Ronald L Krannich – författare

Originally published as The Ex-Offender''s Job Hunting Guide (2005), this ground-breaking book offers sound re-entry employment advice for those with red flags in their backgrounds and those who may appear unemployable. Indeed, finding a good job is the number one challenge facing thousands of ex-offenders entering the free world each day. In fact, the United States is the world''s most "arrested society" -- 707 of every 100,000 people are locked up; nearly 12 million people circulate in and out of prisons, jails, and detention centers each year; 2.2 million are incarcerated in state and local prisons; 5.5 million are on parole or probation; and 70 million have an arrest or conviction that may appear as a red flag in their background.

Successful re-entry is especially difficult for those who have lost everything, including hope and optimism. Without a decent job and support network to help meet immediate food, housing, transportation, and health care needs, and often saddled with onerous financial obligations (fines, restitution, child support payments, accumulated debts), many ex-offenders fall back on old dysfunctional habits, relationships, and temptations that lead them back to prisons, jails, and detention centers.While many employers may not want to hire someone with a criminal record, others are willing to give ex-offenders a second chance and help them get back on their feet and move ahead with their lives. In fact, we live in a society that both admires and supports people who can pick themselves up, transform their lives, and go on to achieve their dreams.

But what should ex-offenders do in order to land a good job? Where should they go to find a job they do well and enjoy doing? What strategies work best for them? This book provides important answers to many re-entry questions facing ex-offenders. Beginning with an examination of 20 myths/realities and 22 principles for success, one of America''s leading employment and re-entry experts reveals 10 steps to job and career success:

1. Examine and change your attitudes

2. Seek assistance and become proactive

3. Select appropriate job search approaches

4. Assess your skills and identify your motivational pattern

5. State a powerful objective

6. Conduct research on jobs and communities

7. Write effective resumes and letters

8. Network for information, advice, and referrals

9. Develop winning job interview skills

10. Negotiate salary and benefits like a pro

He includes two special chapters – (1) how to survive and prosper on the job as well advance your career, and (2) how to best navigate the electronic world (increasingly an important life skill) after spending so much time behind a prison firewall!

Rich in insights and filled with practical examples, exercises, self-tests, and resources, here''s the book that can make a big difference for ex-offenders and those who assist them. It shows them how to contact employers who will want to hire them because of their unique talents, positive attitudes, and strong employer-centered motivations. Best of all, they learn how to find a job they both do well and enjoy doing as they go on to living a new and productive life centered around work, family, and community. Foreword by Joyce Lain Kennedy.

Many ex-offenders have difficulty finding stable jobs that lead to promising futures. Most lack information about opportunities appropriate for their red flag backgrounds. Once released, they often stumble from one low-paying and insecure "hard labor" job to another. Many have difficulty finding satisfying work and keeping a job for long. Unable to adequately support themselves as well as fulfill court-ordered financial obligations, many soon get into trouble that leads them back into prisons and jails. Not surprisingly, much of today''s high recidivism rate (60-70%) directly relates to the issue of ex-offender employability and the ease of violating terms of release (fail to meet parole officer and/or pay child support). What they most need is a GOOD JOB to jump-start their new life!

Here''s the first book to examine jobs suitable for ex-offenders. Profiling 101 opportunities that are relatively open to people with not-so-hot backgrounds, this upbeat book gives renewed hope and direction to ex-offenders who are uncertain what they want to do, can do, and will do in the free world. It profiles 13 categories of jobs and occupations:

- Construction trades and related jobs

- Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

- Science, moth, engineering, and technology jobs

- Production occupations

- Transportation and material moving occupations

- Travel and hospitality jobs

- Computer and Internet jobs

- Health and medical care jobs

- Sales and related jobs

- Sports, entertainment, and media jobs

- Office and administrative support jobs

- Military, government, and nonprofit jobs

- Starting a business

Examining most jobs in terms of employment outlook, nature of work, working conditions, education and training requirements, expected earnings, and recommended resources, the book serves as a handy directory for exploring numerous job options appropriate for ex-offenders. Includes summary charts of today''s best jobs and separate chapters on transitional employment experiences, job restrictions on ex-offenders, and internal and external barriers to employment. The message throughout is very clear: Ex-offenders ARE employable. Given the right informational tools and an action plan, they CAN become successful. The perfect book for creating a new future filled with freedom, purpose, joy, and prosperity!

Shows ex-offenders how to craft outstanding resumes and letters despite red flags in their backgrounds. Includes more than 60 examples written by professional resume writers for ex-offenders. Addresses employment questions, disclosure, mistakes to avoid, employment gaps, prison work experience, resume formats, objectives, letter composition, distribution, follow up, evaluation, attitude, motivation, and much more. Includes rich appendices with worksheets, sample action verbs and personality descriptors, tips on dealing with the digital world, and re-entry assistance for ex-offenders.

This book offers seasoned re-entry employment advice for those with red flags in their backgrounds, including felony convictions. Without a decent job and support network to meet basic food, housing, transportation, and health care needs, and often saddled with onerous court-mandated financial obligations, many ex-offenders soon revert to old dysfunctional habits, relationships, and temptations that lead nearly 70 percent back to prisons and jails within three years of release. The book provides frank answers to many important re-entry questions facing ex-offenders. It begins with 20 myths/realities and 22 principles for success and then examines 10 key steps for job and career success, from changing attitudes and assessing skills to writing resumes, networking, and interviewing. It includes special chapters on job survival and navigating today’s new electronic world – a scary and challenging place for many ex-offenders who have been locked in cages behind America’s biggest fire walls.