Is it discrimination when felons have obtained a college degree & changed their life are overlooked for jobs?

It is a form of discrimination, it however is NOT illegal discrimination. You may have indeed paid your debt, BUT there's no way to know if you can be trusted again. Trust is earned and comitting a crime basiclly means you say "I can not be trusted". What type of jobs should a felon get? Cashier? No, no way of knowing if the money will stay in the drawer. Stocker? No, no way of knowing if the items will end up on the shelf or in a back pocket. Get the point? It's not that you will do that, but that there's is NO way of trusting that you won't.

While felons have "paid their debt to society" there are also consequences to our actions. People are given a second chance to live and work in society, but they must acknowledge the results of their past actions. God believes in consequences as well. For example, if someone gained a disability through sin, they can be forgiven of that sin through repentance, but the disability remains. This is not discrimination, but just another consequence of poor decisions.

No. Most companies require a clean back ground to hire you. Your past is not their problem and your record makes you a liability. They don't know you. So they are making a judgment on what little information they are gathering.

First of all, get over it. You've been turned down for employment. Happens to everyone. Take your college degree, and your skills to a lesser job for a while so you can live, then begin to figure out what you can create in the way of a business. Get motivated and start your own. Maybe someplace that hires people who have served their time and are having trouble finding work. I know prison doesn't seem like the ideal networking source, but all of us have families of some type or another. Contact people who have friends/relatives/spouses etc. who are inside. Tell them you don't want anyone else to feel the way you did when they told you they didn't need you and you want to help. I know, it's not fair...I know, they shouldn't be able to do it...I know, nobody will listen....I also know that it happens all the time....to a lot of people...people of color.....people who have different abilities....people of lesser stature......people of female gender.....you're in good company, some of the best of the best get discriminated against. Get it together, then hire their best away from them...it's the best way to show them you can do it. One more thing. Do you really want to work for a company that thinks that way? I know I wouldn't. Good Luck

legally, i dont know. but in my opinion....you paid your debt and tried to improve yourself but not all felons do while in prison. doing the time doesnt desolve what you did. trust has to be earned and is never given away lightly. not all felons can work just anywhere either. those questions are on the application for a reason. wouldnt hurt to explain your situation on a seperate sheet of paper when applying somewhere and also describe your improvments that you have made and the goals you have acheived since your inprisonment. but lets be honest sweetie,you broke the law..it takes time for people to trust again. try to keep a positive attitude and good things will come to you. good luck !!!

People look for anything to hold against you. It sucks that society judges people that way. It will continue on this way forever. My advise is to tell the employer up front about you're situation, tell them the steps you have taken to better yourself since then. If one turns you down keep going until you found one. Don't give up...There's someone out there who has been in you're shoes....Believe me.

it depends on the felony,but you are right if ex cons really wanna change,and be a member of society then i think there should be programs,or better programs to help people get on the right track,it is discrimination,strait up,and the more people like that,that are discriminated against,the more likely they are to go back into the system,because they have nothing better to do.i dont know of any good programs,good luck

~You are not an "ex-convicted felon". You are a convicted felon. You may have served your time but the record is permanent. By law, you are forbidden for holding certain licenses and types of employment. Were I an employer screening applicants, would I be more inclined to hire someone with a record or someone without a record. Well, everything else being equal, that's a real poser. You don't mention your crime (or number of convictions) or your age. I would give more consideration to someone with a minor felony conviction at a young age, but then I'd have to wonder if the person had a youthful offender adjudication before the felony and failed to learn anything from the experience. Anyone with multiple convictions would have proven himself to be a bad employment risk. That being said, yes, I agree people can reform. Would I put such a person in a responsible position or give him or her access to company funds, secrets or properties. Duh. Maybe if he or she started at the bottom and proved himself/herself over a period of years. Don't you wish you had had the sense to think about all this before you decided that you were above societies rules? Too late we get smart.

The legal answer is simple. No it isn't legally improper to refuse to hire a felon and ex-con. But from my own purely personal point of view I think it is a shame that you can't find someone who will give you a chance. I've hired people with criminal records, some who have committed very serious felonies, who have done their time. I won't say that some haven't disappointed me but most of them have proven to be very loyal, honest workers who were grateful for being given a chance to prove themselves. I hope you will keep trying, not grow discouraged, and that someone will have the courage and decency to give you a chance. Until then please remember whatever the hardship you must endure that you are, indeed, worthy. No one can take that from you but you. Be strong my brother.