I had my record in Ohio expunged but when fingerprinted for a daycare center job in Georgia I received an unsatisfactory letter from the hiring agency. I am a retired certified teacher. What can I do?
Answer
Move on and apply elsewhere. With modern technology, expungements are becoming far less useful than before. Broad database searches mean employers will sometimes match your name to old news accounts, arrest and jail record sites from outside the state and federal system, etc. Additoionally, expungements do not erase a record - it remains, but is accessible for certain categories of searches (for example the police and courts can see the expunged case, and certain background checks will pull it) You cannot unring a bell. (One detail: do check and make sure that your expungent order was properly carried out in official records.)
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