Post by Val on Jul 22, 2012 9:19:38 GMT
Hi everyone,
I'm new to this forum and have searched and searched, but can't find any answers to my questions, so I am hoping someone out there can help me.
After a long wait, I finally have an interview scheduled in Houston and I am really excited about it. However, with that excitement comes a major case of jittery nerves, and here's why:
I have two DUIs on my driving record. They are both in the last 10 years and prompted me to quit drinking about 4 years ago. I am not an alcoholic, but I was a very irresponsible drinker,and after the second DUI and subsequent mess to my personal life, I just quit drinking entirely.
Second, after a 10-year period of successful self-employment, when the economy crashed several years ago, so did my business. It couldn't rebound and I ended up filing for bankruptcy.
And now I am really nervous that the DUIs and bankruptcy could cost me this job opportunity if it is offered to me. There's nothing I can do but tell the truth and do my best to explain things, but I am afraid that it just looks so bad on paper that I may be screwed.
Can anyone out there tell me if they ever had either of these situations and if they still got hired?
Thanks in advance,
Val
I'm new to this forum and have searched and searched, but can't find any answers to my questions, so I am hoping someone out there can help me.
After a long wait, I finally have an interview scheduled in Houston and I am really excited about it. However, with that excitement comes a major case of jittery nerves, and here's why:
I have two DUIs on my driving record. They are both in the last 10 years and prompted me to quit drinking about 4 years ago. I am not an alcoholic, but I was a very irresponsible drinker,and after the second DUI and subsequent mess to my personal life, I just quit drinking entirely.
Second, after a 10-year period of successful self-employment, when the economy crashed several years ago, so did my business. It couldn't rebound and I ended up filing for bankruptcy.
And now I am really nervous that the DUIs and bankruptcy could cost me this job opportunity if it is offered to me. There's nothing I can do but tell the truth and do my best to explain things, but I am afraid that it just looks so bad on paper that I may be screwed.
Can anyone out there tell me if they ever had either of these situations and if they still got hired?
Thanks in advance,
Val