Can a Felon Work for The Government?

Most of the countries allow the persons with a felony conviction to work for the federal government jobs. But there are some positions which will not allow a person with a felony can’t work for them. Most the jobs which disqualify the felonies are related to the justice and law enforcement jobs.

For example, in the US the FBI department will not allow the felons to work for them. The website of FBI has a list of disqualifiers, which mainly includes the conviction of a felony.

How to apply for government job if the candidate is a felony

When the person with felony applies for the government job, then it is essential that he or she should include the needed details about his or her criminal history on the application. The hiring agency can also want to determine the candidate for if any specific prohibition is currently in force.

There are two examples who get clearance granted with the felony convictions. One is the applicant has received an aggressive driving charge which was the reason for dismissed in apply for the government job. Later he was arrested for a reckless driving and disobeying the law enforcement officer.

Here he is considered as a second-degree felony and during the probation, completed with 100 hours of community service. He has been driving 20 years without any incident when he applies for the government job. He needs to mitigate the criminal conduct and personal conduct concerns for the security clearance, then the clearance was granted.

Another example is the applicant who has cleared the application. She is charged with the possession of a narcotic controlled substance and driving with intoxicated. Because of she had no previous history of drug or alcohol abuse and also she has not previously arrested before and after this incident, so only she was approved for the clearance.

When the felons try to apply to federal jobs, except the areas of law enforcement and justice fields, first they want to review the agency requirements and also check for the disqualifiers. If there are no disqualifiers, apply for that jobs.

The government has allowed the felons to work for even in the army with some restrictions, and allow to work in the construction field, restaurant business, photography filed, hospitality field, engineering fields. And also allow starting an own business. So there are many opportunities for the felons.

If you want a detailed list of companies that allow ex-felonies to work with, visit JobsThatHireFelons.org. We found something helpful there.

Another article about this topic: U.S. to Curb Queries on Criminal Histories of Government Job Seekers - by NyTimes.com.