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MEGA - Drug/Legal issues impacting school/job

The smart move is to get educated (Learn about the law, accounting and management) and start a business, and hire other ex-cons in your place.

What are your skills?
 
I knew this guy with serious felonies, ie. Grand Theft, Dealing in Stolen Goods, Assault & Battery. He is getting public assistance. They were trying to get him off benefits and he went to the job center where they were helping him get interviews. Whether or not a company would hire him or not is unknown, as he just doesn't want to work and never went to the interviews. You're in the states, right? You could try to get on food stamps and they will set you up with a caseworker. Can't hurt to try.
 
kaywholed said:
The smart move is to get educated (Learn about the law, accounting and management) and start a business, and hire other ex-cons in your place.

What are your skills?
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^ Exactly this. I have criminal record and when I was released I found a job right away through an employment agency. The company I worked for hired me after 3 months. The job didn't pay much. So, I went back to school and now I have my own business.
 
DrinksWithEvil said:
I'd like to make documentaries..
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Write a plan for that. Document your struggle, connect with other people (there are lots) who suffer from the same lack of any support post incarceration where the only option is recidivism.

let me know when you need a cinematographer.
 
You could make a documentary about the judicial system and how non violent felons are treated the same as violent felons. Think of something relevant in your life. Hell, do it now when you are young. If you wait till you are my age all you'll have is a tired jaw and a warm barstool.
 
Many do background checks. I can't get a job as an unarmed security guard or daycare worker here in Florida, because of my mental health (baker act) history. At least the schools were honest and told me not to waste my money on certification classes. For jobs not needing a state license, it might be easier to slip through. Then again, I applied for a job at Domino's pizza and they do background checks. The drug test I can handle but I have one charge for contempt of court last October but the judge dismissed it. Does that show as a felony, even if it was dropped?
 
DT free Career, or life.

muvolution said:
You should become a doctor or a lawyer and make a shitload of money. Think 120K+/ year.
it really depends what you are good at. Do you have a knack for finance and business? Human services? Physics, math and science? Art and design? Give us something to work with.

I can think of a wide range of jobs.
Math Analyst 70k+
IT Consultant 40-80k
University Professor 50k+
Architectural/ Engineering Drafter 50k+
Artist 0-500k+
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I'm interested in the behavior of the mind. What makes what tick, and why, how and when. it could be human or animal.
and I'm good with people. I'll be fine with 37k+ ill go with what ever college, kinda in a crunch. SB, Indiana.
 
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lysis said:
I dunno about education meaning no tests. I've only had 1 employer not drug test but this place is so fucked up and scatter brained they have no idea how to run an IT department.

You can't have some drug addict nodding off on your systems that cost you thousands of dollars every minute it's down. Most IT gigs drug test including ones that require a degree.
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This tends not to be true of Bay Area tech firms... :p

ebola
 
Yeah I'm so glad we don't have this insane practice in Canada. Here workplace drug testing is only allowed for safety sensitive jobs, like truck drivers, people working around heavy equipment etc. mostly industrial jobs. And in other cases it would only be allowed if the employer has reasonable cause to suspect that a person is using drugs and it is affecting their job performance. But then, if a person tests positive, it must be treated as a health issue, in fact employers are obligated to contribute to costs of helping an employee go to rehab, something like that. It's not grounds for firing unless the employee refuses to seek treatment or continues to have problems in spite of it and cannot perform their job.

I've read some newspaper articles about up in the oil sands in Alberta a lot of the companies have been pushing hard to institute tough drug testing policies (there is lots of drug use up in places like Fort McMurray) and there have been many challenges in court and they consistently rule against frequent drug testing in the absence of cause or suspicion of use affecting performance.
 
I really might move to Canada. From what ive heard the police wont arrest you if you have a personal amount of weed and jobs allow you your privacy unlike american employers.
 
Fun fact: Most doctors are CONTRACTED workers at hospitals (like hairdressers who rent a booth at a beauty salon), so they are hardly EVER drug tested! My friend's Dad was a heroin-addicted surgeon for years!
 
XTC_fiend said:
I really might move to Canada. From what ive heard the police wont arrest you if you have a personal amount of weed and jobs allow you your privacy unlike american employers.
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what weed laws? lol

never met anyone who's been drug tested at work. i didn't even know this existed until i started lurking BL. nobody cares what you do in your spare time, as long as your work performance isn't affected.
 
I do home health care, but my situation is a little different, I was chosen by my patients son and daughter in law to care for her, but I don't think they drug test. I didn't get tested anyway. I really only took this job because I needed one really badly.I wasnt entirely sure that I could handle this job to be honest. Thought I would have issues with wipin a grown persons behind. But in the year i been caring for her i've not gotten sick one time, n only gagged 2 or 3 times. Way better stats than i thought id have. But in the year that I have been taking care of her I have learned moreabout Alzheimer's Parkinson's and wound care than i ever thought possible. And now im thinkin i wanna get my l.v.n. lisence (step below r.n.) n become a wound care specialist. I love helpin people so any kind of nursing is pretty much right up my alley, but wound care or phlebotomy will probably b what i end up doing.
 
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