“If you include in your resume that you spent three years in prison for car theft and assaulting a police officer, it will increase your chances for being hired.”
Really ???
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As a roughneck, yes. It is a miserable dirty job that only pays well because the hours are long and you get a lot of overtime. They don’t care what your history is as long as you look rough enough to survive in a miserable environment and you don’t really have any other options. They want people who can do the job and won’t complain that it is one of the dirtiest jobs on the planet. It is one job you can get with a criminal record.
When applying for a job as a “roughneck” in the oil fields.
He was being sarcastic.