I can’t tell the truth approximately my dismissal from my first job without mentioning the conviction,which I am no longer required to do
Twice a week we publish problems that will feature in a forthcoming Dear Jeremy advice column in the Saturday Guardian so that readers can offer their own advice and suggestions. We then print the best of your comments alongside Jeremy’s own insights. Here is the latest dilemma – what are your thoughts?More than five years ago I incurred a criminal conviction that understandably made applying for jobs an exceptionally difficult task. It was not a dishonesty offence or anything that would be problematic for the sort of jobs I have gone for. However, when it happened I was in my first job and I was dismissed for extreme misconduct as a result of my arrest. (It was nothing I did at work, or but my employer considered it extreme misconduct external of work.)Continue reading...
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