employability with a drug felony

You should be calling companies to get their input...

 

Your best bet is to get in touch with the school/company you are interested in. They have the final say whether you are hireable or not. We do not make those decisions, so any info from us would be useless. We could give you a completely opposite answer from the school/company.

 

Welcome to the forum.Before attending school,contact companies and see what they say.Dont wait till youre in school in hopes you find someone thatll hire you because you could be wasting all that money.I don't see this to be a problem,8 yrs is along time ago but im not a company owner either.

 

I'd be willing to bet CR England will give you a shot, but I'd also imagine you probably know they are like scum on the bottom of a nasty river... but they have been know to give lots of convicted felons another chance. Good luck with the process!

 

The 1st 2 posters gave you great advice...I'll jump on the same band-wagon. I'm assuming you're in Illinois. Try and get some info on Community College programs in your area...then check-out different companies that are close enough for you to go and sit down in front of them..meet them FTF , and discuss any options that you may have as far as employment goes. You can also go fill-out on-line apps , but the FTF thing would be a much better indicator of you chances of employment opportunities. Good Luck!

 

Don't listen to the school,how would they know.They only say what you wanna hear for your money.If you have contacted companies and not getting an answer back will there u have it,those companies won't hire you with this type of felony.Have you contacted these companies by phone of just an application online?

 

Well, put your helmet on, cause there will be some people's here throwing rocks at you. I have two drug felonies from 22 years ago. I have my hazmat and tanker endorsements and my TWIC, almost thirteen years experience with no accidents, no tickets, etc. There are companies out there that will hire me, and others that won't touch me. You will probably never be able to go into Canada, and I'm not sure but you may need to wait over ten years before getting hazmat and TWIC, I hope somebody here with more knowledge on this subject will comment on that. There does not seem to be any pattern as to the companies that will say no. Some of them that say no way are bottom feeders, and some of the great companies out there say twenty two years ago no problem. Rather then tie your money up in a CDL school maybe you would be better off going to a company sponsored training, with a hiring commitment upon successful completion. Plan on hair follicle drug testing and keep in mind one dirty test and you will be done in this industry forever. I don't do drugs and haven't since before I got my CDL, but there are a lot of people that are going to look down on people like us for our past mistakes, and always give you that crap if you want grow and smoke your marijuana you shouldn't be on our roads with us. Good luck to you, I hope it works out.

Adam