Archive for March, 2008

After the Job Interview–There Will be Background Checks

Interview Tips to Land the Job It’s hard enough to get an interview, let alone land the job. We coach all candidates prior to interview. Once the interview is complete, we speak with both the candidates and hiring manager to see how the interview went and if the intent is to go forward. Here’s what [...]

Corra Develops More Employment Packages for Business Sector

(Los Angeles) Corra Group has expanded its pre-employment packaging services to assist different business sectors in selecting appropriate background checks for their respective industries. “Corra is about being user friendly,” said Nick Gustavson, Co-Founder of the Corra Group. “We believe the enhanced packages will make it easier for Human Resources Manager to select the background [...]

Ethics and Morals in Business Add a Touch of Class

Column by David Schmidt, Ph.D. The Moral Imagination of Entrepreneurs To deal effectively and responsibly with both ongoing and emerging ethics issues, business needs to shift its perspective from reactive compliance to proactive moral imagination. Recent business ethics scandals have created a moral minefield of shifting expectations and growing uncertainty about the responsibilities of business. [...]

One Bad Employee Can Really Damage Your Business

Angry Employee Deletes All of Company’s Data Call it a tale of revenge gone wrong. When Marie Lupe Cooley, 41, of Jacksonville, Fla., saw a help-wanted ad in the newspaper for a position that looked suspiciously like her current job — and with her boss’s phone number listed — she assumed she was about to [...]