Criminal Records Employment

In the US, you're required to share information about past felony convictions on job applications and so forth, plus there are companies that specialize in tabulating that sort of information. So trying to start over by concealing your past is treated as inherently suspicious.

you could have something like the rehabilitation of offenders act from the UK. After sometime old convictions are spent and don't need to be declared to potential employers, even if they ask about them.http://hub.unlock.org.uk/knowledgebase/a-simple-guide-to-the...<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehabilitation_of_Offende

Not all "jail time", but yes, many convictions would preclude candidates from employment at my current company... and most of the previous ones.

I wish I knew about Last Mile. I'm going to reach out to them.For some context... see my only post https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18704252I have another account on HN with lots of karma, but I'm still terrified that if I talk about my past openly, it'll be career suicide.Here's the thing: you can "pay all your dues" to society, but if:a. your cr

> It's considered disqualifying for most jobs to be convicted of a crimeThis is not even remotely true.

That arrest can still see you barred from certain jobs: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-29784497

Absolutely would not bring it up.California has "ban the box" and as a practical matter:1. most "boxes" on employment application ask about Felonies not misdemeanors.2. I'm not an expert but the few times i've looked into it "criminal background check" is nowhere near as comprehensive as people think. it involves going to each county where you think the person resided and looking up records there. so according to you even if they thought to look

Some countries have a concept of a right to be forgotten. After a certain amount of time passes, information about criminal convictions is no longer public; disseminating such information is generally illegal; making employment decisions based on it is also illegal.It's not airtight, but it wouldn't need to be to alleviate the problem. It would restrict what mainstream background check providers could offer.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_be_fo

In my experience (interviewed a lot of people in 40 years in the software business), mostly you see DUIs, marijuana possession, and things like burglary or auto theft, vandalism, trespassing from way back when the candidate was a teenager or young adult. It would matter how far back the incident occurred and if the candidate only had one conviction rather than a pattern of repeated criminal behavior.I don't think someone should get penalized their whole life for a mistake, but multiple c

I'm not from the States - when this kind of thing happens, does it affect your future employment opportunities? Will it turn up on background checks?