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New life, new job

Published on April 11, 2008

Karl came to the Center to find help. He’d vacated his criminal record three years earlier only to find that it was still showing on his record and preventing him from getting certain jobs, including one he cared deeply about. The Center sent a copy of the order vacating his record to the Washington State Patrol so they could update his record. Copies of the order were also sent to the local background check agencies so they could update his file. When this was completed, one of the background companies sent the information to the business where Karl had so badly wanted to work. Now he does work there, and is a full-time employee.