Archive for August, 2008

When Fear Grips Your Undocumented Workers, They Stay Away from the Job

Hollbrook Mohr has bylined an article on MyWay that defines the fear gripping the undocumented workers and their families, following the high profile Federal raid on Howard Industries. The article tells how nealry 600 people were detained and now there is panic among relatives in this small Mississippi town. So all arguments for and against [...]

Real Terror is Using the Flawed U.S. Terror Database

There are problems with the Railhead Program, which for the uninitiated is the United States Terror Database. This is the database where all information regarding terrorists, potential terrorists and related evil doers was to be dumped, integrated and made available to the appropriate government agencies. This like many other things in life was almost a [...]

Illegal Immigration Crackdowns Can Hurt Your Business

The Feds have raided Howard Industries in Laurel, Mississippi and arrested some 600 undocumented workers. News like this, as posted this time on Breitbart, proves embarrassing for any business. And costly. You lose your workforce, face fines and even the threat of being closed for an indefinite period. Your clients don’t like to read about [...]

Recruiting Boomers, Opportunity Knocks

Unless you have been living in a cave in the recesses of the Sahara for the last twenty years, you are aware that ageism pervades the work place. Boomers and even people in the Gen X range are having trouble retaining and finding positions. It would stand to reason as the work place downsizes, those [...]