Ex-Convict Hire Hurdle Draws U.S. Suits Against Employers

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-31/ex-convict-hire-hurdle-draws-u-s-suits-against-employers.html


Ex-convict Archmiguel "Arch" Murphy left prison for the sixth time in 2010

Destinee Evans says she is striving to move past her 2010 marijuana trafficking conviction. The job market at first made that difficult.

After her October 2012 release following more than two years in prison, she applied for more than a half-dozen jobs. She landed a second interview with a telemarketer -- and then the company checked her background. “They called and told me they didn’t need me,” said Evans, 24.

The U.S. population of former inmates has swelled after incarceration rates more than tripled over the past three decades. Meanwhile, job seekers outnumber openings 2.7 to 1, making it easier for employers to pass up marred resumes.

As companies including Target Corp. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. remove questions about criminal history from applications, state and local governments are passing laws that could help ex-offenders get job interviews.

[JJChambers]

1. I don't see the issue

All other things being equal, why should an employer ever hire a convicted felon over a person with a clean record? Until our economy is chugging ahead full steam, until the middle class is growing instead of shrinking, and until there is competition by employers for employees and not the other way around, felons will have a tough time finding work.

And I just don't care. Consequences can be difficult. The gentleman in the article, who apparently went to prison at least 6 times, gets not one iota of sympathy from me regarding his job search. The upstanding citizen who worked hard in school, went to college, and is unemployed because the 1% are still shitting on the 99% is the person who gets sympathy from me.

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2. you are a prime example of the "I got mine and screw you crowd"

[JJChambers]

3. That's not my crowd!

I'm a member of the actions have consequences crowd. Why should someone who has made poor choices and is a convicted felon be employed before one of the many hard working, upstanding unemployed citizens who haven't made poor choices and been convicted of felonies?

People need to think before they act. They need to think about how their actions will affect their victims and their own futures.

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4. To me it just screams poor decision making abilities...

Not one or even two.. But six...

I wouldn't trust her with round tip scissors. I'm not sure why it's a business owners responsibility to hire the stupidest among us when there are so many others who are capable.

Thanks but no...