Gabriel Mizrahi

And it prevents employers from asking you about your criminal history before interviewing you, before offering you a job.

So if the company uses a third party to obtain any kind of report, your company has to let you know in advance in writing and you have to give your permission also in writing.

So the job offer is contingent upon quote unquote passing the background report.

And if the employer decides that there's something on the report that poses a liability or is against their standards, they have to notify you that the job offer is on hold.

Joanna said that you are then given a reasonable amount of time.

Sometimes it's like five days to respond, to provide proof if there are any errors or issues, and then the employer will decide whether to move forward.

Joanna's advice, you should prepare in advance for this time.

The way this would go is you'd get an offer, you would decide if you want to accept it, the pre-employment process would begin, and you should ask what their hiring standards are, what they're looking for.

They might say that they disqualify all candidates with felonies, or they might say that it depends on the charge and how long ago it was and what the severity was.

That's when you can say that you have a felony on your record from 22 years ago, that it's in the past, that you have no other charges, that your conduct from that point forward has been totally on the up and up.

So bottom line, get the offer, make them fall in love with you, and then deal with this piece of your backstory if necessary.

So this letter might in fact be about whether to fully own his story and what that would mean for him, for his career, for his whole sense of self, honestly.

Corbyn made a really good point.

He said that even though society is not generally very sympathetic to ex-cons, attitudes are changing at least a little with some people.

To quote him here, if you're constantly getting blackmailed over this conviction, it might be time to lean into that responsibly.

Look, we're hearing from a guy who does not shy away from taking accountability for what he did, right?

He's not publicizing it, but he has been very intentional about learning and growing, being an upstanding person who's very different from his 22-year-old self.

So I do wonder whether being upfront with people about his past would be the last mile, so to speak, in taking full accountability here.

So Corbin respectfully suggested not referring to this whole event as a mistake.

We know what you mean.