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| RI Convicts Can't Find Jobs |
| By projo.com |
| Published: 08/16/2010 |
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Tara L. Freeman knew the moment. From experience. She’d gone to Gillette Stadium with three friends, four among hundreds looking for jobs at the Patriots’ home turf. When Freeman’s turn came, the woman at the employment table was more and more encouraging as she went through Freeman’s application. “It’s ‘Yes, yes, yes, then, oh… wait,’ ” Freeman recalled when the reviewer hit the page where she’d noted her drug conviction. “ ‘What does this say? You have a felony?’ ” The woman was very nice, Freeman said, almost encouraging, but in the end, “she said, ‘I’d love to, but I can’t.’ ” If people with MBAs think it’s hard getting a job these days, try it with a drug conviction on your resumé, Freeman says. Read More. |
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