hawaii does not let employers do background checks past 10 years. IMO most states will adopt these laws in the future. If it is the employers "right" to bar employment from whoever, then why stop at felons lets not hire black people, or fat people, or women. I mean a women usally can not lift as much so surely she can not do the same work load why hire these losers? I hope that last statement made you mad since that was the point there is no difference in discrimination just that some states have not passed laws yet preventing this form of it.

Answer 3

OK….let’s get to the guts of this issue.

First of all, I AM a convicted felon. I was convicted of a theft after a 4 day trial in 1992. My conviction – a felony conviction with 8 years probation and 30 days in a “half-way” house.

Regardless of my conviction, everyone….EVERYONE….. has committed a felony. The real issue is – have you been caught or not? My mother used to cheat on her taxes in her early 20s. My father used to drive home from the saloons/bars after work. My brother, in high school, used to sell small amounts of drugs to the jocks. Today, he is a lawyer. My college professor admitted to stealing cars as a young punk in the 60s. EVERYONE, one way or another, has committed one or more felonies. EVERYONE. The question is….has everyone been caught? No. Of course not. So some people have the stigma of being “convicted felons” and others, in my opinion, are lucky and get to point the finger as the “felons.”

But whatever….who really cares.

But when it comes to getting a job……don’t play the victim. As a felon, you made someone or something else the victim. Now that your time in jail or probation has passed you by, don’t even think about complaining. You are in this mess due to YOUR actions, like it or not.

Felons get jobs all the freaking time. For a while, after my conviction, I had a slew of jobs –

a.Delivering newspapers from 2:30 am to 5:30 am. ($200 a week)
b.Washed dishes for $7.00/hour every mid-day. ($150 a week)
c.Waited tables as a waiter every evening. ($150.00 a week)

I didn’t sleep much, but three part time jobs paid me $25,000 a year. I didn’t see my wife much, except on the weekends. But I made an ‘acceptable’ living and paid my bills, holding my head high.

After a while, my paper delivery job collided with my dish washing job, so I got a different job during the day – working as a general laborer for Labor Ready ($30 a day).

While working the three jobs, I also applied to numerous job applications in the Sunday paper, on Monster.com and on career builders.com. Every week or so, I would get a “bite.” Someone would call or email with interest in hiring me. I would ask – “What are the requirements? Drug test? Background check? Credit Check?” Most people would say – “Yes, a background check and drug test.”

But, you know what? Sometimes….every now and then, someone would say –

“No….no background check, but we do test all applicants for drugs.” Once I heard that, I would work very, very, very hard to get that job.

After a year of working three jobs and sending resumes, I was hired. My salary - $32,000. I said ‘goodbye’ to Labor ready, delivering newspapers….but still waited tables (part time) on weekend evenings. That gave me another $60.00 a week. The extra $240.00 a month is great way to pay for pizzas, sushi, renting videos, buying subway sandwiches, postage stamps, etc.

See? It can be done. It merely takes the continuous effort.

Stop playing a victim. You CAN do it. Never complain or condemn. Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and get to work.

There are lots of Felons (ex-cons) out there who work every single day. According to the government, there are 15 million of us. Being one of the ‘working folks’is EASY.

Get to work!

David

P.S. – I’m not going to say “Good luck” because I believe that you MAKE your own luck. Don’t ‘have a great day’. MAKE IT a great day.

Answer 4

Employers And Felony Charges

Answer 5

Many employers hire felons. Construction, large companies like Wal-mart, etc.

Sometimes when people get out of jail, finding a job is part of their parole.

Answer 6

My sister has the same problem, but she got a job doing inventory at different locations with some company. I guess your main objective would be to find some small business that dosen't do a back ground check. Like a gas station or convenince store?

Answer 7

Home Depot.... Taco Bell gotta wear an angle bracelet

Answer 8

Pay those charges and get them exspunged!

However, I have a friend who is an ex-con, went to school and is now a chef.

Good luck

Answer 9

Factories do, all the time. Or a temp agency. They don't care who you are or what you've done. But you may have better luck if it was just driving-related.

Answer 10

where you driving drunk!?
anyhoo...as long as you are not applying to drive anything I think you'll be ok