09/19/2012A new survey has found that hiring managers and recruiters believe it is easier to place a candidate who has a job -- but who also has a criminal record -- than a person who has been unemployed for more than two years.Bullhorn, the recruiting software company, conducted an anonymous sur...
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Oct 2, 2012Contrary to perception that having a criminal record can impede chances of getting a job, more than half (51 percent) of the companies in the US have hired such people, a new survey has said.Also, hiring managers at nearly two-third of the US companies believe that such persons should ...
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This is a list of companies that hire felons and ex-convicts. Getting a job after prison can be tough; here is a list of companies known to hire ex-cons and felons in addition to their regular new hires. Businesses that employee felons give many ex-cons the chance to continue their rehabilitation...
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Work opportunities provide hope and a chance for achieving success to newly released Federal ex-offenders. Employers are encouraged to participate in creating opportunities to help individuals become law-abiding, productive citizens. Many ex-offenders are willing to start in minimum wag...
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The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) is a Federal tax credit incentive that Congress provides to employers for hiring individuals from certain target groups who have consistently faced significant barriers to employment. The main objective of this program is to enable the targeted employees to ...
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Directory of State Bonding Coordinators Updated: (01-04-12) ALABAMA Ms. Sherry Clark Bonding Services Coordinator Alabama State Employment Service Industrial Relations Building, Rm. 2805 649 Monroe Street Montgomery, AL 36131 334-242-8039 334-242-8585 fax ALASKA Mr. J. Allan MacKinnon Bondi...
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Georgina Walker has seen enough of the inside of a prison cell to know she never wants to return to jail — yet more than one year after being released from prison, Walker is unemployed, struggling to make ends meet and rapidly returning to the point of desperation that drove her to turn to crime ...
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 'Habeas corpus' /, Latin for "you [shall] have the body," is the name of a legal action or writ by means of which detainees can seek relief from unlawful imprisonment. The Suspension Clause of the United States Constitution specifically included th...
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By Shewanda Pugh, eHow Contributor Parolees often return to outside life without the necessary skill set to obtain viable employment. Parolees and ex-convicts in general encounter difficulties in obtaining employment for a number of reasons. Some are based on practical components centering on...