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How to handle felony disclosure on job applications

I got out six months ago and every job application asks about felonies and I just sit there staring at the checkbox knowing I have to destroy my chances before I even start.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The collision between legal transparency requirements and the human need for economic dignity creates a recursive trap of exclusion.

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