Employer Hiring Practices Survey
Thank you for taking the Employer Hiring Practices Survey. This survey is intended
to measure the hiring practices and attitudes that local employers have about hiring
of ex-offenders. This survey should take about 2 to 4 minutes of your time. Your
answers to all questions will be held in confidence. Any questions regarding this
survey should be emailed to [email protected].
What is the main industry of your business or organization?
Select One
How many people does your organization currently employ (full-time and
part-time)?
Select One
What is your organization's policy towards hiring ex-offenders for entrylevel/non-managerial positions?
We do not hire ex-offenders
All candidates, including ex-offenders, are given equal preference.
Ex-offenders are given preferential treatment over other candidates.
We may hire an ex-offender, but only after carefully reviewing his/her criminal
record.
Unsure / There is not a policy in the organization
How well do you understand the laws and rules that apply to these items?
Very
Well
Well Fair Poorly
Your organization's liability for an ex-offender
employee's actions
The laws and regulations that apply to hiring
an ex-offender in your industry,
Your personal liability for an ex-offender
employee's actions
Has your organization hired an ex-offender in the past three years?
Very
Poorly
Yes
No
Unsure
What is your opinion of these incentives that may be available to employers
who hire ex-offenders?
I am not aware
of this
incentive. My
organization
could benefit
from it.
I am not aware
of this incentive.
My organization
probably cannot
benefit from it.
I am aware of
this incentive.
My
organization
could benefit
from it.
I am aware of
this incentive.
My organization
probably cannot
benefit from it.
Federal
Fidelity
Bonding for
Ex Offenders
(Up to
$5,000 for 6
months)
Tax Credits
Rate how much these potential issues concern you when considering
whether or not to hire an ex-offender?
Greatly Moderately Mildly
Theft / Pilfering
Poor Work Attitude
Workplace Confrontations or Violence
Negative Perceptions of Customers
and Associates
Personal Liability for Illegal Actions of
the Ex-offender
Unavailability Due to Rearrest
Substance Abuse
Organization's Liability for Illegal
Actions of the Ex-offender
Not at
All
Unsure
Unreliability
Which of the following conditions would increase your organization's
likelihood of hiring an ex-offender? (Choose all that apply.)
A shortage of other qualified workers
Wage subsidies for ex-offender employees
Job training programs for ex-offenders
Partnership with a parole officer
Increased tax incentives
Increased bonding incentives
The support of an ex-offender's professional case manager or job coach
Certification of completed supervision period or reentry program
An educational program that explains the "do's" and "don'ts" of hiring exoffenders.
Before making a final decision about hiring an ex-offender, you review a job
candidate's criminal record and see one of the following convictions on
his/her record. How likely are you to hire this person, considering the
offense?
Would
Definitely
Hire
Would
Probably
Hire
Would
Maybe
Hire
Would
Probably Not
Hire
Would
Definitely Not
Hire
Drug
Possession
Vehicle Theft
Drug Dealing
Aggravated
Assault
Fraud
Rape
Optional: If there are any additional comments that you wish to make about
your organization's policy or attitudes towards ex-offenders, please make
these comments in the field below.
Thank you for your participation. We will be distributing an analysis of the survey
results to all participants. Any questions about this survey should be directed to
Victor Valentine ([email protected] or 410-396-7336).