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Employers caught in campaign to hire ex-cons

Businesses must comply with more restrictive rules on treatment of applicants with prior arrests and convictions, yet hiring someone with a record who commits a crime against a customer or colleague could leave them liable.

By Jeanna Smialek | Updated on January 31, 2014
Jan. 31 (Bloomberg) — Destinee Evans says she is striving to move past her 2010 marijuana trafficking conviction. The job market at first made that difficult.

After her October 2012 release following more than two years in prison, she applied for more than a half-dozen jobs. She landed a second interview with a telemarketer — and then the company checked her background. “They called and told me they didn’t need me,” said Evans, 24.

The U.S. population of former inmates has swelled after incarceration rates more than tripled over the past three decades. Meanwhile, job seekers outnumber openings 2.7 to 1, making it easier for employers to pass up marred resumes.

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