Out of Trouble, but Criminal Records Keep Men Out of Work
Title of the article is “Out of Trouble, but Criminal Records Keep Men out of Work”, by just looking at the title what it means to me is people are out of prison or out of trouble from crimes, but criminal records affect them a lot from job hunting, they could hardly get a job. What I already know about this subject? I know it is very hard for people who have criminal records to get a job, employers often worried people with criminal records may create trouble later on and they tend not to hire any of them or perform background check to eliminate applicants with criminal records throughout the hiring process. However, there is a lot of campaign who helps people just out of prison to find jobs in Asia, I believe there are similar programs in Canada to help people in this situation. I agree with the main idea of this article, people are in difficult situations and they could hardly maintain their living, without a job they can hardly support themselves and government should be aware and provide more job opportunities and help for them.
Article provide different real life examples to show how people with criminal records are having a hard time finding jobs, even fast food stores are not hiring people with criminal records. Nowadays with internet and technologies, it is not hard to perform background check on applicants and everyone who apply for jobs which makes it harder for people with criminal records to find a job, most of them get eliminate from beginning hiring process when company have software to run background check during the process. From the article “Employers, of course, have always taken an interest in the histories of prospective employees. Banks do not want to hire embezzlers; trucking companies do not want drunken drivers. Schools and security companies don’t want to hire criminals of any