<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nThe story of Mr. Jay, an American citizen, convicted for Involuntary manslaughter in 2003 who was 21 when he drove drunk at night, lost control of his car, and killed his close friend. He was thereafter, sentenced to 38 months in state prison, and upon his release from prison have had nothing to show for over 8 years of job search.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said, he had several interviews and submitted more than 200 resumes for employments, which suffered denial after denial because he was an ex-con. This story represents the sad stigma bedeviling every American convict after serving his sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the midst of this horror, there has been a significant increase, in employer\u2019s willingness to employ felons, in their companies, with a recent survey done by the Society for Human Resources Management of over 2000 company managers and human resource personnel\u2019s showing that ex-convicts who found it hard to get employed, maybe having a better chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Big names in the American employment industry, like McDonald’s, Unilever, American Airlines, Facebook, Google, the US military, and a host of other companies, have shown readiness, and a change of attitude, to Ex-convicts\u2019 employment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the American government, presently encouraging this, by providing between 25 to 40% Tax credits to companies who hire and retain ex-felons, to reward them and increase the American Employment rate for felons. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n