I caught a federal drug charge in 2021 it went through fully in 2022. I’m a 24 single mom looking to be a productive member of society but because of this charge no one wants to hire me. I paid my debt to society & have nothing else on my record but this one thing continues to break me down. I feel helpless & like a failure. What do they expect me to do go back & sell to make a damn living. (I wouldn’t but I’m tired). Every job I apply for calls me back but once they mention a background check I’m honest & the conversation is over. It’s not like I can lie about it. Whatever’s in the dark always comes to light.
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If you’re american perhaps you could run for office?
Do you have the means to see if your record can be expunged? If not, look into nonprofits.
Hope all works out for you and your child.
Try the GoodWill in your area, they hired me and I’m a manager now. I had similar circumstances myself.
Kudos for telling them the truth. Google “Felony Friendly Companies” and a list will come up, apply to those. United States Probation Office website also has a list. “Stop looking for oranges in a hardware store”
The restaurant business tends to hire people with felony charges.
Construction . Everyone welcome as long as you can do the job without fucking around for to long .
Restaurant industry. We hire all
It’s a terrible system and I’m
sorry and hope someone ghves you a break. Keep focusing on your recovery and rebuilding! 💪🏼💗💕
if you are clean and sober, you could look into working in detox/residential treatment facilities. many of my coworkers have criminal histories from drug charges. They built strong relationships and support for our clients who have gone through the same thing as they can relate to them. look into AOD counseling too. I am not an AOD counselor, but a Registered Drug and Alcohol Technician.
Not sure what kind of skills you have but any possibility you can start a small business? You can also look into being a real estate agent or insurance salesperson as those are more independent jobs.
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I’m in the same boat myself. I started selling stuff on eBay to make a little bit of money but it isn’t enough currently. It’s a struggle for sure but the most important thing right not getting in trouble again. I want to start customizing clothes in different ways but building up a customer base is a struggle
On indeed you can search for “felony friendly” jobs in your zip code/area.
https://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=felony+friendly&l=Santa+Fe%2C+NM&from=searchOnDesktopSerp&cf-turnstile-response=0.SRzZ4eTSrIbUtSK4ljJDCC_3z4_WIxE-kLMcD7xSvoujBp6xfrvjI-tTtBgFF2MNHZzz6DcePOa4cz-Q0L9g2CpMXTF-8b6RlB_uv8s_vA70OUMUIr0xTcOBc_YM
Hi…I’ve been exploring getting into the business of helping people with reentry after incarceration and I’ve learned a few things. If you want to brainstorm some ideas, send me a chat request.
I’m sorry you’re having a hard time. You’re right : you served your time you should be given a fair chance.
There are several ‘felon’ subreddits that might be able to give you advice and point you to help. (watch out for scammers – they’re everywhere, especially where people need help)
I work in call centers. I have employees with convictions and I’ve worked for a director that had one. Best I can tell you is just keep applying, be honest, and take what you can while you shop around for something else that will accept your past.
I am a felon and have a great career. I work in a construction union. There are many options. Look into other unions in your area. Construction is looking to hire women right now too. It’s hard work but it’s a good living. I know your struggle don’t give up.
The stigma of a permanent record like that is brutal and I really feel for you. I get companies wanting to make sure they hire good people but one setback like you describe makes it REALLY hard to walk the right path and invites recidivism. I truly hope you find something and get a chance to start over!
The US prison industrial complex is made this way on purpose. Once you get out, they make it near impossible to live any sort of life so that you are forced to do crime just to get by. Then they pick you up on that crime and the process repeats. Most states have a for-profit prison system and the companies that run the prisons donate millions of dollars to politicians in order to keep the laws fine tuned to maximize recidivism. The jails stay full of prisoners and the companies profit. I don’t know if this is common knowledge, but it should be. It’s the most inhumane system I’ve ever witnessed outside of war profiteering.
Dave’s Killer Bread is another company that employes people with records and no judgement! Good luck mama!
My boyfriend has 2 convictions for armed robbery and did 10 years in prison and he was able to find jobs and now makes 6 figures in management. Try factories and warehouses for now and utilize temp agencies.
I work at a women’s drug and alcohol rehab center and multiple of my coworkers have drug charges and/or were addicts. Some went through the very same program they now work for. Maybe that is an option?
Target hires felons!! So does allied universal, I know target hires violent crime felons too. It’s a great program.
Eh, I’m a 30 year military veteran and no one wants to hire me either
I’m you were an old, white, male you could be president.
I just hired a felon a year ago. He started working for me as a contractor. Industrial contractors absolutely hire felons. He was such a hard worker I talked with my HR department and asked if we could hire him on permanently. They said as long as it was a non-violent crime it was no problem. I hired him on full time and he is the best worker I have.
You are apparently still eligible to run for president though, so someone please make that make sense somehow.
I’m really sorry to hear the situation that you are in, a family member of mine got hired by flagger force in 2020 right out of prison starting at $16/hr and is slowly making his way up the ranks.
Convicted felon making literally triple what I was before I spent all of 2022 incarcerated in county. All I can say is make yourself more attractive to employers and don’t give up. (Full disclosure, I am college educated and got involved with the legal system much later in life, so I already had 10+ years experience and a decent network of contacts throughout my industry.) I am in a niche industry and my credentials and experience get my foot in the door at a lot of places but I’ve failed a lot of background checks.
It took a while but the company I’m with now did more of a consumer background check, I believe. They seemed more concerned if you had any liens or child support or alimony or stuff like that which could come out of your wages rather than a hard criminal record inquiry (CORI).
