06 Nov
Posted by Administrator in Quality Management
I am a recovering (female, 29) alcoholic. I am starting to attend college and have not decided a career path. I am thinking along the lines of office management, HR, or water quality. What types of things am I limited from doing? Can I work for the county or the government?
I’m sure it will be very difficult finding a job that involved driving. But basically it is up to the company to decide if they want to hire you with your record. Best to just be up front with them and ask if they have a policy against it before you even apply. They will probably find out anyway when they do a background check.
With most jobs this is not an automatic bar (DUI/FELONY). The federal government will consider the time lapse and whether you kept the record clean after the trouble with the law. What would bar you is if you withheld the information.
A good education will solve a lots of problems for you. This is what the focus should be. As to the idiot, who said you cannot run for office and all that. He is ignorant. There is this congressman in Florida; he use to be a Federal Judge, was impeached by the senate, later removed and convicted because he took bribes. Several years later, he ran and got into elected office (House/Federal). He is still there, wins every time. They can have their background checks, but if people elect them, that is the way it is.
I do not know of any job in the federal government, provided 10 years have passed from the date of conviction that would result in automatic bar. Most will offer you a job, if you have been clean for 5 years or so. The closer the date of conviction, however, stronger the scrutiny.
You see, the government believes that people can be rehabilitated, so long as there is evidence, in your case; education would be one important factor.
Study whatever you like, but be very good at it.
The easy answer and direct answer is: any job that does not involve social reputation as a foundation of the job, you could go into. Well what does that mean? There are clear areas, like public office. And there are gray areas, like being a teacher.
Any job that requires a skill to do, would be a great job for you to go into. Wedding planner, photographer, hair designer, accountant, lawyer, pharmacist technician, nurse.
That’s a pretty amazing list isn’t it? It’s just a list to point out the areas you could go into and give you ideas. Don’t hold back. Just expand on what you could do.
Clerical, office or skilled office work is an excellent choice. Companies that care about their employees these days actually send them to rehab. So hiring someone with a DUI conviction isn’t hard.
ONE POINT. Calling yourself a DUI felon is not correct. There’s really no such thing. UNLESS, and you really have to be specific in this area, we’re talking law here, gotta be precise: were you convicted of a DUI [ which is normally a misdemeanor ]; or were you convicted of a FELONY DUI [ where you killed someone with a car ].
One last point – remember if you’re ever going to party, just go in a cab and come home in a cab. Your life is just as important as everyone else’s. Worry about you getting home safe and not causing yourself danger and others danger.
Love, peace and chicken grease.
A felon can get their driver’s license… may be difficult in the case of a dui. I know at my company they won’t hire any one with a felony no matter what it’s from, no exceptions. It really is going to vary from company to company.
A convicted felon cannot run for office, get a license, get a security clearance, cannot vote, and a felony conviction is grounds for divorce.