sarahd

A job that requires driving and you are questioning whether having a suspended drivers license will have an impact on getting a job?

Um I really don't know how to answer that question, I'm going to have to go with YEP he will find it very hard to find a job.

My suspicions, and they are just suspicions, but if I was a hiring manager but I ran your boyfriends driving record and saw the suspension and then ran a background check and saw that it was for underage drinking then I would put your boyfriends application on the bottom of the pile of applications. No wait, I did just that when I was part of the hiring process at a EMS system in the KC MO area.

I think that your boyfriend is going to have a very very hard time getting hired as an emt driver. Very very hard might be a relatively light term. He could get hired on with a company that all they want is someone who will fill out the uniform and have a pulse but I'm sure that he doesn't to work for a service like that does he. Or maybe he just wants a job.

But if he wants to work for someplace that means something, well, they probably don't want to hire him due to his past suspension and conviction.

So best advice I can give him is to go directly to paramedic school, pass go, collect 200 and a paramedic license.

But to get a job as a emt with his history is a pipe dream in my opinion.

His license would be reinstated by the time he would test to become certified, does that not make a difference? Yes, he has a tainted past, but this occurred two years ago, and wasn't even a misdemeanor. In any case, I appreciate all of your responses!

My boyfriend is looking into becoming an EMT - his driver's license is suspended until August 2012 (because of underage drinking, two years ago - nothing to do with actually driving). Should he expect any issues in becoming certified because of this? He is also curious to know if the fact that his driver's license has been suspended will affect his ability to find a job in this field (in any of the 50 states) once he is certified. Any info on this subject would be very helpful; thanks in advance!