I am 25 and was just convicted of Misdemeanor Theft in Illinois. I have probation for 1 year. This is my first offense ever. Will this follow me if I where to move to another state for employment?

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• Most employers do ask actually, unless you're pulling weeds for minimum wage somewhere.

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  by gibbypoo on April 13th, 2009

• I have never been asked,and have had jobs that were a lot more involved than pulling weeds,some very important positions.

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  by jin jang on April 13th, 2009

• Of course employers should ask about criminal convictions. Most employers now do background checks so always disclose everything on an application. If you don't, and years down the road it is discovered that you lied on an application, this will be grounds for dismissal whether you are in an at-will state or not and whether you are working under a contract or not.
  
  Employers are charged with providing a safe workplace. You bet they better ask about criminal history!
  
  Mojem, unfortunately your conviction is one that goes to character and veracity and could hinder employment opportunities that involve handling money, confidentiality, etc. The good thing is that it is a misdemeanor and first offense and you're very young and should be able to overcome it with what you do from here on. Best of luck to you.
  
  Vision seeker, you may not have been asked but a background check was probably done prior to hiring you.

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  by Thriftymaid on August 5th, 2009

• From what I understand a company has to tell you if you are getting a background check.If a person has a conviction,they serve their sentence and have payed their debt to society.Are you saying that they should be continually punished afterwards by society and not given certain jobs,thus not even be given a chance???There is more than one way to look at a situation.

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  by jin jang on August 5th, 2009

• You do not have to give consent for a background criminal check. Criminal records are not secret. Yes, one would like to think that after serving a sentence it is over, but your past is not erasable (except in some juvenile situations). Also, in some states, and for some convictions, and after a statutory period of time, a conviction may be taken off of one's record upon filing the proper motion with the court. This is not automatic and in some cases all but impossible to accomplish. Convictions that do not go to veracity or bodily harm to a person are the ones that we most often see removed.
  It's not a matter of how you would like things to be, it is how our criminal justice system works. Crimes are by definition a wrong against society, therefore society will always have access to criminal records.

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  by Thriftymaid on August 6th, 2009

• Then there is something wrong with the system and it needs to be changed .So a person that serves a sentence for once smoking weed and a murderer are lumped into the same group.Neither will ever be free of their record even though they both paid their debt to society.Morally it is wrong to promise redemption or freedom on one hand and take it away with the other hand.

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  by jin jang on August 6th, 2009

• The system is exactly as it should be. Records of crimes are and should be public. If you read the above comment you will see the distinction made regarding crimes of moral turpitude and/or violence with crimes that do involve untruthfulness or bodily harm to a person.

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  by Thriftymaid on August 6th, 2009