They did ask specific question on the application and I did give specific answers outing myself but it never came up again. They asked about the gap in my resume in a panel interview and I straight faced, “I had to exit the workforce due to personal reasons,” to a room of hard ass dudes I had never met before. I was on parole and probation for two years on an ankle monitor the entire time at a job where I am in a locker room in front of coworkers so they all knew obviously but I don’t even know if management knows. They never acknowledge it or mentioned any contact with PO. My POs only asked for their names and numbers and pay stubs, never mentioned calling them.
Never lie if they ask you directly but you have the right to tell your story however you want. Drug charges sounds like sales experience to me. If I could use an unrelated bachelors degree in business as 4 years of experience for an engineering job, you can throw some sales or customer service experience on your resume for sure. Some places are cheap, too. Running background checks is expensive. Times is tough. Corners are cut.
One other thing: background check only goes back 7 years in my state, not sure if that’s a national thing yet. It’s not forever.
Try an employment agency. They know where felons can work. I know a felon who is still in work release prison and the agency had a job for him within a week making $22 an hour with tons of overtime.
I’m a career bar and restaurant guy. We welcome you with open arms.
Food Service and Warehouses jobs are known to be felon-friendly when it comes to hiring. If I were in your situation, I’d start by applying there and seeing if that works
Become a barber.
I work in construction and we hire anyone
Felon here. My felony is over 10 years old now. I just found a job and started taking it seriously and slowly got promotion after promotion. I now make 75k with good benefits and a solid christmas bonus. 2 beautiful daughters and a wife of 15 years that stuck through it all.
Wasn’t easy not gonna lie. I was mad at the world when I was released. But after having my 1st daughter I knew I needed to change. If not I’d be a failure like my father and that wasn’t going to happen.
Find a warehouse job. Gain experience/knowledge. Learn how to operate a forklift. You are about the age I was released. And that’s the route I went and im now a supervisor. Lock in anywhere tbh and show them you’re dependable. It’ll all work out in the end.
Honestly insane you can’t get a job and the freaking president is a 34 time felon. I second looking up places that hire felons.
Have you considered running for president?
You might try looking at off shift assembly jobs, I work third shift at a factory and know a lot of people that work there with felony records. I know it’ll be hard with a kid but people here make it work somehow
Taco Bell hired me same day no questions asked. I got several drug charges as well as aggravated assult with a deadly weapon. Waffle House would not hire me. That was very suprising. The job is shit. But it is a job. Been working the night shift to keep me out of trouble. It helps.
Just going to put this out there. My brother spent 9+ years in Federal prison for CP charges. He applied to a temp agency, got placed, and has had a full time job at various distribution centers throughout the 10+ years he’s been out.
I’m not proud of what he did, but I’m proud of what he has become.
Someone dear to me was in this situation, and now they make more money than I do with a clean record and masters degree. Get into trades. They don’t background check. Electrician, HVAC, plumber, etc. Be a good worker, be respectful, and take initiative to climb the ladder. Yes, they’re male-dominated fields. But you can do anything a male can do. And if it’s too physical, see about being their phones and scheduler person. Don’t give up.
I hear the White House is hiring if your a bit rapey.
I’m sorry you’re having a hard time. There are programs for higher paying IT positions but if you need something immediately, try Texas Roadhouse, they hire felons and have a great program. But have you thought of running for president?
Have you tried political office
Have you tried running for President
Look at Trump. He’s a felon and the current president. It’s possible
Have you considered running for a public office (R)?
You can also get your record expunged or a governor’s waiver.
You can be President of the United States of America.
Have you thought about doing hair? I’m a beauty school instructor, and we have a few students with felony records. It’s a good career.
Just run for President of the US
You could run for a govt office job. After all, Trump is a felon and even got to be President!
You could try running for the presidency ?
Many companies don’t actually pay for the background check and do go through with it. You don’t have to lie, but you don’t have to tell. Passive ‘not that I can think of’ takes you a long way.
8 years and they won’t care anymore. I know it’s a long time but if you can make it that long it won’t pop on back ground checks.
You could always try for POTUS.
Wendy’s hires felons. It’s not good work. It’s not good pay. But it’s there.
I work in a warehouse. Depending on the company they’ll look the other way because manual labor is usually short-staffed. Worth a try.
Good luck. We are not our past. Remember that and eventually others will, too.
Try running for president
This is BS, if a 34 time felon can become president then every job should allow felons to work.
Also look up “ban the box” ordinances and laws that prohibit companies from asking. I hope you have success.
Run for president. You got my vote.
If no one takes you in you could always run for president
You should run for president.
You apparently can become the president of the United States with a felony conviction, so just keep that in mind. The current one has 34
Run for president. Your honesty has my vote.
Welcome to the Real World. Decisions have Consequences. Keep trying to find a way.
The only difference between a Successful person and an Unsuccessful person is the Successful person never gave up trying.
You have to become a small business owner. If others won’t hire you there is one person that would – YOU! There are tons of things you can do. You can be a house cleaner, you could be maid, you could sell shit on eBay and Amazon. If there are janitorial companies in the area – they hire ex convicts all the time. If you are trying to get into white collar jobs you may have to wait a while but as far as blue collar work goes – you can do it.
I run a business and have hired several people with felony records. As long as it’s a non violent felony I really don’t care about it. I look at the person, not their past. I give everyone a chance.
I’m in law enforcement and decidedly pro law and order but once a person has done their time, we should as a society do everything in our power to make sure that person can move on with their life and that includes gainful employment.
Apply at Dave’s Killer Bread
Have you tried running for the president of the United States?
You could run for president