Okay, maybe there is something wrong with this picture.  But according the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department relaxed its hiring practices and started hiring Sheriff’s with drug and alcohol and financial problems, and criminal records.   This was during a push to bolster its ranks, during a ramping up phase.   During that [...]

There is a recent article posted on MSNBC.com that in 30 school districts across New York State the School Boards hired employees with criminal backgrounds.   Believe me, this is not the only state or municipality that has mistakenly hired job candidates with criminal records. Because fingerprinted background checks take up to eight months to process,  [...]

If nothing else, Erik Proulx is proactive.   We like that.    Erik is a former senior copywriter at Arnold, Boston, who was laid off as courtesy of the economic downturn. According to an article in AdAge, Erik started his own business.   He first set up a blog and now is converting that blog into a destination [...]

No matter where you go, what you watch, or what you read, it all seems to be bad news.   If you open the newspaper, go online, or turn on CNN, you are assaulted with dire assessments about the current and future state of the economy.  Tough times, and it may be getting tougher still.   Stores [...]