I work for a reputable background check company and have done so for over 8 years.
That being said, we never report dismissed cases as it’s not ethical to do so and virtually all of the employers I work with don’t take dismissed cases into effect.
Honesty is always the best policy and employers don’t like to be suprised, but I see nothing that should harm you in any way. Should adverse action be taken, contact your attorney right away (or as soon as he gets back from vacation).
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Unknown User 007
May 5, 2011 8:08 pm
Expunging Your Criminal Record
Calling all Attorneys!
In California I have 2 items I would like to have expunged from my record which show up when I apply for a job and they run my finger prints.
#1 Petty Theft from 1988 (shoplifting, couple rolls of 35mm camera film) convicted, time served, 1 day in county jail then released. I was 18 years old then now 39 yrs. old).
#2 In 1991, originally charged for a DUI, I retained the services of a lawyer and was reduced to Exhibition of Speed, got 3 years of probation, cleared with no problems.
Brief case description: I was returning from a birthday happy hour party with a couple of brinks in me (not drunk or anything like that) and was driving on freeway with friend following me and she got into a car accident a few feet behind me, I then stopped to help out, no injuries, but her car was totaled. I then waited for her to clear-up situation with CHP and then a CHP Officer approached me and did a sobriety test and noticed I had been drinking, he then took me to the local jail and they kept me their till the next morning and let me go.
How difficult and what are pro possibilities of getting these 2 items expunged? Since the last item, I have not had anymore problems with the police, besides a couple of speeding tickets several years apart, but I guess those don’t count because they don’t appear on your criminal record, only on your driving record if you don’t go to traffic school, which I did do.
I plan to retain the services of an attorney to have these 2 items possibly removed.
Any comments, suggestions or advised will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks all.
Yes, all fees/fines were paid and probation of 3 year expired which initiated back in 1988 and the other back in 1991.
Thanks!
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pussers880
July 2, 2011 2:05 pm
Will you critique my resume?
I’m going for a job as a medical sales rep. I have a resume now, not sure how it looks, I would love an outside opinion. Thanks for your consideration!
Molly ********
408 Washington Street
*******************
(443) 310-*****
Objective:
To obtain a professional sales position, leading to management in the pharmaceutical and medical device sales industry, where my administrative experience, communication skills, and initiative can be utilized to increase sales and improve customer relations.
Anne Arundel Community College, 9/1999 – 5/2001
A.A. General Studies Transfer
Member of Phi Theta Kapa Honor Society
Experience:
Gee Cosper & Associates 2007 – present
Assistant to the President
• Performing a variety of detailed office administrative tasks, including developing daily office procedures
• Compose technical correspondence, including writing a variety of reports and materials from notes, research and source material in files
• Maintaining a complex filing system, including confidential material
• Preparing agenda and other materials, distributing as necessary
• Maintaining of records on office activities pertaining to personnel, purchasing, travel expenses and related activities
• Development and maintenance of our company website
Pusser’s Caribbean Company Store and Grille 2004 – present
Retail Sales Associate
• Operating a computerized point of sale cash register and inventory management system; including the accurate entering of sales information, receiving payment for products, processing credit card transactions, refunds, exchanges and voids
• Reconciling daily sales, prepare deposits, and produce end of day reports for management
• Actively engaging customers in conversation and assisting in the understanding, demonstration, description and selection of merchandise
Training Server
• Escorting guests to tables, cocktail preparation, wine service and sales
• Explaining the menu and special orders items to guests and cooks
• Providing a high level of quality customer service to patrons
• Training of new employees in customer service standards and procedures and use of computer systems.
Anne Arundel Community College, Academic Advising 1999 – 2001
Student Worker, front desk
• Answered telephones and gave information to callers, and transfer calls to appropriate individuals
• Scheduled appointments for students with certain advisors after determining their particular educational needs
• Greeted all visitors and callers, handling their inquiries, and directing them to the appropriate individuals according to their needs
• Operated office equipment such as fax machines, copiers and phone systems and used computers for word processing, spreadsheet and other applications
Jerome H. Markoff, Esq. 1999 – 2002
Legal Secretary
• Contacted clients on a daily basis, updating outstanding balances and court pleadings.
• Filed documents with courts and assisted in trial preparation
• Collected data and reviewed research materials, determined accuracy and validity of sources and appropriateness for use
• Typed and prepared reports or other written materials from source documents and transcription
• Received calls and greeted visitors, recorded and relayed messages, responded to requests for information
Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney’s Office, Summer 1999
Volunteer
• Assisted the criminal investigative unit by preparing and analyzing evidence for trial.
