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Getting Outside the Box -- Should a criminal record mean a life sentence of unemployment?

Most people, when filling out a job application, accentuate the positive. The internship you spent getting your boss coffee gets described as "provided vital support to core members of the team"; your reason for leaving your last job is not "because I hated it," but "I wanted to explore other exciting opportunities." But for the nearly 12 million Texans with criminal records, there's one question that's not so easily spun: Have you been convicted of a crime? [read the full story here]

Austin Chronicle, Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Tags: General, Texas
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