I have a criminal record. A misdemeanor for shoplifting. Once I get it expunged can I still qualify to be president, mayor of a town, or a CEO of a company?
2007-07-17 18:43:58 · 6 answers · asked by Billy Dowson 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment ➔ Law & Legal
Of course, you can. Here are a few things I would like you to think about.
1. But that's not fair. Failure is being part of human. We all have a capacity to fail; if we do not accept this, we cannot be true to ourselves.
2. Failure can be good, in fact, just as success can be bad, too. You've heard of people getting spoiled due to success, haven't you?
3. Failure is actually a healthy sign that one is trying to reach one's potential. This means that if a person is not failing regularly, that person is working below his capacity - and that is the real failure.
4. Failure shows us the good in being humble.
5. Failure opens for us the doors to new challenges and fresh hopes.
6. Failure encourages us to be more creative, to try the untried.
7. Failure leads us to know ourselves better, to make friends with the person within us.
8. Failure frees us from illusions, from false ideas we may have of life and other people.
9. To turn failure into success follow these three steps.
a. Acknowledge your mistakes.
b. Admit your mistakes to others.
c. Make amends if necessary or possible.
10. So face your failures and be a successful human being!
Peace and every blessing!
2007-07-17 18:56:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
If this is the only offense you have on your record than your chances are good depending on how long ago your misdemeanor was.
When applying for government jobs all offenses on your criminal record will be opened up whether they are expunged/sealed or dropped due to the jobs level of security.
And if your applying a for a jobs like a CEO if the record was expunged/sealed then you dont have to put that record down. But the company can check arrest records which might show what you were charged with if your expungement didnt get police records sealed as well.
2007-07-18 02:45:21 · answer #2 · answered by Wes B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've been doing background checks and records searches online for years, as it is part of my business. I am a former detective, and currently a professional private investigator by trade. What I can tell you is this: You cannot obtain these records for free. You simply cannot. For every service provided online, there is typically either a one time cost, or a fee you pay every single month. Some services are better than others.
Some more expensive, some less. In my line of work, I am signed up for a service where I am billed monthly. However, if you are just the average person needing information on a particular person or property, I would suggest http://www.echeck.pcti-system.com ... For a one time fee, they are by far the best, cheapest, and most thorough service available. If you are strictly in business like myself, and don't mind being billed automatically every single month, I would recommend E-Verify or Inteligator.
2014-09-16 15:06:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
An employer CAN discriminate against you for any criminal record. Expungement, even if granted, will only eliminate from background searches, not your actual criminal record and if you try to become a CEO or mayor of a town, a good investigative reporter will be able to dig this up and use is against you, just like they did with George W. Bush Jr. when he ran for President and they found a DUI from 25 years prior that he "thought" daddy Bush had taken care of.
2007-07-18 09:51:14 · answer #4 · answered by bottleblondemama 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After going over this, I just utilized the service spoken of by the NJ State Trooper on here. I come from a very strict Jewish family, and I have been dating a non-Jewish girl for some time now.. A girl who my parents do not approve of. They think there is something very wrong about her. They believe she has a shady past, like she is violent or into drugs or something. To prove them wrong, I decided to run that background check on here from http://www.echeck.pcti-system.com .. I came across many interesting things.. many of which I won't get into.
The report was VERY thorough. What I did find, which turned out to be a deal breaker, was FOUR TRO's(temporary restraining orders) 2 were dismissed, the other 2 were finalized into a final restraining order(lifetime restraining order) ... The ones that were finalized were as a result of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE and the other for STALKING. I was shocked when I saw this. I guess sometimes you can never really know who you might be dealing with!
2014-10-10 08:31:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Currently no employer can refuse you employment based on a criminal record, this is discrimination. Only under certain circumstances, such as a child sex offender attempting to gain employment in schools or in the vicinity of children, would an employer have the right to refuse employment. Or in the case that the employment you seek, has relation to the crime you have committed & may be of risk to the employer's business. Have a look on websites such as: Australian Law, Australian Government, Dept of Employment & Workplace Relations.
2007-07-18 05:42:09 · answer #6 · answered by Doppleganger 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
People have attained those goals even after commiting worse crimes.
2007-07-18 01:55:03 · answer #7 · answered by badbill1941 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes you can! the sky is the limit :) good luck!!!
2007-07-18 02:21:27 · answer #8 · answered by Jamie Sunshine 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