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<blockquote data-quote="Jabberwockey" data-source="post: 726479" data-attributes="member: 18238"><p>I apologize if what is about to be said comes off as harsh. Not trying to but I tend to get a bit aggravated with this since its kinda personal for me. I've worked in Corrections for over 25 years and have been facilitating the Employability Skills class going on three years and I can tell you with 100% certainty that just because an employer does a background check it doesn't mean that they wont hire felons. Wal Mart has no official policy one way or the other about hiring felons other than leaving it up to the individual store managers. That being said, if its a small store with a sporting goods section that's why she didn't pass the background check. Federal ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms) laws about felons in possession of or even around weapons prohibit a smaller store where employees could be required to work anywhere in the store from hiring convicted felons.</p><p></p><p>Many times I've had inmates tell me that if someone, convicted felon or not, can't find work its because they don't want to work. First off, go to the local...well, they're called Career Centers here. They are Federally funded so all states have them. Get on your states website and look at the jobseekers section and you should find a link on there for it. You will also find out a bunch of other employment information. I maintain a list of "Useful Websites" that I give out to any offender who asks for it and its currently around eight pages long. Pm me if you'd like a copy. Some are focused on our state and some are not.</p><p></p><p>If she isn't finding work, she doesn't want to work. Then again, as someone else mentioned, until she is stable on medications she probably wont be able to keep a job anyway. [USER=17309]@Lil[/USER] and I used to have a friend who was bi-polar and she ended up on disability because of it. Long story short, she got a credit card in my wife's name, quit paying on the car loan my wife co-signed for and took the car and her gangster boyfriend to Florida. We haven't heard from her in years. We had to eat the car loan and swear out a warrant for her arrest to get out of paying for the credit card (easier than a lengthy court case) all because she went off her medications.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jabberwockey, post: 726479, member: 18238"] I apologize if what is about to be said comes off as harsh. Not trying to but I tend to get a bit aggravated with this since its kinda personal for me. I've worked in Corrections for over 25 years and have been facilitating the Employability Skills class going on three years and I can tell you with 100% certainty that just because an employer does a background check it doesn't mean that they wont hire felons. Wal Mart has no official policy one way or the other about hiring felons other than leaving it up to the individual store managers. That being said, if its a small store with a sporting goods section that's why she didn't pass the background check. Federal ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms) laws about felons in possession of or even around weapons prohibit a smaller store where employees could be required to work anywhere in the store from hiring convicted felons. Many times I've had inmates tell me that if someone, convicted felon or not, can't find work its because they don't want to work. First off, go to the local...well, they're called Career Centers here. They are Federally funded so all states have them. Get on your states website and look at the jobseekers section and you should find a link on there for it. You will also find out a bunch of other employment information. I maintain a list of "Useful Websites" that I give out to any offender who asks for it and its currently around eight pages long. Pm me if you'd like a copy. Some are focused on our state and some are not. If she isn't finding work, she doesn't want to work. Then again, as someone else mentioned, until she is stable on medications she probably wont be able to keep a job anyway. [USER=17309]@Lil[/USER] and I used to have a friend who was bi-polar and she ended up on disability because of it. Long story short, she got a credit card in my wife's name, quit paying on the car loan my wife co-signed for and took the car and her gangster boyfriend to Florida. We haven't heard from her in years. We had to eat the car loan and swear out a warrant for her arrest to get out of paying for the credit card (easier than a lengthy court case) all because she went off her medications. [/QUOTE]
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