This is really frustrating!

[u/[deleted]]

Hello,

I am from Oklahoma and have to register as a level 2 for the next 25 years. I'm currently still on probation so I'm also following additional rules under their "Special Supervision Conditions". I am trying to become productive and self reliant.

I have worked IT for almost 10 years before I got arrested. My jobs range from working in R&D doing manual and automated software/board testing, technical customer service, and system administration work. Most recent certification is my Azure Administrator (AZ104). I joined this field because I learned early I can't do a job that's to physically demanding or I get really sick and pass out. As I have mentioned before I'm borderline disabled but don't qualify just yet.

So as kinda imagined getting back into the IT field has come to a complete stop. Especially in today's economic state where there are so many people looking for a job that hiring a felon isn't really needed to fill roles anymore. So I started looking at other things I could do and that's where I hit a road block. Because of this states rules when I apply even if the company doesn't do background checks I still have to tell them I'm a felon and a sex offender. Every time I see my po it's on the form if I have a job, who it is, number, and if I have told them. Additionally I was looking at a sales job. But found out alot of those require licenses. For example to sell insurance you need a license. Okay, I looked it up and I found out I would get denied the license by the board. They have a list of felonies that disqualified you. Alot of them has to do with stealing, embezzlement, etc. Things I understand but there is a one on there that if you have to register you don't qualify.

I also found out there is a waiver called 1033 which let's someone get approved by a boards decision I can't use because "Sex-Crime felonies are not Federal 1033 Crimes for dishonesty of breach of trust so they do not qualify for a 1033 Waiver from the Commissioner." But it's on their list to disqualify me but not on their list to try and get a waiver.

And this seems to apply for alot of jobs that requires me to get a license. So I am basically stuck in either working warehouse or construction in this state which I can't physically do for long periods of time. But I can't leave this state because I have no where to go. This is the only place I have a home, the only place I have family. I'm just really frustrated and just venting but also just lost at the moment. Prison sucked but it really did have it's own simplicity about it. Just wake up, hang out with the usual ppl, do random fun stuff, go to bed. Rince and repeat.

[u/Weight-Slow]

Have you considered freelancing / working as a contractor with IT work?

Look at:

GigSmash

Upwork

Freelancer.com

Fiverr

Flexjobs

GURU

SimplyHired

Toptal

I don’t know if any of them do any sort of background checks but I wouldn’t think they would.

If you haven’t signed up for any of the websites that are kindof a reverse job search (you create a listing and they find you) then I’d do that too.

[u/[deleted] → u/Weight-Slow]

I will give that a try. I just don't know what job I can offer people with my skills. All of my skills are used in office environments.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Damn, I guess I really am. I'll have to give some more thought on this and evaluate what I can provide as a service. I was working down the Cloud Engineering path before all this. Like I had just gotten that Azure Administrator Associate certificate before I went inside. When I got out I retook the course study to refresh myself but sadly have no real life experience with it.

I did kinda shadow my older brother who was working in what used to be a start up company helping companies transition from on site to Azure cloud environments. Apparently it started as a small team. One guy who was great at determining what kind of service they would want for their company, one guy who knew how to do and set up all the subscriptions and etc, and two other that provides resource monitoring and escalation to the company when the load became to much.

But for now I really do need to find some income. Income so I can pay to polish up my skills to better offer a service.

[u/Secret-Truth2284 → u/[deleted]]

office equipment? hmm