• Located and attached appropriate files to incoming correspondence
• Prepared and processed documents; reviewed for accuracy and completeness
• Maintained files and record keeping systems
References available upon request.
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mar c
July 5, 2011 2:53 pm
pretty good.I review apps/res etc weekly,Yours has just enough info that would make me read it,so many people put so much,I don’t even read them…..
1-phone nbrs…..home…..include a cell….
also never let a call from a prospective employer go to voice mail…
2-add your email address,many people,me included,paste resumes into files and respond to potential employee via email….
3-personalize your first sentence to the specific company and specific position….find out what that company calls that position…..it will make you feel like you are one of them;;;;
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Songbyrd JPA ✡
July 28, 2011 8:11 am
I am a California defense attorney, formally a prosecutor for 19 years. The fact is these should be easy to expunge under penal code 1203.4. Contact an attorney and get it done. This presumes you have paid all the fines and fees and the summery probation has expired.
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BBdiddily
July 28, 2011 10:51 am
Criminal Background Check results will this affect getting a teaching job?
I am in college and had to get a background check so that I can start student teaching. My identity was stolen 2 years ago and during that time someone got a credit card in my name and then used one of those “convience checks” that the credit card company sent to purchase something and the check bounced. The store that acceptted the check then had the local courts charge me with a simple worthless check misdemeanor because it was my name and social that opened the account. The case was dismissed before trial because the wrong person was charged. However it should up on my criminal record. This is the first time I have had to do something like this so I am not sure if the description from the background checkcompany would clear me from questioning from the teaching boards or not. See what you think. I pasted the description from the report below. There was no trial, arrests, warrants, fines, jail time, etc. The magistrated simply disposed the case based on the evidence that my attorney (who is currently away for a few weeks) provided about my identity theft and police reports, handwriting samples, etc.
January 21, 2011
5:18 pm
I work for a reputable background check company and have done so for over 8 years.
That being said, we never report dismissed cases as it’s not ethical to do so and virtually all of the employers I work with don’t take dismissed cases into effect.
Honesty is always the best policy and employers don’t like to be suprised, but I see nothing that should harm you in any way. Should adverse action be taken, contact your attorney right away (or as soon as he gets back from vacation).
May 5, 2011
8:08 pm
Expunging Your Criminal Record
Calling all Attorneys!
In California I have 2 items I would like to have expunged from my record which show up when I apply for a job and they run my finger prints.
#1 Petty Theft from 1988 (shoplifting, couple rolls of 35mm camera film) convicted, time served, 1 day in county jail then released. I was 18 years old then now 39 yrs. old).
#2 In 1991, originally charged for a DUI, I retained the services of a lawyer and was reduced to Exhibition of Speed, got 3 years of probation, cleared with no problems.
Brief case description: I was returning from a birthday happy hour party with a couple of brinks in me (not drunk or anything like that) and was driving on freeway with friend following me and she got into a car accident a few feet behind me, I then stopped to help out, no injuries, but her car was totaled. I then waited for her to clear-up situation with CHP and then a CHP Officer approached me and did a sobriety test and noticed I had been drinking, he then took me to the local jail and they kept me their till the next morning and let me go.
How difficult and what are pro possibilities of getting these 2 items expunged? Since the last item, I have not had anymore problems with the police, besides a couple of speeding tickets several years apart, but I guess those don’t count because they don’t appear on your criminal record, only on your driving record if you don’t go to traffic school, which I did do.
I plan to retain the services of an attorney to have these 2 items possibly removed.
Any comments, suggestions or advised will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks all.
Yes, all fees/fines were paid and probation of 3 year expired which initiated back in 1988 and the other back in 1991.
Thanks!
July 2, 2011
2:05 pm
Will you critique my resume?
I’m going for a job as a medical sales rep. I have a resume now, not sure how it looks, I would love an outside opinion. Thanks for your consideration!
Molly ********
408 Washington Street
*******************
(443) 310-*****
Objective:
To obtain a professional sales position, leading to management in the pharmaceutical and medical device sales industry, where my administrative experience, communication skills, and initiative can be utilized to increase sales and improve customer relations.
