Will an investment firm hire me with a retail theft arrest dismissed 10 years ago?
Retail theft misdemeanor 10 years ago and case was dismissed. Will a firm hire me with this on my record?
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If you are charged with a crime and it was dismissed what does that make you?
The court disposition says "stricken off" meaning the case was dismissed. I had my record checked through the FBI and the arrest shows up on my record but I was never convicted. My question is since I was not convicted what are my chances of being hired? Will they deny me employment for this? Again, it happened 10 years ago. Thanks.
I have only ever had to disclose crimes that I was convicted of. At the very worst you don't get the job.
Yea, the application asks about convictions but have been told to always disclose any criminal offenses that show up on a background report. Since I know it will, shouldn't I disclose it anyway?
So, I disclosed 2 hunting violations and was rejected when I hit submit. Both from the same incident when I was 18. If it shows up and they ask, you weren't convicted, so you did not disclose. Now, from my experience, I did the background check after the offer. Never brought up. So they may say "he was arrested for theft and the case was dismissed.". Maybe they rescind or maybe you get the job. Now, they are not going to show up on your doorstep with a job offer by you not applying.
So right now I am in the final stages of interviewing and from what it looks like they will be offering me the position. Yesterday I was asked to submit a complete application where it asks for employment, address, and criminal history. The criminal section asks about convictions (felony and misdemeanor). I am just paranoid if I don't disclose them, even though I know they are not convictions, it will show up on my background and I will look dishonest. However, if I do disclose then when I technically don't have to, it will hurt me from getting the position. What would you do?
I wouldn't, it was dismissed. You are not guilty.
It depends on what question is asked. I have had applications that have asked "Have you ever been charged with a felony/misdemeanor?" and others that have asked "Have you ever been convicted of a felony/misdemeanor?"
These are obviously very different questions, and it's usually pretty clear what is being asked...I wouldn't lie.
The question asks about convictions for misdemeanors. I know I should answer no to this question since this wouldn't be lying. But when they do a background check and my charge is uncovered will they rescind an offer for not disclosing this? Even though it wasn't a conviction? I have heard this happening before and just wanted to see if anyone had experience with this.
No, you'd be fine because you didn't lie. I have never heard of someone getting in trouble for saying they weren't convicted when they weren't. What I have heard of is having a conviction sealed, someone answering they weren't convicted and then getting in trouble.
Thanks everyone for the comments so far. Really appreciated. One more thing, let's say I take your advice and do not disclose the retail theft charge since I was not convicted. When they run a background check the charge will come up since I was fingerprinted. Would the firm view this negatively and rescind my offer? Would it be better to beat honest with them prior to background? Thanks
You seem to be asking the same question all over again, but just using different words. You have heard people's advice being not to disclose it, if your conscience can't handle it then simply disclose it at your own peril.
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