At Ask Me Help Desk you can ask questions in any topic and have them
answered for free by our experts. To ask questions or participate in
answering them you must register for a free account. By registering you
will be able to:
Get free answers from experts in any of our 300+
topics.
I already have a degree, however I am unable to use because of my felony conviction. Dose any body have a list of jobs that I can do , may possible be able to do. Thank you.
There may be local services in your area that can help you find a job. Try networking too. I have worked with felons who are trying to get jobs. Most of them did not have a degree or a significant amount of paid experience, so they had to settle for menial service jobs that were known for their high turnover rates.
With the ones that were more educated and experienced, this tended to be a more frustrating experience than the latter had to deal with. I found that trying to hide your felony doesn't work very well. The ones that were successful would be very upfront about their past. They tried to use it to their advantage. In interviews and select cover letters, they would talk about some of the skills that they have developed because of their felony, and how it has helped them become a harder worker.
Without knowing what your degree is in or what your felony is, it is difficult to to point you in an exact direction. You are welcome to share this information, and I might be able to help a little more. I worked in a halfway house for females (mostly substance abuse and distribution felons, but I specialized with white-collar as well), and among other things I helped: write resumes, job search, and develop interviewing skills.
You also have more latitude if you are willing to start a business.
Good luck.
This guy is so right my son got an economics degree after his release and everyone is ready to hire him until they find out about his past in his early 20's
This guy is so right my son got an economics degree after his release and everyone is ready to hire him until they find out about his past in his early 20's
Virginia Mom : Couldn't agree more.....my boyfriend has a 4 year degree and can't use it because of something he did when he was 19! They should really have some sort of pardon depending on the felony charge, i mean sure murders/rapes ect. should not be excused but other than that....there should be a pardon.
Our whole system is crooked, better to pardon someone so they can join society and work like the rest of us, then have them on welfare or back in jail! Talk about tax dollars really being spent, theres aprox. 2.1 million inmates is the US costing an avg. of $100.00 per day, so tell me.......... better to pardon and give them a chance to work and pay taxes like the rest of us, or continue u to spend tax payers $?
There are many resources out there to help it is just so hard to find the information. My husband is also an ex-offender and found it very difficult to find employment. I researched the internet to find resources and couldn't really find any web site with a lot of the answers we were searching for so I told my husband I wanted to make a good reliable web site with resources and actual jobs that would consider hiring ex-offenders. The site is just in the beginning stages but please check it out at Ifello » Helping 1/8 of Americas Working Population!.
Because the site is so new not all the resources are listed yet. For example my husband became a licensed RE Broker in NC last year. Because the RE market has gone down we moved and he got a job as a driver. Each city, county and state all have different laws on who qualifies for what and that is also information that will be coming to this site so please check back often.
Linear Mode
