Joe,

I am so very sorry this has happened to you.

I know you will eventually find something, and I know you are not going to give up. Hang in there, my friend.

Boy, I hate this damn registry.

If there is any way I can ever help, message me.

rewdiazepam

Dumb registry!

Thanks, Rew. I don't plan to give up, but at the same time, I don't know what my next step will be. I suppose I'll go back to applying for jobs as I can. Hopefully something will pan out soon.

After I was arrested, for several weeks, I felt when I stepped outside that I was not really a part of the world. I was floating through a sort of Purgatorial Netherworld. I feel much the same way. I stepped outside and didn't know whether the world I was looking at was real.

Joe, sorry about the job issues. It is tough.

I'm sorry Joe, been there and done that :-(

I had a great job offer recently, it got far enough that I even told him my situation and he said he understood and felt bad for me. He said he would talk to HR and after the background check then he never got back to me. I called his cell and left him several messages, no response, apparently HR told him not even to talk to me.

We are here for you, keep your head up. Never stop believing in yourself. There is not much you can do then pick yourself off the ground and keep on applying for more jobs.

Sorry Joe

Sorry Joe. Praying for you.

Hang in there a better opportunity will be waiting for you. Believe in yourself and it will happen.

Although I am not an SO. I have been in the position where I have had a felony background. It sucks, this registry sucks. Hang in there. Pray for the right job to come to you. You have heard success stories on here before. It can happen to you too.

It does suck and I am so sorry Joe. It took my son about 3 years to get his first job after this mess. Not sure what works for others but here is what he finally did. usually major corps are not going to hire you. There are some and I know there was a list somewhere I saw once about companies that hire felons (but add in the RSO and sometimes that does not fly) - for instance, a major supermarket chain around here used to hire RSOs - then some idiot they hired decided to kidnap a woman that he was taking her groceries to the car and he killed her. Think they will hire another RSO? Not likely. Anyway, my son started asking for jobs at anyplace that was privately owned or franchised. he started networking and making friends. Many times these places do not do backgrounds but the sheriff office does do notification - so I always told my son to be upfront in the interview - a lot of people do not do this but I always figured if you do not tell and then they get the notice they will feel like you were hiding it. Sometimes it backfires but they would let you go anyway when they got the flyer so what difference does it make?

He finally got an interview with a corner store and during the interview told the manager (who by now was semi friends with my son) and the owner said everyone deserves a second chance and he got the job! Through working hard and making friends with the customers he got a 2nd job offer for a job that is a couple of blocks from the first job and pays more! he told that guy (privately owned storage facility) and he was ok with it. So just keep plugging away - it will happen but I advocate telling upfront.

Great point advocate, it is better to tell them upfront then to be constantly worried about what could happen.

Thanks, everyone. I've put in a couple more job applications...maybe one of those will pan out. I agree it's better to be honest. You might get a job regardless of a felony conviction or RSO status, and lying on a job application is probably just as - if not more - of a no-no.

I always used to put on the application I will talk about it in the interview, and leave the rest blank.

I was lucky that my husband was basically able to retire. I wish all of you guys could just get a government check! You deserve something for all of this harassment.

It seems like in other situations when a crime is committed like(murder,assault) a person is sentenced to prison and once he is released his time is done and over with but with us its like no one will let a RSO forget anything its like its brought up over and over again daily.