Comments on: How would one write an effective resume after 11 years of incarceration? http://www.ansarasra.org/incarceration/how-would-one-write-an-effective-resume-after-11-years-of-incarceration Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:32:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: rafferty http://www.ansarasra.org/incarceration/how-would-one-write-an-effective-resume-after-11-years-of-incarceration/comment-page-1#comment-7053 rafferty Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:38:59 +0000 http://www.ansarasra.org/incarceration/how-would-one-write-an-effective-resume-after-11-years-of-incarceration#comment-7053 You make a section called Work History and write a paragraph (or several bullet points) then another called Experience and another Training. However, the question will arise as to where you worked last, why you left and the real kicker is going to be "have you ever been convicted of a felony". Are there programs near you who help released prisoners? Often they have work details that are sort of a temporary job. The empoyer tries you out, so to speak, and if they like you and your work, they hire you. Then you don't have to dodge the questions about your past. Check with the local probation department for phone numbers that will assist you. Good luck. I hope it all works out for you.<br><b>References : </b><br> You make a section called Work History and write a paragraph (or several bullet points) then another called Experience and another Training.

However, the question will arise as to where you worked last, why you left and the real kicker is going to be "have you ever been convicted of a felony".

Are there programs near you who help released prisoners? Often they have work details that are sort of a temporary job. The empoyer tries you out, so to speak, and if they like you and your work, they hire you. Then you don’t have to dodge the questions about your past.

Check with the local probation department for phone numbers that will assist you. Good luck. I hope it all works out for you.
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]]> By: Mutt http://www.ansarasra.org/incarceration/how-would-one-write-an-effective-resume-after-11-years-of-incarceration/comment-page-1#comment-7052 Mutt Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:55:59 +0000 http://www.ansarasra.org/incarceration/how-would-one-write-an-effective-resume-after-11-years-of-incarceration#comment-7052 Leave off the dates and emphasize your skills and abilities. Basically the same thing a stay-at-home parent would do when they are ready to go back to work. The conviction will come out eventually, but you can at least try to get your foot in the door before it does. If you do get in for the interview, you then will have to prove that what you did was a mistake and you learned your lesson from it.<br><b>References : </b><br> Leave off the dates and emphasize your skills and abilities. Basically the same thing a stay-at-home parent would do when they are ready to go back to work.

The conviction will come out eventually, but you can at least try to get your foot in the door before it does. If you do get in for the interview, you then will have to prove that what you did was a mistake and you learned your lesson from it.
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