Attorney David Coolidge: Job Seeking When You Have a Criminal Conviction

When you are applying for a job there is often a section on the application that asks about your criminal history. However, there is now a movement to “ban the box” and take these sorts of questions off of job applications in order to level the playing field. This is because so many people with criminal convictions have no chance at getting a job and therefore are thrust into unemployment, which makes them more vulnerable to becoming repeat offenders. http://davidcoolidge.org/Read less