A screenshot of a post emerged on social media showing a guy in the United States of America putting ‘drug dealer’ inside his working experience on his online resume on LinkedIn.
Note: This is not in Singapore
Resume
In the image seen of his resume, the job title which he put was ‘Drug Dealer, misguided talent, self employed’.
The working duration was from January 2009 – Nov 2010, one year and 11 months, from Florida, United States.
His job description and accomplishments include:
- Started with $500 and grew business to $8,000/mth revenue.
- Met and exceeded customer expectations.
- Successfully managed multiple suppliers.
- Successfully collected all receivables without the use of intimidation or violence.
- Closed down operations after being arrested and sentenced to prison.
His ‘cover letter’ adds:
“I used to sell illegal drugs and was good at it (thank got I was arrested). I keep this ‘work experience’ on my LinkedIn to show that formerly incarcerated people have valuable and transferable skills.
If your company is open to considering formerly incarcerated job candidates you should check out the company I’ve built *censored*. We help over 500 companies source, vet, hire and retain formerly incarcerated job candidates.
Everyone deserves a second chance!”
Here are what netizens think about his resume
- This is hilarious but honestly kudos to this guy for owning it and being this ballsy to set an example for formerly incarcerated people looking for work
- This is why it enrages me that people with records aren’t allowed to sell weed legally. They have the skills, the customer relations, and the knowledge… they went to jail for that. I’d hire this guy. Honest, and has creative thinking skills.
- I used to work with a gentleman who had been incarcerated. Towards me, he appeared to be such a calm, good guy and very remorseful of whatever he had done.
He wanted to get a job but he was so down over the fact he had a criminal record and felt there was no way anyone would hire him. I connected him to an employment agency.
In the 1.5 years I worked with him, his representative at the agency had changed 4 times and they had applied for an endless list of jobs and even volunteering positions.
Each time we would go through job ads and volunteering ads the requirement for a police check would throw him off. And the fact these previous applications were denied, this further discouraged him from trying.
I see the comedic side to this post but I completely respect what this guy is doing. There are those with a bad past who genuinely want to turn their life around.
When they try, and get denied over and over, it’s a huge slap in the face, and I worry it just redirects them back to the unhealthy habits. There needs to be more people and companies like this.