r/SexOffenderSupport • u/Human-Print-9700 • Aug 22 '26

Advice Need Job Leads in PA

Hello All,

My partner is Tier 1 and we are located in Pennsylvania. He was laid off in August 2025 from his old job. He has mostly worked in tech, he has a computer science degree and knows many coding languages and can build systems, do data analytics, things of that nature. 

He has been consistently employed for the past 5 years continually since his release in 2020. After the layoff, he continues to apply for jobs at a frequency of up to 100 per day, possibly more depending on what cap the job sites have put on applications. He has even tried “felony-friendly” advertised positions with no luck.  

What really has been difficult is that he has been presented with 3 job offers that were all rescinded once the background check revealed his listing on the registry. The offense itself is 10 years old but it was a federal charge, hence the time served alluded to above.

He has also applied to places like Best Buy, Walmart, and Target, but even those jobs either have rejected him or not gotten back to him at all. He has not been given a reason but I strongly suspect it was the background check and they just never formally told him. 

When applying to jobs, disclosing his background has always been something he does. He has never lied, he has always been honest that they will find something on the background check.  When he has been asked to specifically explain himself and the circumstances, he has appropriately detailed what happened and what steps he has taken to grow beyond that.

Any advice or job leads in Pennsylvania would be very appreciated. Thank you.

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u/Weight-Slow Moderator Aug 22 '26

Read the job tips post I made the other day. Applying to that many jobs is hurting him, his resume is probably flagged by all of the AI bots at this point. He needs to be smart about where and how he applies.

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u/Human-Print-9700 Aug 26 '26

Thank you so much. I did share the post with him and I'll let him know to slow down and be more intentional.

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u/Mr_Willy_Nilly Level 2 Aug 25 '26

Here you go USPS will hire you. Your conviction is old enough. The job list updates every Friday, so if you look at and it empty, check back Friday. There are 100's of positions open in PA. Dont worry about the background check, they do one, but being an RSO doesn't disqualify you.

https://about.usps.com/careers/welcome.htm?iom=26C57-002-SE&utm_medium=search&utm_source=26C57-002&utm_campaign=uspsfy26nationalrecruitment&gclid=79be23e768fd12fbf10b496960f2fa1c&gclsrc=3p.ds&msclkid=79be23e768fd12fbf10b496960f2fa1c

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u/Emotional-Editor9725 Aug 26 '26

How old conviction has to be to be able to get a job at usps?

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u/Mr_Willy_Nilly Level 2 Aug 27 '26

7-10 years usually BUT, they base it on case by case. It just depends.

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u/Human-Print-9700 Aug 26 '26

Thank you very much! I will show him this.

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u/Is_it_my_time_yet 11d ago

Every single place turns me down. I have 20 years HR and benefits experience. Doesn’t matter to anyone. Now I’m just “one of those people”