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Why don't you just apply for a few positions and see what feedback you get?
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As I said before I've too many things from too many people over the years. And if you think for one second that an employer is not going to care about a misdemeanor arrest from 5/6+ years ago all because there was no conviction and it was expunged then you're fooling yourself.
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Throwaway888xxxx wrote: if you think for one second that an employer is not going to care about a misdemeanor
So why are you wasting your time on lost cause?
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: So why are you wasting your time on lost cause?
so you basically confirming that I have no chance at all now right? You could've said that from the start.
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No, I am not saying that at all. It is you who is saying it. Your obsession with this arrest from years ago is the ony thing stopping you from even trying to get a job. So please don't point the finger at us.
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I never said I was pointing a finger at someone, but why tell me I'm wasting my time on a lost cause then? It's the truth isn't it? What employer is going to care that I got an expunged arrest when in reality there gonna show me the door when they see I got arrested whether it was years ago or not?
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btw I found out today from my current employer ( I work at a grocery store) that they indeed do background checks and they question you if something was to come up on said background check. Since I wasn't questioned about my arrest when they ran a background check on me I'm guessing nothing didn't showed up.
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So the advice you were given was correct then - arrests do not show up. All background checks do is pull from aggregate data sources across the country. I'm assuming you are in the United States. If not, then tell us where you live.
If an American employer refused to hire someone who was arrested but never convicted, they would be subject to lawsuits. Hard to prove, but most large employers won't take the risk. It's a legal thing.
I think you are worried about nothing. Get some studies in and give it a go. If you can fog glass and look like a good candidate, it's just not going to be an issue.
Do you have any idea of how many people are working today with arrest records and misdemeanor convictions? About all of us. If you've been given 1 ticket - you were arrested - called a citation. Don't sign the ticket? Go downtown - most people (except for idiots on YouTube) sign the ticket.
Seriously, listen to what you are being told in good faith, and stop being paranoid or trolling the Lounge. Your pick.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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well for starters i am in America. Secondly, is this suppose to change my thought process of getting anything better? Think again.
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well then all my comments are dead on. Seriously, you weren't convicted, MOVE ON.
All of your comments are such that you're worried about what might happen. Has it already happened? Have you experienced this?
I'm not criticizing, trying to be an encouragement here. I've been a hiring manager before. I *know* I cannot ask those questions. If you came across to me as intelligent, willing to learn and not an a$$hole, I could work with that.
I'll give you an example. I had a young lady interviewing for a development job. One of the first things she brought up is if I or the corporation had anything against candidates with mental health issues.   Answer: no way I can answer that, I'm not a mental health expert (that was in my head). My real answer, "It's not relevant to the job interview." fyi - 2nd worst hire ever. Real basket case.
Get over yourself, get off your ass and learn something, and go do exciting things.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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You have no chance not because of a meaningless arrest, but because of your attitude. Simple as that.
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Throwaway888xxxx wrote: misdemeanor
So you not even a real criminal. Some minor offense? Did you smoke weed in a public building or so?
Ever considered moving to Europe? We pay a lot less, but none care about petty offenses. You wont be a cashier at a bank due to status. All others care not, just about what you could do.
You need not even be good at your work, you just need to be very willing. All else will follow, but that sounds easier than it is.
"Where there is muck, there is brass."
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I'm here.
And willing. Are you?
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Whether I am or no does it matter? I found out some information that's considered vital to me, but so what. At the end of the why should I believe I can do something that's out of my reach now?
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Throwaway888xxxx wrote: At the end of the why should I believe I can do something that's out of my reach now?
Out of reach, how? Wasn't most of the world out of reach before learning to walk?
You mean with "can do" landing a paid job? Mail a few potential employers, ask if they'd consider.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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that made no sense at all
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Why, oh why?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Oh yeah. This'll work well over RDP...
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That's about as useful as an elevator in an outhouse.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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Or a screen door on a submarine
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Or tits on a boar hog.  
"When you are dead, you won't even know that you are dead. It's a pain only felt by others; same thing when you are stupid."
Ignorant - An individual without knowledge, but is willing to learn.
Stupid - An individual without knowledge and is incapable of learning.
Idiot - An individual without knowledge and allows social media to do the thinking for them.
modified 19-Nov-21 21:01pm.
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Or a kickstand on a tank
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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// install
// activate
// TODO: work
veni bibi saltavi
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