Education:
Towson University, 9/2001 – 5/2003
B.S. Sociology/Anthropology, Criminal Justice Concentration
Anne Arundel Community College, 9/1999 – 5/2001
A.A. General Studies Transfer
Member of Phi Theta Kapa Honor Society
Experience:
Gee Cosper & Associates 2007 – present
Assistant to the President
• Performing a variety of detailed office administrative tasks, including developing daily office procedures
• Compose technical correspondence, including writing a variety of reports and materials from notes, research and source material in files
• Maintaining a complex filing system, including confidential material
• Preparing agenda and other materials, distributing as necessary
• Maintaining of records on office activities pertaining to personnel, purchasing, travel expenses and related activities
• Development and maintenance of our company website
Pusser’s Caribbean Company Store and Grille 2004 – present
Retail Sales Associate
• Operating a computerized point of sale cash register and inventory management system; including the accurate entering of sales information, receiving payment for products, processing credit card transactions, refunds, exchanges and voids
• Reconciling daily sales, prepare deposits, and produce end of day reports for management
• Actively engaging customers in conversation and assisting in the understanding, demonstration, description and selection of merchandise
Training Server
• Escorting guests to tables, cocktail preparation, wine service and sales
• Explaining the menu and special orders items to guests and cooks
• Providing a high level of quality customer service to patrons
• Training of new employees in customer service standards and procedures and use of computer systems.
Anne Arundel Community College, Academic Advising 1999 – 2001
Student Worker, front desk
• Answered telephones and gave information to callers, and transfer calls to appropriate individuals
• Scheduled appointments for students with certain advisors after determining their particular educational needs
• Greeted all visitors and callers, handling their inquiries, and directing them to the appropriate individuals according to their needs
• Operated office equipment such as fax machines, copiers and phone systems and used computers for word processing, spreadsheet and other applications
Jerome H. Markoff, Esq. 1999 – 2002
Legal Secretary
• Contacted clients on a daily basis, updating outstanding balances and court pleadings.
• Filed documents with courts and assisted in trial preparation
• Collected data and reviewed research materials, determined accuracy and validity of sources and appropriateness for use
• Typed and prepared reports or other written materials from source documents and transcription
• Received calls and greeted visitors, recorded and relayed messages, responded to requests for information
Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney’s Office, Summer 1999
Volunteer
• Assisted the criminal investigative unit by preparing and analyzing evidence for trial.
• Located and attached appropriate files to incoming correspondence
• Prepared and processed documents; reviewed for accuracy and completeness
• Maintained files and record keeping systems
References available upon request.
July 5, 2011
2:53 pm
pretty good.I review apps/res etc weekly,Yours has just enough info that would make me read it,so many people put so much,I don’t even read them…..
1-phone nbrs…..home…..include a cell….
also never let a call from a prospective employer go to voice mail…
2-add your email address,many people,me included,paste resumes into files and respond to potential employee via email….
3-personalize your first sentence to the specific company and specific position….find out what that company calls that position…..it will make you feel like you are one of them;;;;
July 28, 2011
8:11 am
I am a California defense attorney, formally a prosecutor for 19 years. The fact is these should be easy to expunge under penal code 1203.4. Contact an attorney and get it done. This presumes you have paid all the fines and fees and the summery probation has expired.
July 28, 2011
10:51 am
Criminal Background Check results will this affect getting a teaching job?
I am in college and had to get a background check so that I can start student teaching. My identity was stolen 2 years ago and during that time someone got a credit card in my name and then used one of those “convience checks” that the credit card company sent to purchase something and the check bounced. The store that acceptted the check then had the local courts charge me with a simple worthless check misdemeanor because it was my name and social that opened the account. The case was dismissed before trial because the wrong person was charged. However it should up on my criminal record. This is the first time I have had to do something like this so I am not sure if the description from the background checkcompany would clear me from questioning from the teaching boards or not. See what you think. I pasted the description from the report below. There was no trial, arrests, warrants, fines, jail time, etc. The magistrated simply disposed the case based on the evidence that my attorney (who is currently away for a few weeks) provided about my identity theft and police reports, handwriting samples, etc.
Count: 1
Level of Charge: MISDEMEANOR
Charge: SIMPLE WORTHLESS CHECK
Plea: NONE REPORTED.
Verdict: NONE REPORTED.
Method of Disposition: VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL
Level of Conviction: NONE REPORTED.
Convicted of: NONE REPORTED.
Sentence: NONE REPORTED.
Fines: NONE REPORTED.
Cost: NONE REPORTED.
Restitution: NONE REPORTED.
Offense Date: 08-13
Trial Date: 09-15
Disposition Date: 09-12