Can I get hired with a First Offender
Hello:
Can you please provide me with your experience with applicant's who have a First Offender discharge being hired, i.e. passing a Back Ground check? I completed a First Offender felony ID Theft (wrote a check on my boyfriends account). I have everything to get it to discharged (completed all Probation, paid fines). It is not showing on my GCIC (Georgia) but Background companies are using a Court Runner to get the records. Can you please inform me- do discharged First Offenders still get employed?
DO NOT take First Offender in GEORGIA!
First Offender in Georgia will still show up on your BackGround Report. Even if you get it "expunged"- the "expungement" is from GCIC. If the BackGround check company uses a Court Runner, they will still find and report the records (my did). And will list the word "Felony". I have not been able to find a lawyer to even take the case for a Record Seal. Do whatever you can NOW to get the charges dropped BEFORE you go to court, in front of a Judge. Get a lawyer now because later there seems to be little that can be done.