In the least scientific poll ever taken, we asked more than a dozen people at West Acres Mall in Fargo, North Dakota this question:“Have you ever checked the credentials of your tax preparer?”Like many Americans, the answer was a resounding, “NO.”“I use a guy I went...
The past few weeks my focus has been on recruiters, hiring managers and staffing professionals, and while I love writing about the HR world, its time I show some love to someone else. The truth is we all, this includes the HR pros, are tied together by a common...
Welcome to the final post of our 3-part series analyzing a joint effort by the EEOC and FTC to give employers and employees the scoop on background checks.We started with a breakdown of the entire document that was co-written by the government agencies and released in...
This week we’re doing an analysis of the recent EEOC and FTC joint written effort to better inform employers and applicants to the rules and regulations of background screening for employment purposes.If you need a refresher, click on this post for the basic concept...
Someone forgot to tell March that it was supposed to go out like a lamb. The old saying, “If March comes in like a lion, it will go out like a lamb,” has filtered down through generations of folks who, for various reasons according to the Farmers’ Almanac, believe...
School: a majority of the population spends almost a quarter of their life there and sometimes longer. When you think about that, it’s no wonder that it feels so good to have a college degree. You put 20 + years into that degree, you worked hard – late nights at...
