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Study provides guidance on hiring ex-cons

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It’s a common HR dilemma: How much should a criminal record affect a hiring decision?

On one hand, most companies will find it hard to trust someone who’s been convicted of any crime. But if someone has the right skills and experience, should a non-job-related offense from several years prior change your mind?

The EEOC warns against using blanket policies against hiring candidates with criminal records, because minorities are convicted of crimes at higher rates than whites.

So what’s the middle ground? A new study by Carnegie Melon says convictions that are at least five years old pose little threat in most cases.

The study looked at the records of more than 88,000 convicts in New York who committed first-time offenses in 1980. Most committed new crimes within the first five years after their arrest. But those who stayed clean for five years had the same risk of arrest as the general population in the same age group.

That’s not to say once five years pass, you should ignore conviction information. But the study’s data, along with a case-specific analysis of the severity of an offense and how it relates to the job, could help companies answer a tough question

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