Employment for felons is difficult to find when you don’t have a lot of experience reading help wanted ads or job postings. There are a lot of unwritten rules and lingo you might not be aware of if this is your first time looking for a job or looking specifically for employment for felons. When […]

When you walk out of prison with your $200 in gate money, opening a bank account for felons is not often a top priority. That first $200 will go quickly, but you need to be looking to the future. Aside from your gate money, you might be getting a check for any money stored in […]

Who hires felons? That is a question I hear over and over in the job training and reentry programs I lead. It is a constant struggle to find out exactly who hires felons. Companies that do hire former offenders often don’t want to advertise that fact. They fear that their customers might not trust a […]

Finding good jobs for felons requires a good strategy. Like any other difficult task, spending a little time at the beginning to plan your actions will give you a much higher chance of success. The fact that you are reading this right now shows that you want to improve your position in life and want […]

Networking is the absolute most effective method for finding jobs for ex felons. As we discussed in our previous article on how others are finding jobs for ex felons HERE, between 40% and 80% of all jobs are filled through networking. Furthermore, that 40-80% of jobs filled from networking contain the majority of the most […]